James Hammett House, 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
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
STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON Lynedoch Street, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT	Lynedoch Street, E2 my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished Reply
Linda Pereira Street, E1 Added: 18 Feb 2021 22:03 GMT	Pereira Street, E1 My grandfather Charles Suett lived in Periera Street & married a widowed neighbour there. They later moved to 33 Bullen House, Collingwood Street where my father was born. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

Virginia Primary School

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

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

Appold Court, E2

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

Arthur Wade House, E2

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

Atlantic House, E2

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

Audrey Street, E2

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

Austin Street, E2

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

Bailey Court, 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

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

Basing House Yard, E2

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

Baxendale Street, E2

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

Bethnal Green Road, 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

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

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

Calvert Avenue, 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 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

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

Cicely Williams Court, 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

Cordelia House, N1 Cordelia House is a block on Tyssen Street.

Cordelia House, N1

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

Cottons Gardens, E2

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

Crabtree Close, 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

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

Crofts House, 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

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

Drysdale Street, N1

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

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

Edith Street, E2

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

Elwin Street, E2

Ely Place, N1 Ely Place dates from the 1860s but the name dates from 1669.

Ely Place, N1

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

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

Falkirk Street, N1

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

Fellows Court, E2

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

Gascoigne Place, E2

Geffrye Court, N1 Geffrye Court is a road in the N1 postcode area

Geffrye Court, N1

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

Geffrye Street, E2

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

George Loveless House, 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

Godwin House, E2 Godwin House is a building on Kent Street.

Godwin House, 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

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

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

Haig House, E2

Hammel House, N1 Hammel House is located on Stanway Street.

Hammel House, N1

Hare Walk, N1 Hare Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area

Hare Walk, N1

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

Hassard Street, 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

How’s Street, E2 How’s Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

How’s Street, 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

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

Jellicoe House, E2

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

Johnson 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

Kent Court, E2 Kent Court is sited on Kent Street.

Kent Court, E2

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

Kent Street, E2

Kingsland Road, E2 Kingsland Road stretches north from the junction with Old Street, Hackney Road and Shoreditch High Street.

Kingsland Road, E2

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

Kirton Gardens, E2

Land of Promise, N1 The Land of Promise - a short cul-de-sac - got its curious name from its former existence as a piece of land.

Land of Promise, N1

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

Long Street, E2

Lynedoch Street, E2 Lynedoch Street used to lie behind the Shoreditch Workhouse.

Lynedoch Street, E2

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

Mail Coach Yard, E2

Mail Coach Yard, N1 Mail Coach Yard is a road in the N1 postcode area

Mail Coach Yard, N1

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

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

Mary James House, 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

Monteagle Court, N1 Monteagle Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Monteagle Court, N1

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

Nazrul Street, E2

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

Nichols Court, E2

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

Ormsby Street, E2

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

Palissy Street, E2

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

Pearson Street, E2

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

Pelter Street, E2

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

Perseverance Works, 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

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

Ravenscroft Street, E2

Redvers Street, E2 A street within the N1 postcode

Redvers Street, E2

Retford Street, E2 A street within the N1 postcode

Retford Street, E2

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

Rivington Place, EC2A

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

Rosalind House, N1 Rosalind House is a block on Tyssen Street.

Rosalind House, N1

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

Sara Lane Studios, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Sara Lane Studios, N1

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

Satchwell Rents, E2

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

Scawfell Street, E2

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

Sebright House, 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

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

Stanway Street, N1

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

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

Thurtle Road, E2

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

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

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

Tyssen Street, N1

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

Union Central, E2

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

Union Walk, 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

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

Warner Place, E2

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

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

Weymouth Terrace, E2

Wilks Place, N1 Wilks Place is a road in the N1 postcode area

Wilks Place, N1

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

Wimbolt Street, E2

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

Winifred Young Court, 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

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

Gibraltar Tavern

Howl at the Moon

Mkm Entertainment Ltd

The Old Shoreditch Station

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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.

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Geffrye Museum, London (2012) Credit: Chang Yisheng TUM image id: 1557162652 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	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
Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956) TUM image id: 1574858373 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Brick Lane streetsign. Credit: James Cridland TUM image id: 1490913219 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641420511 Licence:	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
View of Curtain Road, Shoreditch from the corner of Great Eastern Street (1896) Credit: George Newnes TUM image id: 1627427673 Licence:	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	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:

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Geffrye Museum, London (2012)
Credit: Chang Yisheng
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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).
Credit: David Granick (1912-80)
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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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On King John Court, E1 is a huge painted mural covering an office building - in 2018 the largest street art mural in the UK. The artwork was created by 16 artists using 250 litres of black paint and 500 cans of spray paint. It covers 1400 square metres of the London headquarters of telecommunications company Colt, who commissioned the piece through Global Street Art.
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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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The Crown public house.
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Ely Place dates from the 1860s but the name dates from 1669. On 11 November 1651, property owner Thomas Robinson sold a portion of his land to one Francis Kirkman. It was described as a "parcel of ground 34 feet wide and from 74 to 84 feet long (...) and the entry way from Hoxton Street between the houses, and a garden plot of one acre extending eastwards to Kingsland Highway". In 1665, the Joiners’ Company purchased an estate at Hoxton and in 1669, sold it on to the overseers of the poor of the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden and Ely Rents. This forms the basis for Ely Place and the land to its north (part of which was developed into the Shoreditch Workhouse). Obliterated during Second World War bombing, 1974 saw an area including Lynedoch Street and Ely Place redeveloped.
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According to the "Illustrated London News" on 1 May 1869: ’Columbia Market, Bethnal-Green, built by Miss Burdett-Coutts. “The buildings are substantially constructed of yellow brick, with Portland-stone cornices and copings, and terra-cotta mouldings; the roofs are of green slate. Mr. H. A. Darbishire is the architect, and Messrs. W. Cubitt and Co. are the builders.”’
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