Virginia Road, E2

Virginia Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence Reply
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. Reply
The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Virginia Primary School is a mixed school in Tower Hamlets, built in 1887.

34 Redchurch Street, E2 34 Redchurch Street has existed since at least the late seventeenth century.

34 Redchurch Street, E2

NEARBY STREETS

21048, EC2A Holywell Lane runs west from Shoreditch High Street and runs on to Curtain Road.

21048, EC2A

Abingdon House, E2 Abingdon House is a building on Boundary Street.

Abingdon House, E2

Academy Buildings, N1 Academy Buildings is a large block of brick warehouses.

Academy Buildings, N1

Admiral Court, E2 Admiral Court can be found on Horatio Street.

Admiral Court, E2

Alexander Russell House, EC2A Alexander Russell House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Alexander Russell House, EC2A

Allgood Street, E2 Allgood Street was the former Henrietta Street, renamed in 1938.

Allgood Street, E2

Alliston House, E2 Alliston House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Alliston House, E2

Angela Gardens, E2 Angela Gardens opened as part of Columbia Market in 1869

Angela Gardens, E2

Angela Street, E2 Part of Crescent Place was renamed as Angela Street in 1938.

Angela Street, E2

Anning Street, EC2A Anning Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Anning Street, EC2A

Antila Court, E1 Antila Court is a building on Sclater Street.

Antila Court, E1

Appold Court, E2 Appold Court is a block on Godfrey Place.

Appold Court, E2

Arden House, N1 Arden House is a block on Pitfield Street.

Arden House, N1

Arline Street, E2 Arline Street, Hassard Road was redeveloped as the Dorset Estate.

Arline Street, E2

Arnold Circus, E2 Arnold Circus lies to the north of Shoreditch.

Arnold Circus, E2

Arnold House, EC2A Arnold House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Arnold House, EC2A

Arthur Wade House, E2 Arthur Wade House is a block on Baroness Road.

Arthur Wade House, E2

Ashford Street, N1 Ashford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Ashford Street, N1

Aske Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Aske Street, N1

Atlantic House, E2 Atlantic House is a block on Long Street.

Atlantic House, E2

Austin Street, E2 Austin Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Austin Street, E2

Avant Garde Tower, E1 Avant Garde Tower is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Avant Garde Tower, E1

Avantgarde Place, E1 Avantgarde Place is a location in London.

Avantgarde Place, E1

Axe Place, E2 Axe Place was behind the Axe Tavern.

Axe Place, E2

Axe Place, N1 Axe Place is an old East End street.

Axe Place, N1

Bacon Street, E1 Bacon Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bacon Street, E1

Bacon Street, E2 Bacon Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Bacon Street, E2

Bailey Court, E2 Bailey Court is a block on Hackney Road.

Bailey Court, E2

Bapley Place, Bapley Place is an old East End street.

Bapley Place,

Bareham Street , Bareham Street is an old East End street.

Bareham Street ,

Barnet Grove, E2 Barnet Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Barnet Grove, E2

Baroness Road, E2 Baroness Road is a road in the E2 postcode area

Baroness Road, E2

Baroness Street, Baroness Street is an old East End street.

Baroness Street,

Barwar Street, Barwar Street is an old East End street.

Barwar Street,

Bas Place , Bas Place is an old East End street.

Bas Place ,

Basing House Yard, E2 Basing House Yard is a road in the E2 postcode area

Basing House Yard, E2

Basing Square, Basing Square is an old East End street.

Basing Square,

Bateman’s Row, EC2A This is a street in the EC2A postcode area

Bateman’s Row, EC2A

Bath Grove, Bath Grove is an old East End street.

Bath Grove,

Bath Place, EC2A Bath Place leads off of Rivington Street.

Bath Place, EC2A

Battlewell Place , Battlewell Place is an old East End street.

Battlewell Place ,

Baxendale Street, E2 Baxendale Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Baxendale Street, E2

Beard School, Beard School is an old East End street.

Beard School,

Bethnal Green Road, E1 Bethnal Green Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bethnal Green Road, E1

Biscuit Building, E2 Biscuit Building is a block on Redchurch Street.

Biscuit Building, E2

Black & White Building, EC2A Black & White Building is a block on Rivington Street.

Black & White Building, EC2A

Boundary Passage, E1 Boundary Passage is a road in the E1 postcode area

Boundary Passage, E1

Boundary Street, E2 Boundary Street was at first called Cock Lane.

Boundary Street, E2

Braithwaite Street, E1 Braithwaite Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Braithwaite Street, E1

Brick Lane, E2 The northernmost section of Brick Lane lies within the E2 postcode.

Brick Lane, E2

Briggs House, E2 Briggs House is a block on Chambord Street.

Briggs House, E2

Britannia Gardens, N1 Britannia Gardens once led to the Britannia Theatre.

Britannia Gardens, N1

Builder Place , Builder Place is an old East End street.

Builder Place ,

Burbage House, EC2A Burbage House is a block on Curtain Road.

Burbage House, EC2A

Burtt House, N1 Burtt House is a block on Enfield Cloisters.

Burtt House, N1

Cadell House, E2 Cadell House is a block on Allgood Street.

Cadell House, E2

Cadogan House, E2 Cadogan House is one of four blocks which formed a 1963 westwards extension of the Avebury Estate

Cadogan House, E2

Caesar Place, Caesar Place is an old East End street.

Caesar Place,

Caesar Street, Caesar Street is an old East End street.

Caesar Street,

Calvert Avenue, Calvert Avenue is an old East End street.

Calvert Avenue,

Calvert Avenue, E2 Calvert Avenue is one of the streets radiating from Arnold Circus.

Calvert Avenue, E2

Camlet Street, E2 Camlet Street is one of the Huguenot streetnames of the area.

Camlet Street, E2

Caroline Place, Caroline Place is an old East End street.

Caroline Place,

Chambord House, E2 Chambord House is a block on Chambord Street.

Chambord House, E2

Chambord Street, E2 Chambord Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Chambord Street, E2

Chance Street, E1 Chance Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Chance Street, E1

Chapel Place, EC2A Chapel Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Chapel Place, EC2A

Chapel Street, Chapel Street is an old East End street.

Chapel Street,

Charlotte House, EC2A Charlotte House can be found on Charlotte Road.

Charlotte House, EC2A

Charlotte Road, EC2A Charlotte Road is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Charlotte Road, EC2A

Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street is an old East End street.

Charlotte Street,

Charmian House, N1 Charmian House is a block on Crondall Street.

Charmian House, N1

Cheshire Street, E1 Cheshire Street is a street in the East End linking Brick Lane with Bethnal Green and Whitechapel.

Cheshire Street, E1

Chilton Street, E2 Chilton Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Chilton Street, E2

Christina Street, EC2A Christina Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Christina Street, EC2A

Church Row, E2 Church Lane was renamed to Church Row, E14 in 1875.

Church Row, E2

Cleeve Workshops, E2 Cleeve Workshops is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cleeve Workshops, E2

Club Row, E1 Club Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Club Row, E1

Club Row, E2 Club Row leaves Arnold Circus in a southerly direction.

Club Row, E2

Collingwood Street, E2 Collingwood Street was at the heart of the Old Nicol rookery.

Collingwood Street, E2

Columbia Road, E2 Columbia Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Columbia Road, E2

Columbia Square, Columbia Square is an old East End street.

Columbia Square,

Coopers Bank , Coopers Bank is an old East End street.

Coopers Bank ,

Corinthian House, EC2A Corinthian House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Corinthian House, EC2A

Coronet Street, N1 Coronet Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Coronet Street, N1

Cottons Gardens, E2 Cottons Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cottons Gardens, E2

Cremer Business Centre, E2 Cremer Business Centre is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cremer Business Centre, E2

Cremer Street, E2 Cremer Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cremer Street, E2

Crescent Place, Crescent Place is an old East End street.

Crescent Place,

Culpin House, E2 Culpin House is located on Turin Street.

Culpin House, E2

Curtain House, EC2A Curtain House is sited on Curtain Road.

Curtain House, EC2A

Curtain Place, EC2A Curtain Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Curtain Place, EC2A

Curtain Road, EC2A Curtain Road was the first location of a place called a ’theatre’ - in the sense of a location where acting is performed.

Curtain Road, EC2A

Cygnet Street, E1 Cygnet Street is a location in London.

Cygnet Street, E1

Cymon Street, E2 Cymon Street was near to Turin Street.

Cymon Street, E2

Daniel Street, Daniel Street is an old East End street.

Daniel Street,

Delta Street, E2 Delta Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Delta Street, E2

Dence House, E2 Dence House is located on Turin Street.

Dence House, E2

Dereham Place, EC2A Dereham Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Dereham Place, EC2A

Dickinson House, E2 Dickinson House is sited on Turin Street.

Dickinson House, E2

Diss Street, E2 Diss Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Diss Street, E2

Drysdale Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Drysdale Place, N1

Drysdale Street, Drysdale Street is an old East End street.

Drysdale Street,

Drysdale Street, N1 Drysdale Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Drysdale Street, N1

Ducal Street, E2 Duke Street was renamed to Ducal Street, E2 in 1883.

Ducal Street, E2

Ebor Street, E1 Ebor Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Ebor Street, E1

Elwin Street, E2 Elwin Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Elwin Street, E2

Enfield Cloisters, N1 Enfield Cloisters is a road in the N1 postcode area

Enfield Cloisters, N1

Entex House, EC1V Entex House is a block on Old Street.

Entex House, EC1V

Erica Place , Erica Place is an old East End street.

Erica Place ,

Esquared Apartments, E2 Esquared Apartments is a block on Allgood Street.

Esquared Apartments, E2

Ezra Street, E2 Ezra Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Ezra Street, E2

Fairchild House, N1 Fairchild House is a block on Fanshaw Street.

Fairchild House, N1

Fairchild Place, EC2A Fairchild Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Fairchild Place, EC2A

Fairchild Street, EC2A Fairchild Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Fairchild Street, EC2A

Falkirk Street, N1 Falkirk Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Falkirk Street, N1

Fanshaw House, N1 Fanshaw House is a block on Fanshaw Street.

Fanshaw House, N1

Fanshaw Street, N1 Named in 1878, this was formerly two streets of which the eastern was East Street and the western Robert Street (see Aske Street).

Fanshaw Street, N1

Frankie House, E1 Frankie House is a block on Whitby Street.

Frankie House, E1

French Place, EC2A French Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

French Place, EC2A

Fuller Street, Fuller Street is an old East End street.

Fuller Street,

Garden Walk, EC2A Garden Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Garden Walk, EC2A

Gascoigne Place, E2 Gascoigne Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Gascoigne Place, E2

Gatesborough Street, EC2A Gatesborough Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Gatesborough Street, EC2A

Gemini Apartments, E1 Gemini Apartments is located on Sclater Street.

Gemini Apartments, E1

George Loveless House, E2 George Loveless House is a block on Diss Street.

George Loveless House, E2

Georgina Gardens, Georgina Gardens is an old East End street.

Georgina Gardens,

Gibraith Walk , Gibraith Walk is an old East End street.

Gibraith Walk ,

Gibraltar Gardens, E2 Gibraltar Gardens was a small Bethnal Green road.

Gibraltar Gardens, E2

Gibraltar Walk, E2 Gibraltar Walk leads north from Bethnal Green Road.

Gibraltar Walk, E2

Gillett House, E2 Gillett House is a block on Turin Street.

Gillett House, E2

Glassworks Studios, E2 Glassworks Studios is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Glassworks Studios, E2

Goldman Close, E2 Goldman Close is a road in the E2 postcode area

Goldman Close, E2

Gorsuch Place, E2 Gorsuch Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Gorsuch Place, E2

Gosset Street, E2 Gosset Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Gosset Street, E2

Gowan House, E2 Gowan House is a block on Chambord Street.

Gowan House, E2

Granby Street, Granby Street is an old East End street.

Granby Street,

Granby Street, E2 Granby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Granby Street, E2

Great Eastern Street, EC2A Great Eastern Street was laid out in 1872-6

Great Eastern Street, EC2A

Grimsby Street, E2 Grimsby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Grimsby Street, E2

Hackney House, EC2A Hackney House is a block on Curtain Road.

Hackney House, EC2A

Haig House, E2 Haig House is a block on Shipton Street.

Haig House, E2

Hampstead Place , Hampstead Place is an old East End street.

Hampstead Place ,

Hare Street, Hare Street is an old East End street.

Hare Street,

Hassard Place, Hassard Place is an old East End street.

Hassard Place,

Hassard Street, Hassard Street is an old East End street.

Hassard Street,

Hassard Street, E2 This is a street in the E2 postcode area

Hassard Street, E2

Hathaway House, N1 Hathaway House is a block on Aske Street.

Hathaway House, N1

Hewett Street, EC2A Hewett Street was already on the 1800 map, listed as Gloucester Row.

Hewett Street, EC2A

Hocker Street, E2 Hocker Street, like the other seven roads radiating from Arnold Circus commemorate the Huguenot connection with the area.

Hocker Street, E2

Holywell Centre, EC2A Holywell Centre is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Centre, EC2A

Holywell Lane, Holywell Lane is an old East End street.

Holywell Lane,

Horatio House, E2 Horatio House is a block on Horatio Street.

Horatio House, E2

Horatio Street, Horatio Street is an old East End street.

Horatio Street,

Horatio Street, E2 Horatio Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Horatio Street, E2

Hoxton Market, N1 Hoxton Market is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hoxton Market, N1

Hoxton Square, N1 Hoxton Square is a garden square laid out in 1683

Hoxton Square, N1

Hoxton Street, N1 Hoxton Street is a long north-south street in Shoreditch, running north from Old Street.

Hoxton Street, N1

Hutton House, E2 Hutton House is a block on Turin Street.

Hutton House, E2

Ion Court, E2 Ion Court is located on Columbia Road.

Ion Court, E2

James Brine House, E2 James Brine House can be found on Baroness Road.

James Brine House, E2

James Hammett House, E2 James Hammett House is a block on Ravenscroft Street.

James Hammett House, E2

Jellicoe House, E2 Jellicoe House is a block on Ropley Street.

Jellicoe House, E2

Karma Yoga House, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Karma Yoga House, EC1V

Karslake House, E2 Karslake House is a block on Gibraltar Walk.

Karslake House, E2

Karstake House, E2 Karstake House dates from 1963.

Karstake House, E2

Kerbela Street, E2 Kerbela Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Kerbela Street, E2

King John Court, E1 King John Court runs between Holywell Lane and New Inn Yard.

King John Court, E1

Kirton Gardens, E2 Kirton Gardens is a road in the E2 postcode area

Kirton Gardens, E2

Laurel Square , Laurel Square is an old East End street.

Laurel Square ,

Legionier Street, Legionier Street is an old East End street.

Legionier Street,

Leonard Circus, EC2A Leonard Circus is a location in London.

Leonard Circus, EC2A

Ligonier Street, E2 Ligonier Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ligonier Street, E2

Little York Street , Little York Street is an old East End street.

Little York Street ,

Long Street, E2 Long Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Long Street, E2

Luke Street, EC2A Luke Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Luke Street, EC2A

Mail Coach Yard, E2 Mail Coach Yard is a road in the E2 postcode area

Mail Coach Yard, E2

Marlow House, E2 Marlow House was built in 1899.

Marlow House, E2

Marlow Workshops, E2 Marlow Workshops is a Victorian block containing a mixture of residential and commercial use.

Marlow Workshops, E2

Maude House, E2 Maude House is a building on Bath Grove.

Maude House, E2

McGrath Place, McGrath Place is an old East End street.

McGrath Place,

McKinnon Wood House, E2 McKinnon Wood House is a block on Turin Street.

McKinnon Wood House, E2

Millie Court , Millie Court is an old East End street.

Millie Court ,

Mills Court, EC2A Mills Court is a location in London.

Mills Court, EC2A

Morrell House, EC2A Morrell House is a block on Curtain Road.

Morrell House, EC2A

Motley Street, Motley Street is an old East End street.

Motley Street,

Mount Street, Mount Street is an old East End street.

Mount Street,

Mundy Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Mundy Street, N1

Myrtle Walk, N1 Myrtle Walk was built over the line of Myrtle Street when the Arden Estate was built.

Myrtle Walk, N1

Navarre Street, E2 Navarre Street leads southwest from Arnold Circus towards Boundary Street.

Navarre Street, E2

Nazrul Street, E2 Nazrul Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Nazrul Street, E2

Nena House, EC2A Nena House can be found on Great Eastern Street.

Nena House, EC2A

New Bethnal Green Chai , New Bethnal Green Chai is an old East End street.

New Bethnal Green Chai ,

New Inn Broadway, EC2A New Inn Broadway is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New Inn Broadway, EC2A

New Inn Road , New Inn Road is an old East End street.

New Inn Road ,

New Inn Square, EC2A New Inn Square is a road in the EC2A postcode area

New Inn Square, EC2A

New Inn Street, EC2A New Inn Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New Inn Street, EC2A

New Inn Yard, E1 New Inn Yard once ran through Holywell Priory at the western end of which was the world’s first ’theatre’.

New Inn Yard, E1

New North Place, EC2A New North Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New North Place, EC2A

New Tyson Street, New Tyson Street is an old East End street.

New Tyson Street,

Newline Street, Newline Street is an old East End street.

Newline Street,

Newspeak House, E2 Newspeak House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Newspeak House, E2

Norfolk Place, Norfolk Place is an old East End street.

Norfolk Place,

Old Nichol Street, E2 Old Nichol Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Old Nichol Street, E2

Old Nicholl Street, Old Nicholl Street is an old East End street.

Old Nicholl Street,

Orange Street, Orange Street is an old East End street.

Orange Street,

Padbury Court, E2 Padbury Court links Brick Lane and Gibraltar Walk.

Padbury Court, E2

Palissy Street, E2 Palissy Street runs northeast from Arnold Circus.

Palissy Street, E2

Pelter Street, E2 Pelter Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Pelter Street, E2

Penny Gaff House, E2 Penny Gaff House is a building on Redchurch Street.

Penny Gaff House, E2

Perseverance Works, E2 Perseverance Works is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Perseverance Works, E2

Peter Street, Peter Street is an old East End street.

Peter Street,

Philippe Roth Catering, E1 Philippe Roth Catering is a location in London.

Philippe Roth Catering, E1

Phipp Street, EC2A Phipp Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Phipp Street, EC2A

Phipps Street, EC2A After 1877, the new name for John Street was Phipps Street, EC2

Phipps Street, EC2A

Pimlico Walk, N1 Pimlico Walk was curtailed in length with the coming of the Arden Estate.

Pimlico Walk, N1

Playground Gardens, E2 Playground Gardens is a location in London.

Playground Gardens, E2

Printing House Yard, E2 Printing House Yard is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Printing House Yard, E2

Quilter Street, E2 Quilter Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Quilter Street, E2

Railway Arches, EC2A Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Railway Arches, EC2A

Ravenscroft Street, E2 Ravenscroft Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Ravenscroft Street, E2

Ravey Street, EC2A Ravey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Ravey Street, EC2A

Recreation Ground, Recreation Ground is an old East End street.

Recreation Ground,

Red Lion Street, Anchor & Hope Alley became Red Lion Street in 1891 (7758).

Red Lion Street,

Redchurch Street, E1 Redchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Redchurch Street, E1

Redvers Street, E2 A street within the N1 postcode

Redvers Street, E2

Retford Street, E2 A street within the N1 postcode

Retford Street, E2

Rhoda Street, E2 Rhoda Street was formerly Peter Street.

Rhoda Street, E2

Richmix Square, E1 Richmix Square is a location in London.

Richmix Square, E1

Rivington Place, EC2A Rivington Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Rivington Place, EC2A

Rivington Street, EC2A Rivington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Rivington Street, EC2A

Robert Owen House, E2 Robert Owen House is a block on Baroness Road.

Robert Owen House, E2

Rochelle Street, E2 Rochelle Street connects Swanfield Street with Arnold Circus.

Rochelle Street, E2

Royal Oak Court, N1 Royal Oak Court is a block on Ashford Street.

Royal Oak Court, N1

Rufus Street, N1 Rufus Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rufus Street, N1

Sanger House, E2 Sanger House is sited on Turin Street.

Sanger House, E2

Sarah Street , Sarah Street is an old East End street.

Sarah Street ,

Satchwell Kents, Satchwell Kents is an old East End street.

Satchwell Kents,

Satchwell Rents, E2 Satchwell Rents owes its origins to a set of buildings dating from 1689.

Satchwell Rents, E2

Satchwell Road, E2 Satchwell Road dates from the 1950s.

Satchwell Road, E2

Satchwell Street, Satchwell Street is an old East End street.

Satchwell Street,

Scawfell Street, E2 Scawfell Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Scawfell Street, E2

Sclater Street, E1 Sclater Street connects Bethnal Green Road and Brick Lane.

Sclater Street, E1

Scrutton Street, EC2A Scrutton Street is the eastern extension of Epworth Street.

Scrutton Street, EC2A

Sebastian House, N1 Sebastian House can be found on Aske Street.

Sebastian House, N1

Selater Street, Selater Street is an old East End street.

Selater Street,

Shackleman Street , Shackleman Street is an old East End street.

Shackleman Street ,

Shacklewell Street, E2 Shacklewell Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Shacklewell Street, E2

Shipton House, E2 Shipton House can be found on Allgood Street.

Shipton House, E2

Shipton Street, E2 Shipton Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Shipton Street, E2

Shoreditch High Street, E1 Shoreditch High Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shoreditch High Street, E1

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A This is a street in the E8 postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Sivill House, E2 Sivill House is sited on Columbia Road.

Sivill House, E2

Snell House, E2 Snell House is a block on Turin Street.

Snell House, E2

Speakman House, E2 Speakman House is one of four blocks built around a communal area.

Speakman House, E2

Square Studio, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Square Studio, N1

St Matthews Row, E2 St Matthews Row is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

St Matthews Row, E2

Stamp Place, E2 Stamp Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Stamp Place, E2

Stapleton House, EC2A Stapleton House is a block on Clifton Street.

Stapleton House, EC2A

Steadhem House, E2 Steadhem House is a block on Bacon Street.

Steadhem House, E2

Stephen Court, E2 Stephen Court is a block on Hackney Road.

Stephen Court, E2

Streatley Buildings, E2 Streatley Buildings was the first block of the new Boundary Estate - completed in 1896.

Streatley Buildings, E2

Strickland House, E2 Strickland House is a building on Chambord Street.

Strickland House, E2

Strouts Place, E2 Strouts Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Strouts Place, E2

Stuart House, E2 Stuart House stands in an area of the Avebury Estate.

Stuart House, E2

Sturdee House, E2 Sturdee House is a block on Horatio Street.

Sturdee House, E2

Summit House, EC2A Summit House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Summit House, EC2A

Suna House, EC2A Suna House is sited on Rivington Street.

Suna House, EC2A

Sunbury Workshops, E2 Sunbury Workshops is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Sunbury Workshops, E2

Swanfield Court, E2 Swanfield Court is located on Chilton Street.

Swanfield Court, E2

Swanfield Street, E2 Swanfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Swanfield Street, E2

Tea Building, E1 Tea Building is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Tea Building, E1

The Arches, EC2A The Arches is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

The Arches, EC2A

The Tea Building, E1 The Tea Building is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

The Tea Building, E1

Thorold Street, Thorold Street is an old East End street.

Thorold Street,

Timber Yard, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Timber Yard, N1

Torrance House, E2 Torrance House is a block on Turin Street.

Torrance House, E2

Tower View House, E2 Tower View House is a block on Kingsland Road.

Tower View House, E2

Turin Street, E2 Turin Street was originally known as ’Hope Town’.

Turin Street, E2

Turville Street, E2 Turville Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Turville Street, E2

Tyrell Street, E2 Tyrell Street appears on maps between the 1830s and 1900s.

Tyrell Street, E2

Tyssen Street, E2 Tyssen Street, for long a separate street, was absorbed into Brick Lane during the late nineteenth century.

Tyssen Street, E2

Union Central, E2 Union Central is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Union Central, E2

Union Crescent, E2 Union Crescent is an old East End street.

Union Crescent, E2

Union Walk, E2 Union Walk is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Union Walk, E2

Victoria House, EC2A Victoria House is a location in London.

Victoria House, EC2A

Walton Buildings, Walton Buildings is an old East End street.

Walton Buildings,

Waterson Street, E2 Waterson Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Waterson Street, E2

Wear Place, E2 Wear Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Wear Place, E2

Wellington Row, E2 Wellington Row is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Wellington Row, E2

Whitby Street, E1 Whitby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Whitby Street, E1

White Hart Court , White Hart Court is an old East End street.

White Hart Court ,

Wimbolt Street, E2 Wimbolt Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Wimbolt Street, E2

Wood Close, E2 Wood Close is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Wood Close, E2

NEARBY PUBS

Be at One Limited

Bill’s Restaurant

Blackwall Tunnel The Old Kings Head is located at 28 Holywell Row, EC2.

Blackwall Tunnel

Cargo, The Arches

Casita

Dragon Bar

Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes

Far Rockaway

Gibraltar Tavern The Gibraltar Tavern (a.k.a. The Gib) was situated at 28 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green.

Gibraltar Tavern

Lion & Lamb

Mkm Entertainment Ltd

Ninetyeight Bar and Lounge

The Old Shoreditch Station

The Owl And The Pussycat The Owl And The Pussycat is a pub on Redchurch St.

The Owl And The Pussycat

Three Blind Mice

Trafik

Ye Old Axe

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green is located 3.3 miles northeast of Charing Cross, It was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney, Middlesex.

The name Blithehale or Blythenhale, the earliest form of Bethnal Green, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon healh (’angle, nook, or corner’) and blithe (’happy, blithe’).

Following population increases caused by the expansion of London during the 18th century, it was split off as the parish of Bethnal Green in 1743, becoming part of the Metropolis in 1855 and the County of London in 1889. The parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900 and the population peaked in 1901, entering a period of steady decline which lasted until 1981. Bethnal Green has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

The economic history of Bethnal Green is characterised by a shift away from agricultural provision for the City of London to market gardening, weaving and light industry, which has now all but disappeared.

By about 1860 Bethnal Green was mainly full of tumbledown old buildings with many families living in each house. By the end of the century, Bethnal Green was one of the poorest slums in London. Jack the Ripper operated at the western end of Bethnal Green and in neighbouring Whitechapel. In 1900, the Old Nichol Street Rookery was demolished, and the Boundary Estate opened on the site near the boundary with Shoreditch. This was the world’s first council housing. The quality of the built environment was radically reformed by the aerial bombardment of World War II and the subsequent social housing developments.

Bethnal Green has a tube station on the Central Line of the London Underground. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central Line eastern extension on 4 December 1946; before that it was used as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.

The station is an example of the New Works Programme 1935 - 1940 style adopted by London Transport for its new tube stations. Extensive use is made of pale yellow tiling, originally manufactured by Poole Pottery. The finishes include relief tiles, showing symbols of London and the area served by the London Passenger Transport Board, designed by Harold Stabler. The station entrances, all in the form of subway access staircases to the subterranean ticket hall, all show the design influences of Charles Holden, the consulting architect for London Transport at this time.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	Geffrye Museum, London (2012) Credit: Chang Yisheng TUM image id: 1557162652 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Colville Estate, Shoreditch (2019) The Colville Estate is situated between the Regents Canal to the North and Shoreditch Park to the South. It was designed in the early 1950s by Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council and since 2009 has undergone ’regeneration’. Credit: Municipal Dreams TUM image id: 1636043071 Licence:	Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount (1665) Holywell Mount is the source of the River Walbrook. Today it lies underneath Luke Street in Shoreditch but, then in open land, was used as a plague pit in 1665. TUM image id: 1627419399 Licence:	The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:
The Primrose pub on the corner of Norton Folgate/Bishopsgate and Primrose Street (1912) The Primrose, which had existed since at least since 1839, was demolished in 1987 Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641566818 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Artillery Lane as viewed from Bishopsgate (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641571742 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Ten Bells pub, Spitalfields (2012) The Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain featured his great-great-grandfather was a landlord of the pub during the 1880s. Oliver was shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century. Credit: Wiki Commons/Wordspotandsmith TUM image id: 1641510553 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Old Spitalfields Market (2017) This is a covered market which has been on the site for over 350 years. In 2005, a regeneration programme resulted in the new public spaces: Bishops Square and Crispin Place, which are now part of the modern Spitalfields Market. A range of public markets runs daily, with independent local stores and restaurants - as well as new office developments. Credit: Pete Gloria TUM image id: 1641485607 Licence: CC BY 2.0	One of the bedrooms of Dennis Severs’ House in Folgate Street, Spitalfields. Each room of Dennis Severs’ House is a preserve ’experience’ of 18th-century Huguenot life. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1641983736 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909 TUM image id: 1492897455 Licence:	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	Looking down Artillery Lane towards Artillery Passage in Spitalfields (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641420067 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bell Lane, Spitalfields, looking towards Crispin Street (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641563861 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956) TUM image id: 1574858373 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Geffrye Museum, London (2012)
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Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount (1665) Holywell Mount is the source of the River Walbrook. Today it lies underneath Luke Street in Shoreditch but, then in open land, was used as a plague pit in 1665.
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The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House.
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The Primrose pub on the corner of Norton Folgate/Bishopsgate and Primrose Street (1912) The Primrose, which had existed since at least since 1839, was demolished in 1987
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One of the bedrooms of Dennis Severs’ House in Folgate Street, Spitalfields. Each room of Dennis Severs’ House is a preserve ’experience’ of 18th-century Huguenot life.
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Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956)
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Brick Lane streetsign.
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The site of Gun Yard (1912) Gun Yard disappeared at the time of the First World War. This north-facing view of Norton Folgate shows the widening at this point which demolished Gun Yard which would have been on the left here.
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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Cheshire Street (1969).
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