Bearstead Court, E1

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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
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. 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

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

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Pavilion Theatre

St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) St Mary’s was a station on the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway lines, located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations.

St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road)

Weaver’s Fields Weavers Fields is an open space in Bethnal Green.

Weaver’s Fields

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Ada Lewis Court, E1

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

Antila Court, E1

Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street.

Arthur Deakin House, E1

Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street.

Ashington House, E1

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

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

Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896.

Baker’s Row, E1

Barwell House, E2 Barwell House is a block on Menotti Street.

Barwell House, E2

Benjamin Truman Close, E1 Benjamin Truman Close is a location in London.

Benjamin Truman Close, E1

Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard was a narrow thoroughfare running north-south from Old Montague Street (where it was accessible via a set of steps) to Whitechapel Road.

Black Lion Yard, E1

Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street.

Blackwood House, E1

Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Bloomfield House, E1

BLSA Building, E1 BLSA Building is a block on Newark Street.

BLSA Building, E1

Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street.

Boden House, E1

Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road.

Booth House, E1

Brady Street, E1 Brady Street is a road running north-south from Three Colts Lane to Whitechapel Road.

Brady Street, E1

Brick Lane, E1 Brick Lane runs north from the junction of Osborn Street, Old Montague Street and Wentworth Street, through Spitalfields to Bethnal Green Road.

Brick Lane, E1

Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street.

Britannia House, E1

Browns Lane, E1 Browns Lane is marked on the 1862 Stanford map.

Browns Lane, E1

Bullen House, E1 Bullen House is a building on Collingwood Street.

Bullen House, E1

Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century.

Buxton Street, E1

Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street.

Carillon Court, E1

Caroline Adams House, E1 Caroline Adams House is a block on Pedley Street.

Caroline Adams House, E1

Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street.

Casson House, E1

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

Casson Street, E1

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

Castlemain Street, E1

Chapter House, E2 Chapter House is a block on Dunbridge Street.

Chapter House, E2

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

Cheshire Street, E1

Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street.

Chicksand House, E1

Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane.

Chicksand Street, E1

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

Chilton Street, E2

Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street.

Cityscape Apartments, E1

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

Code Street, E2

Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street.

Codrington Court, E1

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

Collingwood Street, E1

Commercial House, E1 Commercial House is a block on Commercial Street.

Commercial House, E1

Corbet Place, E1 Corbet Place - an L-shaped street, onto which back several large industrial buildings of the early/mid-twentieth century.

Corbet Place, E1

Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street.

Cornerstone Court, E1

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

Court Street, E1

Coverley Close, E1 Coverley Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Coverley Close, E1

Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane.

Cutters Court, E2

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

Cygnet Street, E1

Daniel Gilbert House, E1 Daniel Gilbert House is a block on Code Street.

Daniel Gilbert House, E1

Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Davenant House, E1

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

Davenant Street, E1

Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s.

Deal Street, E1

Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Dowson Place, E1

Dray Walk, E1 Dray Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Dray Walk, E1

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

Dunbridge Street, E2

Durward Street, E1 Durward Street is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Brady Street to Baker’s Row (today’s Vallance Road).

Durward Street, E1

Durwaroad Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Durwaroad Street, E1

East Mount Street, E1 East Mount Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

East Mount Street, E1

Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Ely Place, E1

Embassy Court, E1 Embassy Court is a block on Brady Street.

Embassy Court, E1

Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Evelyn House, E1

Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Fakruddin Street, E1

Fashion Street, E1 Fashion Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street.

Fashion Street, E1

Field House, E1 Field House can be found on Buxton Street.

Field House, E1

Flower and Dean Street, E1 Flower and Dean Street was a narrow street running east-west from Commercial Street to Brick Lane.

Flower and Dean Street, E1

Flower and Dean Walk, E1 Flower and Dean Walk is a street of social housing created in the 1980s.

Flower and Dean Walk, E1

Fournier Street, E1 Fournier Street is a street running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street alongside Christ Church.

Fournier Street, E1

Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street.

Fremantle House, E1

Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street.

Frostic Walk, E1

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

Fulbourne Street, E1

Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street.

Garrod Building, E1

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

Gemini Apartments, E1

George Street, E1 George Street was a street running north-south from Flower and Dean Street to Wentworth Street, crossing Thrawl Street approx. half way along its length..

George Street, E1

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

Goldman Close, E2

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

Granary Road, E1

Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street.

Greatorex House, E1

Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street.

Greatorex Street, E1

Grey Eagle Street, E1 Grey Eagle Street was part of the Wilkes Estate with building leases granted in 1761.

Grey Eagle Street, E1

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

Grimsby Street, E2

Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hanbury Hall, E1

Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street.

Hanbury House, E1

Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road.

Hanbury Street, E1

Hannan Court, E1 Hannan Court can be found on Pedley Street.

Hannan Court, E1

Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street.

Harvey House, E1

Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street.

Heathpool Court, E1

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

Hemming Street, E1

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

Heneage Street, E1

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

Hereford Street, E2

Hobsons Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hobsons Place, E1

Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Hopetown Street, E1

Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street.

Hudson Building, E1

Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings.

Hughes Mansions, E1

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

Hunton Street, E1

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1 Jackson & Joseph Building is a building on Princelet Street.

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1

John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street.

John Pritchard House, E1

John Sinclair Court, E1 John Sinclair Court is a block on Thrawl Street.

John Sinclair Court, E1

Kelsey Street, E2 Kelsey Street was called Cross Street until 1869.

Kelsey Street, E2

Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street.

Kempton Court, E1

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

Kerbela Street, E2

Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street.

Kings Arms Court, E1

Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Kingward House, E1

Kinsham House, E2 Kinsham House is a block on Ramsey Street.

Kinsham House, E2

Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street.

Kiran Apartments, E1

Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street.

Kushiyara House, E1

Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street.

Lister House, E1

Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street.

Little Collingwood Street, E1

Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street.

Lolesworth Close, E1

Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Lomas Street, E1

Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Luntley Place, E1

Mape Street, E2 While much altered, Mape Street began life in 1826.

Mape Street, E2

McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street.

McCalla House, E1

McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street.

McGlashon House, E1

Menotti Street, E2 Menotti Street, a shadow of its former length, was called Manchester Street until 1864.

Menotti Street, E2

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

Merceron Street, E1

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

Milward Street, E1

Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street.

Mocatta House, E1

Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Monthope Road, E1

Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Moss Close, E1

Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mount Terrace, E1

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street.

Northesk House, E1

Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street.

Norvin House, E1

Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street.

Novem House, E1

Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block on Chicksand Street.

Odeon Court, E1

Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane.

Old Montague Street, E1

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

Old Nichol Street, E2

Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900.

Osborn Place, E1

Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Pauline House, E1

Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Pavilion House, E1

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

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

Pedley Street, E1

Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street.

Pellew House, E1

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

Penny Gaff House, E2

Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green.

Pereira Street, E1

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

Philippe Roth Catering, E1

Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street.

Princelet Street, E1

Quaker Street, E1 Quaker Street was at first called Westbury Street.

Quaker Street, E1

Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street.

Ramar House, E1

Ramsey Street, E2 A road with a long history, Ramsey Street has been realigned since the Second World War.

Ramsey Street, E2

Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Regal Close, E1

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

Richmix Square, E1

Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street.

Rochester Court, E2

Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street.

Rutherford House, E1

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

Sclater Street, E1

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

Scott Street, E1

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

Selby Street, E1

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street.

Shah Paran House, E1

Sheba Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Sheba Place, E1

Sol Frankel House, E1 Sol Frankel House is a block on Pedley Street.

Sol Frankel House, E1

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

Somerford Street, E1

Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street.

Soyeux Apartments, E1

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

Spellman Street, E1

Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a block on Spelman Street.

Spelman House, E1

Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century.

Spelman Street, E1

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

Spital Street, E1

Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area

Spring Walk, E1

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

St Matthews Row, E2

St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way.

St Philip’s House, E1

Station House, E1 Station House can be found on Code Street.

Station House, E1

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

Steadhem House, E2

Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stepney Green Court, E1

Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street.

Stuttle House, E1

Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Surma Close, E1

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

Swanfield Court, E2

Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street.

Tannery House, E1

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

Tapp Street, E2

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street.

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1

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

Tent Street, E1

The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street.

The Old Montague Apartments, E1

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street.

Tower House, E1

Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Trahorn Close, E1

Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road.

Treves House, E1

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

Turville 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

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

Underwood Road, E1

Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road.

Vallance Road, E1

Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street.

Vibeca Apartments, E1

Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road.

Vine Court, E1

Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street.

Vollasky House, E1

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

Weaver Street, E1

White Street, E2 White Street was the former name for part of Vallance Road.

White Street, E2

Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area

Whitechapel Market, E1

Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London.

Whitechapel Road, E1

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1

Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century.

Wilkes Street, E1

Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street.

Winthrop Street, E1

Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area

Wodeham Gardens, E1

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

Wood Close, E2

Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate.

Woodseer Street, E1

Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews.

Workhouse Apartments, E1

NEARBY PUBS

Pride of Spitalfields Pride of Spitalfields stands on Heneage Street.

Pride of Spitalfields

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a neighbourhood whose heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.

By the late 1500s Whitechapel and the surrounding area had started becoming 'other half' of London. Located downwind of the genteel sections of west London which were to see the expansion of Westminster Abbey and construction of Buckingham Palace, it naturally attracted the more fragrant activities of the city, particularly tanneries, breweries, foundries (including the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which later cast Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and also Big Ben), slaughterhouses and, close by to the south, the gigantic Billingsgate fish market, famous in its day for the ornately foul language of the extremely Cockney fishwomen who worked there.

Population shifts from rural areas to London from the 1600s to the mid 1800s resulted in great numbers of more or less destitute people taking up residence amidst the industries and mercantile interests that had attracted them. By the 1840s Whitechapel, along with the enclaves of Wapping, Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Mile End, Limehouse and Stepney (collectively known today as the East End), had evolved, or devolved, into classic 'dickensian' London. Whitechapel Road itself was not particularly squalid through most of this period - it was the warren of small dark streets branching from it that contained the greatest suffering, filth and danger, especially Dorset St., Thrawl St., Berners St. (renamed Henriques St.), Wentworth St. and others.

In the Victorian era the base population of poor English country stock was swelled by immigrants from all over, particularly Irish and Jewish. 1888 saw the depredations of the Whitechapel Murderer, later known as 'Jack the Ripper'. In 1902, American author Jack London, looking to write a counterpart to Jacob Riis's seminal book How the Other Half Lives, donned ragged clothes and boarded in Whitechapel, detailing his experiences in The People of the Abyss. Riis had recently documented the astoundingly bad conditions in the leading city of the United States. Jack London, a socialist, thought it worthwhile to explore conditions in the leading city of the nation that had created modern capitalism. He concluded that English poverty was far rougher than the American variety. The juxtaposition of the poverty, homelessness, exploitive work conditions, prostitution, and infant mortality of Whitechapel and other East End locales with some of the greatest personal wealth the world has ever seen made it a focal point for leftist reformers of all kinds, from George Bernard Shaw, whose Fabian Society met regularly in Whitechapel, to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who boarded and led rallies in Whitechapel during his exile from Russia.

Whitechapel remained poor (and colourful) through the first half of the 20th Century, though somewhat less desperately so. It suffered great damage in the V2 German rocket attacks and the Blitz of World War II. Since then, Whitechapel has lost its notoriety, though it is still thoroughly working class. The Bangladeshis are the most visible migrant group there today and it is home to many aspiring artists and shoestring entrepreneurs.

Since the 1970s, Whitechapel and other nearby parts of East London have figured prominently in London's art scene. Probably the most prominent art venue is the Whitechapel Art Gallery, founded in 1901 and long an outpost of high culture in a poor neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood has gentrified, it has gained citywide, and even international, visibility and support.

Whitechapel, is a London Underground and London Overground station, on Whitechapel Road was opened in 1876 by the East London Railway on a line connecting Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations south of the River Thames. The station site was expanded in 1884, and again in 1902, to accommodate the services of the Metropolitan District Railway, a predecessor of the London Underground. The London Overground section of the station was closed between 2007 and 27 April 2010 for rebuilding, initially reopening for a preview service on 27 April 2010 with the full service starting on 23 May 2010.

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	The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902) TUM image id: 1660651336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 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:	Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641574406 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
A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935. TUM image id: 1622205635 Licence:	46 Aldgate High Street TUM image id: 1490910153 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	North side of Aldgate High Street, c.1905 TUM image id: 1490909298 Licence:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902)
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Whitechapel Gallery
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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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A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935.
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St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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Brick Lane streetsign.
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Boy digging up an asphalt pavement in the East End (1899)
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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