Francis Bancroft Building, E1

Block in/near Mile End

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2001
The Francis Bancroft Building is one of the blocks surrounding the Novo Cemetery.

It is part of Queen Mary University of London.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Black Boy The Black Boy public house stood on the Mile End Road.
Mile End Mile End is recorded in 1288 as ’La Mile ende’ and means ’the hamlet a mile away’.
Stepney Green Stepney Green tube station lies on the corner of Mile End Road and Globe Road in the Stepney neighbourhood of east London.

NEARBY STREETS
Aberavon Road, E3 Aberavon Road was called Frederick Place until 1938 (Mile End)
Adriatic House, E1 Adriatic House is located on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Alderney Road, E1 Alderney Road began as a pathway called Alderney Place during the 1830s (Stepney Green)
Alloway Road, E3 Alloway Road connects Lichfield Road with Morgan Street (Bow)
Allport Mews, E1 Allport Mews lies off Stepney Green itself (Stepney Green)
Anson House, E1 Anson House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Arabian House, E1 Arabian House is sited on Ernst Road (Stepney Green)
Aral House, E1 Aral House is sited on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Argyle Road, E1 Argyle Road followed Carlton Square as an 1850s development by William Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)
Azov House, E1 Azov House is a block on Sandalwood Close (Stepney Green)
Bancroft Road, E1 Bancroft Road was constructed in stages between 1820 and 1850 (Stepney Green)
Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1 Bencroft’s Hospital and School, established in 1737, was on the north side of Mile End Road (Mile End)
Bantry House, E1 Bantry House was commissioned in 1953 (Stepney Green)
Barents House, E1 Barents House is the westernmost block on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Grove, E1 Beaumont Grove runs south from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Street, E1 Beaumont Street was the predecessor name to Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)
Bevin House, E2 Bevin House is a block on Knottisford Street (Mile End)
Biscay House, E1 Biscay House faces Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Bonwell Street, Bonwell Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Bonwell Street, E2 Bonwell Street was redeveloped but still there as an unnamed road (Mile End)
Boyton Close, E1 Boyton Close covered half of the former Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Bradley Lynch Court, E2 Bradley Lynch Court is a block on Morpeth Street (Mile End)
Bradwell Street, E1 Bradwell Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Brancaster House, E1 Brancaster House is a block on Moody Street (Mile End)
Broadford House, E1 Broadford House is a block on Commodore Street (Mile End)
Bullards Place, E2 Bullards Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Bullards Street, Bullards Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Burdett Road, E3 Burdett Road is a major north-south road in east London (Mile End)
Butcombe House, E3 Butcombe House is a block on Lulsgate Mews (Mile End)
Calverley Street, E1 Calverley Street disappeared when the Ocean Estate was built over its site (Stepney Green)
Cambay House, E1 Cambay House is located on Harford Street (Stepney Green)
Canal Close, E1 Canal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)
Carlyle Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)
Chapman House, E1 Chapman House is sited on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Chesney House, E1 Chesney House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Clementina Court, E3 Clementina Court is a block situated on the Regent’s Canal (Mile End)
Clinton Road, E3 Clinton Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)
College Terrace, E3 College Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Bow)
Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)
Colnmore Court / Greenan Court, E2 Colnmore Court / Greenan Court is a block on Meath Crescent (Bethnal Green)
Colombo House, E3 Colombo House is a block on Grove Road (Bow)
Commodore Street, E1 Commodore Street is the eastern extension of Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Coral House, E1 Coral House is a block on Harford Street (Stepney Green)
Cordova Road, E3 Cordova Road was laid out in 1866 (Bow)
Devonshire Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road (Stepney Green)
Doctrine Apartments, E3 Doctrine Apartments is located on College Terrace (Bow)
Downey House, E1 Downey House is a block on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Downy House, E1 Downy House is a residential block near to the Horn of Plenty (Stepney Green)
Driver’s Buildings, E1 Driver’s Buildings was a courtyard off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Eastbury Terrace, E1 Eastbury Terrace has a complicated history as a street name (Stepney Green)
Eaton Place, E1 Eaton Place seems to have originated in the 1860s and was renamed Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)
Ely Terrace, E1 Friendly Place was renamed Ely Terrace in 1879 (Stepney Green)
Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (Stepney Green)
Emmott Close, E1 Emmott Close runs parallel to the Grand Union Canal (Mile End)
Eric Street, E3 Eric Street runs south from Mile End Road (Mile End)
Ernest Street, E1 Ernest Street was one of the few streets in the area to survive the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Floreston Street, E1 Floreston Street seems to have been added to the Stepney Green area during the 1860s (Stepney Green)
Formosa House, E1 Formosa House is a residential block, commissioned in 1956 (Stepney Green)
Francis Bancroft Building, E1 The Francis Bancroft Building is one of the blocks surrounding the Novo Cemetery (Mile End)
Friendly Place, E1 Friendly Place ran behind buildings on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Frimley Street, E1 The remaining evidence of Frimley Street is a short, unnamed alleyway off the Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Frimley Way, E1 Frimley Way was built after 1966 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)
Galveston House, E1 Galveston House’s six floors contain 60 flats (Stepney Green)
Genoa House, E1 Genoa House is located on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Geography Square, E1 Geography Square is an open space within Queen Mary University of London (Mile End)
Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)
Godward Square, E1 Godward Square is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Grand Regent Tower, E2 Grand Regent Tower is a block on Cadmium Square (Bow)
Grand Walk, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Mile End)
Grantley Street, E1 Grantley Street was formerly called Grafton Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Grebe Court, E1 Swan Court - later Grebe Court - was a small courtyard off Driver’s Buildings (Stepney Green)
Greenland House, E1 Greenland House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Harford Street, E1 Harford Street is a long north-south street of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square lies to the east of Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Hawke House, E1 Hawke House was commissioned in 1953 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Place, E1 Hayfield Place was an old courtyard leading south off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Yard, E1 Hayfield Yard appears to date from the turn of the nineteenth century and possibly before (Stepney Green)
Holton Street, E1 Holton Street is a street in two sections, divided by Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Hurdlow House, E1 Hurdlow House is sited on Moody Street (Bethnal Green)
Ifor Evans Place, E1 Ifor Evans Place is named after Sir Ifor Leslie Evans (1897-1952) (Stepney Green)
Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building, E1 The Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building is part of the Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)
Ionian House, E1 Ionian House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
James House, E1 James House is a one 6-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Mile End)
Joben Court, E1 Joben Court is located on Whitman Road (Mile End)
Lawton Road, E3 Lawton Road is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)
Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)
Levant House, E1 Levant House is a six-story block with 24 flats on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Lichfield Road, E3 Lichfield Road is a road in the E3 postcode area (Bow)
Litcham House, E1 Litcham House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)
Lodge House, E1 Lodge House is located on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Long Wall, E3 Long Wall is a road in the E3 postcode area (Bow)
Longnor Road, E1 Longnor Road is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Louisa Street, E1 Louisa Street leads off Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)
Lower John Street, E1 Lower John Street (also simply ’John Street’) was short-lived street name of Stepney (Stepney Green)
Lydia Street, E1 Lydia Street was located along White Horse Lane just north of the modern Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Lynden House, E1 Lynden House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)
Magellan House, E1 Magellan House, a six-storey block with 23 flats, is part of the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a Grade II listed Georgian building at 137-139 Mile End Road in Stepney (Stepney Green)
Maria Terrace, E1 Maria Terrace lies off Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)
Massingham Street, E1 Massingham Street was called Norfolk Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Mathematical Sciences Building, E1 The Mathematical Sciences Building is part of Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)
Maynard House, E1 Maynard House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Meath Bridge, E1 Meath Bridge is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Meath Crescent, E1 Meath Crescent is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Midlothian Road, E3 Midlothian Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)
Mile End Place, E1 A quiet side street off the bustling Mile End Road, lies a small and enchanting enclave known as Mile End Place. (Stepney Green)
Mile End Road, E1 Mile End Road is an ancient route from London to the East, moved to its present alignment after the foundation of Bow Bridge in 1110. (Stepney Green)
Mile End Road, E3 Mile End Road is a main thoroughfare of the East End (Mile End)
Moody Street, E1 Moody Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Moray House, E1 Moray House can be found on Sandalwood Close (Mile End)
Morgan Street, E3 Morgan Street is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Bow)
Morpeth Street, E2 Morpeth Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Newport House, E3 Newport House stands on the corner of Antill Road and Strahan Road (Bow)
Norfolk Street, E1 Norfolk Street ran east from Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Osier Court, E1 Osier Court is a block on Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Osier Street, E1 Osier Street inherited part of the former Willow Street (Stepney Green)
Pacific House, E1 Pacific House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Palliser House, E1 Palliser House can be found on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Pegasus House, E1 Pegasus House is one of the post-war blocks surrounding Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)
Peter Landin Building, E1 Peter Landin Building is a building on Godward Square (Mile End)
Pooley House, E1 Pooley House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Rahere Court, E1 Rahere Court is a block on Toby Lane (Mile End)
Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)
Rhondda Grove, E3 Rhondda Grove is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)
Sandalwood Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)
Selincourt House, E1 Selincourt House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Shandy Street, E1 Shandy Street connects Beaumont Square with Harford Street (Stepney Green)
Shiloh Place, E1 Eaton Place became Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)
Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street predated the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Sligo House, E1 Sligo House is a block on Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)
Solebay Street, E1 Solebay Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Solway House, E1 Solway House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
St Faith’s House, E1 St Faith’s House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Stayners Road, E1 Stayners Road connects the Mile End Road with Boyton Close (Stepney Green)
Stocks Court, E1 Stocks Court is a building on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Taverners Court, E3 Taverners Court is a building on Grove Road (Mile End)
Timmins Apartments, E2 Timmins Apartments is a block on Palmers Road (Mile End)
Timor House, E1 Timor House is a block on Duckett Street (Stepney Green)
Toby Lane, E1 Toby Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)
Tuscan House, E2 Tuscan House is a block on Digby Street (Mile End)
Tutelage Court, E3 Tutelage Court is a block on Lichfield Road (Bow)
Union Drive, E1 Union Drive is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Upper John Street, E1 Upper John Street existed between the 1820s and 1871 (Stepney Green)
Usk Street, Usk Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Varey House, E1 Varey House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Vassall House, E3 Vassall House is a block on Grove Road (Bow)
Walter Street, E2 Walter Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Warley Street, E2 Warley Street is a road in the RM14 postcode area (Mile End)
Waterfall House, E1 Waterfall House is a building on Toby Lane (Mile End)
Weddell House, E1 Weddell House, on the Ocean Estate, was built south of Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Wentworth Mews, E3 Thomas, Lord Wentworth, Lord Chamberlain, acquired the manor of Stepney in 1550 - it had formerly belonged to the bishops of London and they had surrendered it to Edward VI (Mile End)
Westfield Way, E1 Westfield Way is a newer road which replaced a coal depot in the area (Mile End)
Wharton House, E2 Wharton House can be found on Palmers Road (Mile End)
Whitman Road, E1 Whitman Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)
XX Place, E1 XX Place is one of the oddest street names that ever existed in London (Stepney Green)


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