Wimbolt Street, E2

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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
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
Beverly Sand Havering Street, E1 Added: 3 Apr 2021 17:19 GMT	Havering Street, E1 My mother was born at 48 Havering Street. That house no longer exists. It disappeared from the map by 1950. Family name Schneider, mother Ray and father Joe. Joe’s parents lived just up the road at 311 Cable Street 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
Boo Horton Stepney Green, E1 Added: 31 May 2021 13:39 GMT	Angel & Trumpet, Stepney Green The Angel & Trumpet Public House in Stepney Green was run by my ancestors in the 1930’s. Unfortunately, it was a victim on WWII and was badly damaged and subsequently demolished. I have one photograph that I believe to bethe pub, but it doesn’t show much more that my Great Aunt cleaning the steps. 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

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CydKB Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Added: 31 Mar 2023 15:07 GMT	BlackJack Playground Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance was my favourite childhood park.I went to St Mary’s Catholic school, East Row from Nursery all the way through to Year 6 before Secondary School and I was taken here to play most days. There was a centre piece flower bed in the Voysey Garden surrounded by a pond which my classmates and I used to jump over when no one was looking. The Black jack playground was the go to playground for our sports days and my every day shortcut to get close to the half penny steps foot bridge via Kensal Road. There was also a shop where we could buy ice lollies on hot summer days.The Southern Row side of the Park was filled with pebbles which used to be so fun to walk through as a child, I used to walk through the deepness of the pebbles to get to Bosworth Road or east towards Hornimans Adventure Park. Reply
John Dean’s Court, EC4M Added: 29 Mar 2023 17:31 GMT	Auction of the paper stock of Janssen and Roberts A broadside advertisement reads: "By auction, to be sold on Thursday next being the 16th of this present July, the remainder of the stock in partnership between Janssen and Roberts, at their late dwelling-house in Dean’s Court, the south side of St. Pauls, consisting of Genoa papers according to the particulars underneath." The date in the ESTC record is purely speculative; July 16th was a Thursday in many years during the 18th century; 1750 is only one possibility. Extensive searching has found no other record of the partners or the auction. Source: ESTC - Search Results Reply
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Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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NEARBY STREETS

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

Admiral Court, E2

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

Antenor House, E2 Antenor House is located on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Antenor House, E2

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

Appold Court, E2

April Court, E2 April Court is a block on Teale Street.

April Court, E2

Argos House, E2 Argos House can be found on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Argos House, E2

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

Arnold Circus, E2

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

Arthur Wade House, E2

Barnard House, E2 Barnard House is sited on Ellsworth Street.

Barnard House, E2

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

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

Baxendale Street, E2

Beechwood House, E2 Beechwood House is a block on Teale Street.

Beechwood House, E2

Belgrave Court, E2 Belgrave Court is a block on Temple Street.

Belgrave Court, E2

Bethnal Green Road, E2 Bethnal Green Road was a Victorian invention.

Bethnal Green Road, E2

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

Blythe Street, E2

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

Brunswick House, E2 Brunswick House is a block on Thurtle Road.

Brunswick House, E2

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

Buckfast Street, E2

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

Canrobert Street, E2 Canrobert Street began as Charles Street in 1836.

Canrobert Street, E2

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

Charles Darwin House, E2 Charles Darwin House is a block on Canrobert Street.

Charles Darwin House, E2

Charles Dickens House, E2 Charles Dickens House is a block on Mansford Street.

Charles Dickens House, E2

Charles Hayward Building, E2 Charles Hayward Building is a building on Goldsmiths Row.

Charles Hayward Building, E2

Charlotte King Court, E2 Charlotte King Court can be found on Goldsmiths Row.

Charlotte King Court, E2

Cheverell House, E2 Cheverell House is a block on Pritchard’s Road.

Cheverell House, E2

Cicely Williams Court, E2 Cicely Williams Court is a block on Gibbs Lane.

Cicely Williams Court, E2

Claredale Street, E2 Claredale Street was known until the 1930s as Claremont Street but right at the beginning was Lausanne Street.

Claredale Street, E2

Claremont Court, E2 Claremont Court is a block on Mansford Street.

Claremont Court, E2

Coate Street, E2 Coate Street originated as Seabright Place in 1826.

Coate Street, E2

Cobden House, E2 Cobden House is a block on Nelson Gardens.

Cobden House, 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

Constance Green Court, E2 Constance Green Court is a block on Goldsmiths Row.

Constance Green Court, E2

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

Crabtree Close, E2

Crofts House, E2 Crofts House can be found on Teale Street.

Crofts House, E2

Crown Works, E2 Crown Works is a small industrial zone off Temple Street.

Crown Works, E2

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

Culpin House, E2

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

Derbyshire Street, E2 Derbyshire Street originated as part of the Willetts estate.

Derbyshire Street, E2

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

Dickinson House, E2

Dinmont House, E2 Dinmont House forms a block on the Dinmont Estate.

Dinmont House, E2

Dinmont Street, E2 Dinmont Street was built in 1822.

Dinmont Street, E2

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

Diss Street, E2

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

Dunloe Street, E2

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

Durant Street, E2

Durham Place, E2 Durham Place fronted Hackney Road until 1862.

Durham Place, E2

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

Elwin Street, E2

Emma Street, E2 Emma Street started as a street bounding the Bethnal Green Gas Works.

Emma Street, E2

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

Fellows Court, E2 Fellows Court is a block on Appleby Street.

Fellows Court, E2

Florida Street, E2 Florida Street leads east from Squirries Street.

Florida Street, E2

Garner Street, E2 Garner Street was originally Gloucester Street.

Garner Street, E2

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

Gascoigne Place, E2

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

George Loveless House, E2

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

Gillman House, E2 Gillman House is a block on Pritchard’s Road.

Gillman House, E2

Gillman Street, E2 Wolverley Street - which became Gillman Street in 1886 - was built by Joseph Teale in 1836.

Gillman Street, E2

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

Goldsmiths Row, 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

Grace Allen Court, E2 Grace Allen Court can be found on Goldsmiths Row.

Grace Allen Court, E2

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

Granby Street, E2

Gwilym Maries House, E2 Residential block

Gwilym Maries House, E2

Hackney Road, E2 Hackney Road, part of the parish boundary, was referred to in 1587 as the ’highway from Shoreditch to Mare Street’ and, as Collier’s Lane, dated from 1439 or earlier.

Hackney Road, E2

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

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

Haig House, E2

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

Hassard Street, E2

Helen House, E2 Helen House is sited on Temple Street.

Helen House, E2

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

Hocker Street, E2

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

Horatio House, E2

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

Horatio Street, E2

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

Ion Square, E2 Ion Square is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ion Square, E2

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

Ivimey Street, 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

John Cartwright House, E2 John Cartwright House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

John Cartwright House, E2

Johnson House, E2 Johnson House is a block on Roberta Street.

Johnson House, E2

Joseph Priestley House, E2 Joseph Priestley House is a block on Canrobert Street.

Joseph Priestley House, E2

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

Kay Street, E2 Kay Street started life as Gloucester Place in 1826.

Kay Street, E2

Keeling House, E2 Keeling House is a block on Claredale Street.

Keeling House, E2

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

Kirton Gardens, E2

Mansford Street, E2 Mansford Street was known as Elizabeth Street until 1876.

Mansford Street, E2

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

Maple Street, E2

Mary James House, E2 Mary James House is a block on St Peter’s Square.

Mary James House, E2

Matthew’s Place, E2 Matthew’s Place was built next to a factory on Hackney Road.

Matthew’s Place, E2

Maud Richards Court, E2 Maud Richards Court is a block on Ellen Phillips Lane.

Maud Richards Court, E2

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

Maude House, E2

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

McKinnon Wood House, E2

Minerva Street, E2 Minerva Street was developed as part of the Cambridge Heath Estate.

Minerva Street, E2

Minstrel Court, E2 Minstrel Court is a block on Teesdale Close.

Minstrel Court, E2

Nelson Gardens, E2 Nelson Gardens runs off Old Bethnal Green Road.

Nelson Gardens, E2

Nichols Court, E2 Nichols Court is a block on Cremer Street.

Nichols Court, E2

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2 Old Bethnal Green Road had a series of rather racy names until the nineteenth century.

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2

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

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

Playground Gardens, E2

Pollard Row, E2 Pollard Row runs north from Florida Street in Bethnal Green.

Pollard Row, E2

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

Pollard Street, E2

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

Quilter Street, E2

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

Ravenscroft Street, E2

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

Robert Owen House, E2

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

Roberta Street, E2

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

Rochelle Street, E2

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

Roger Dowley Close, E2

Rosemoon House, E2 Rosemoon House is a block on Voss Street.

Rosemoon House, E2

Rushmead, E2 Rushmead is a road in the E2 postcode area

Rushmead, E2

Sanchia Court, E2 Sanchia Court is a block on Wellington Row.

Sanchia Court, E2

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

Sanger House, E2

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

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

Scawfell Street, E2

Seabright Gardens, E2 Seabright Gardens was established as Queen Caroline Place during the 1820s.

Seabright Gardens, E2

Seabright Street, E2 Seabright Street is a shadow of its former self.

Seabright Street, E2

Seabright Terrace, E2 Seabright Place was a terrace along Hackney Road.

Seabright Terrace, E2

Sebright House, E2 Sebright House is a block on Kay Street.

Sebright House, E2

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

Shacklewell Street, E2

Sheppard House, E2 Sheppard House is a block on St Peter’s Close.

Sheppard House, 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

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

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

Squirries Street, E2

St Peter’s Close, E2 St Peter’s Close lies near to St Peter’s in Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Close, E2

St Peter’s Square, E2 St Peter’s Square lies behind St Peter’s, Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Square, E2

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

Stamp Place, 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

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

Sunbury Workshops, E2

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

Swanfield Street, E2

Teale Street, E2 Teale Street originated in 1836.

Teale Street, E2

Teesdale Close, E2 Teesdale Close, now a short street, was previously part of Teesdale Street which was split into two post-war.

Teesdale Close, E2

Teesdale Street, E2 Teesdale Street was Durham Street until 1875.

Teesdale Street, E2

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

Teesdale Yard, E2

Temple Street, E2 Temple Street formed the eastern boundary of the Rush Mead estate by 1821.

Temple Street, E2

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

Temple Yard, E2

The Oval, E2 The Oval, with 36 cottages and a chapel, was built on the eastern boundary of the Bullocks Estate by 1836.

The Oval, E2

Thomas Burt House, E2 Thomas Burt House can be found on Canrobert Street.

Thomas Burt House, E2

Thornaby House, E2 Thornaby House is located on Canrobert Street.

Thornaby House, E2

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

Torrance House, E2

Treadway Street, E2 Treadway Street was originally called Hope Street.

Treadway Street, E2

Tria Apartments, E2 Tria Apartments is a block on Durant Street.

Tria Apartments, E2

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

Turin Street, E2

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

Tyrell Street, E2

Verdigris Apartments, E2 Verdigris Apartments is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Verdigris Apartments, E2

Viaduct Place, E2 Viaduct Place connects Viaduct Street with Seabright Street.

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

Violet Turner Court, E2 Violet Turner Court is a building on Kay Street.

Violet Turner Court, E2

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

Virginia Road, E2

Voss Street, E2 Voss Street is the successor to an interlinked series of alleyways behind Bethnal Green Road.

Voss Street, E2

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

Warner Place, 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

Westhope House, E2 Westhope House is a block on Derbyshire Street.

Westhope House, E2

Weymouth Terrace, E2 Weymouth Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Weymouth Terrace, E2

William Channing House, E2 William Channing House is a block on Canrobert Street.

William Channing House, E2

Wilmot Street, E2 Wilmot Street is one of the older Bethnal Green streets.

Wilmot Street, E2

Winifred Young Court, E2 Winifred Young Court is a block on Kay Street.

Winifred Young Court, E2

Winkley Street, E2 Winkley Street was Catherine Street until 1938.

Winkley Street, E2

Wyndham Deedes House, E2 Wyndham Deedes House is a block on Hackney Road.

Wyndham Deedes House, E2

Yates House, E2 Yates House is a block on Roberta Street.

Yates House, E2

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

Yorkton Street, E2

Zander Court, E2 Zander Court, alphabetically, is one of the last addresses in London.

Zander Court, E2

NEARBY PUBS

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

Gibraltar Tavern

Sager & Wilde

Sebright Arms Sebright Arms is a pub on Coate Street.

Sebright Arms

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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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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008 Credit: Wiki Commons/Sunil060902 TUM image id: 1606480779 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Geffrye Museum, London (2012) Credit: Chang Yisheng TUM image id: 1557162652 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	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	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Brick Lane streetsign. Credit: James Cridland TUM image id: 1490913219 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cheshire Street (1969). Credit: David Granick (1912-80) TUM image id: 1522751823 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865 Credit: Spitalfields Trust TUM image id: 1605904747 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938. TUM image id: 1490922288 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left TUM image id: 1660579336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	White Lion Street (now Folgate Street), photographed from Norton Folgate (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641561987 Licence:	Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts an earlier section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners. TUM image id: 1622120462 Licence:	Hanbury Street c.1918, looking east TUM image id: 1490921501 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Whitechapel High Street near Aldgate (1929) Credit: Fox Photos/Getty Images TUM image id: 1622647621 Licence:

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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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Cheshire Street (1969).
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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts an earlier section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners.
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Pollard Row (1939)
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Sclater Street, Bethnal Green, early 1900s
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Pre-electric irons These would be heated on a stove or an open fire. Apart from there use ironing, wrapped in woollen stuff they were frequently used as substitute hot water bottles.
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Before roads were realigned post-war, St Peter’s Close and Nelson Gardens, Bethnal Green met one another at a junction.
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A row of weaver’s houses with their typically large first floor windows. Menotti Street, 1927. This street had been called Manchester Street up until 1864. The majority of Menotti Street was cleared in the 1950s to make way for Weaver’s Fields, and a tiny part of the street still remains.
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The Dinmont Estate was designed by G. Topham Forrest for the LCC and completed in 1935-6.
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