Blackwood House, E1

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence Reply
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
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
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
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
Kim Johnson Limehouse Causeway (1908) Added: 24 Jun 2021 19:17 GMT	Limehouse Causeway (1908) My great grandparents were the first to live in 15 Tomlins Terrace, then my grandparents and parents after marriage. I spent the first two years of my life there. My nan and her family lived at number 13 Tomlins Terrace. My maternal grandmother lived in Maroon house, Blount Street with my uncle. Nan, my mum and her brothers were bombed out three times during the war. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Hendon Central Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:15 GMT	Not as Central as advertised... Hendon Central was by no means the centre of Hendon when built, being a green field site. It was built at the same time as both the North Circular Road and the A41 were built as major truck roads �’ an early example of joined up London transport planning. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.

Pavilion Theatre

Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.

Vine Tavern

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

Weaver’s Fields

NEARBY STREETS

, Foster Street is an old East End street.

Abingdon Street, E1 Abingdon Street is an old East End street.

Abingdon Street, E1

Ada Lewis Court, E1 Ada Lewis Court is located on Underwood Road.

Ada Lewis Court, E1

Adelina Grove, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Adelina Grove, E1

Adelina Place, E1 Adelina Place was a very narrow side street of Adelina Grove.

Adelina Place, E1

Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists.

Allenbury Street, E2

Amiel Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Amiel Street, E1

Andover Court, E2 Andover Court is a building on Mint Street.

Andover Court, E2

Ansell House, E1 Ansell House is a block on Adelina Grove.

Ansell House, E1

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

Arundel Street,

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

Ashington House, E1

Assembly Passage, E1 Assembly Passage is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Assembly Passage, E1

Bahram Court, E2 Bahram Court is a block on Mint Street.

Bahram Court, E2

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

Baker’s Row, E1

Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road.

Bancroft House, E1

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

Barnsley Street, E1

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

Barwell House, E2

Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891.

Bath Street,

Bearstead Court, E1 Bearstead Court is a block on Underwood Road.

Bearstead Court, E1

Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is a block on Jubilee Street.

Beckett House, E1

Bedford Street, E1 Bedford Square, Shadwell was called Bedford Street after 1894.

Bedford Street, E1

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

Benjamin Truman Close, E1

Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street.

Berry House, E1

Blitheale Court, E2 Blitheale Court is a block on Witan Street.

Blitheale Court, E2

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

Braintree House, E1 Braintree House is a block on Malcolm Road.

Braintree House, E1

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

Braintree Street, E1

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

Buckfast Street, E2

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

Buckhurst Street, E1

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

Bullen House, E1

Cambridge Heath Road, E1 Cambridge Heath Road was originally Cambridge Road.

Cambridge Heath Road, E1

Cannon Place, E1 Cannon Place is an old East End street.

Cannon Place, E1

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

Carlisle Street,

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

Caroline Adams House, E1

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

Castlemain Street, E1

Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area

Cavell Street, E1

Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street.

Cephas House, E1

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

Cephas Street, E1

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

Chapter House, E2

Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road.

Chronos Building, E1

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

Clarence Street,

Cleveland Grove, E1 Cleveland Grove is a road in the E1 postcode area

Cleveland Grove, E1

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

Cleveland Street,

Cleveland Way, E1 Cleveland Way is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Cleveland Way, E1

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

Codrington Court, E1

Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue is a road in the E1 postcode area

Colebert Avenue, E1

Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue.

Colebert House, E1

Colin Winter House, E1 Colin Winter House is a block on Nicholas Road.

Colin Winter House, E1

Collingwood House, E1 Collingwood House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road.

Collingwood House, E1

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

Collingwood Street, E1

Colverson House, E1 Colverson House is sited on Unnamed Road.

Colverson House, E1

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

Coopers Close, E1

Corfield Street, E2 Corfield Street runs along the route of the former Camden Gardens.

Corfield Street, E2

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

Cornerstone Court, E1

Cotherstone Court, E2 Cotherstone Court is a block on Mint Street.

Cotherstone Court, E2

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

Court Street, E1

Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Coventry Road, E1

Coventry Street, E1 Suffolk Street was renamed to Coventry Street, E2 in 1881.

Coventry Street, E1

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

Coverley Close, E1

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

Cudworth Street, E1

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

Cutters Court, E2

Dagobert House, E1 Dagobert House is a block on Smithy Street.

Dagobert House, E1

Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area

Darling Row, E1

Darting Road, Darting Road is an old East End street.

Darting Road,

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

Devonshire Street, E1 Devonshire Street East (and West) became Devonshire Street in 1865 (4825).

Devonshire Street, E1

Donegal House, E1 Donegal House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road.

Donegal House, E1

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

Doveton House, E1

Doveton Street, E1 Queen Street was renamed to Doveton Street, E1 in 1883.

Doveton Street, E1

Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane.

Dressage Court, E2

Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove.

Dron House, E1

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

Ducie Street,

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

Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street.

Eagle House, E1

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

East Mount Street, E1

Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.

Eastman,

Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage is a location in London.

Edwards Passage, E1

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road.

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1

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

Embassy Court, E1

Entick Street, E2 Entick Street was near to Malcolm Place - the course of the road still visible as a path parallel to Braintree Street.

Entick Street, E2

Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Fakruddin Street, E1

Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883.

Fellbrigg Street, E1

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

Finnis Street,

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

Fremantle House, E1

Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street.

Friesian House, E2

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

Fulbourne Street, E1

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

Furness Street ,

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

Glass Street, E2

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

Granary Road, E1

Greenheath Business Centre, E2 Greenheath Business Centre is a Bethnal Green commercial area.

Greenheath Business Centre, E2

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

Grindall House, E1

Hadleigh Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hadleigh Close, E1

Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street.

Hadleigh House, E1

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

Hadleigh Street, E1

Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk is a road in the E6 postcode area

Hadleigh Walk, E1

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

Harvey House, E1

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

Hawkins Street,

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

Headlam Street, 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

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

Herald Street, E2

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

Hereford Street,

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

Hereford Street, E2

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

Hughes Mansions, E1

Jarman House, E1 Jarman House is sited on Jubilee Street.

Jarman House, E1

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

John Pritchard House, 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

Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road.

Kenton House, E1

Key Close, E1 Key Close is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Key Close, E1

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

Kinsham House, E2

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

Lang Street, E1

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

Lindley House, E1

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

Lindley Street, E1

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

Lisbon Street,

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

Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Lomas Street, E1

London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888.

London Street,

Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street.

Louise De Marillac House, E1

Malcolm Place, E1 Malcolm Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Malcolm Place, E1

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

Malcolm Road, E1

Mantus Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mantus Close, E1

Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mantus Road, E1

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

Mape Street, E2

Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938.

Maples Place, E1

Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage.

Mariana Court, E1

Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street.

Mayo House, E1

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

McCalla House, E1

Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane.

Mccoy House, E2

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

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

Middlesea Street ,

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

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

Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street.

Neath Terrace ,

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

Northampton Street,

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

Northesk House, E1

O’Leary Square, E1 O’Leary Square is a road in the E1 postcode area

O’Leary Square, E1

Oasis Court, E1 Oasis Court is a block on Mile End Road.

Oasis Court, E1

Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950.

Octagon Street, E1

Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Orion House, E1

Pacific Court, E1 Pacific Court is a building on Assembly Passage.

Pacific Court, E1

Park House, E1 Park House is a block on Mile End Road.

Park House, E1

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

Pauline House, E1

Pelican House, E1 Pelican House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road.

Pelican House, E1

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

Pellew House, E1

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

Pereira Street, E1

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

Peretra Street,

Phoenix Court, E1 Phoenix Court is a block on Cudworth Street.

Phoenix Court, E1

Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1.

Queen Street, E1

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

Ramsey Street,

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

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Raven Row, E1

Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street.

Redclyf House, E1

Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street.

Redmill House, E1

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

Regal Close, E1

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

Richardson Street,

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

Rochester Court, E2

Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996).

Russell Street, E1

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

Rutherford House, E1

Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue.

Ryder House, E1

Sale Street, E2 Sale Street once ran much further east.

Sale Street, E2

Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way.

Sambrook House, E1

Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street.

Sandhurst House, E1

Sceptre House, E1 Sceptre House is a block on Malcolm Road.

Sceptre House, E1

Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street.

Sceptre 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

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

Smith Street,

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

Smithy Street, 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

Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street.

Southampton Terrace,

Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House is a block on Buckhurst Street.

Sovereign House, E1

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

Soyeux Apartments, E1

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

Spring Walk, E1

St Andrew Street, St Andrew Street is an old East End street.

St Andrew Street,

St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street.

St Mary Street,

Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road.

Steeple Court, E1

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

Stepney Green Court, E1

Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue.

Stothard House, E1

Stothard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Stothard Street, E1

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

Summerford Street,

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

Surma Close, E1

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

Tap Street,

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

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

Teal Street,

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

Tent Street, E1

Three Colt Lane, Three Colt Lane is an old East End street.

Three Colt Lane,

Three Colts Lane, E1 Three Colts Lane is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Three Colts Lane, E1

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

Trahorn Close, E1

Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street.

Tree House, E1

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

Treves House, E1

Trinity Alms Houses, Trinity Alms Houses is an old East End street.

Trinity Alms Houses,

Trinity Green, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Green, E1

Trinity Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Mews, E1

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

Underwood Road, E1

Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883.

Underwood Street,

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

Vallance Road, E1

Vallance Road, E2 The Bethnal Green end of Vallance Road was originally called White Street.

Vallance Road, E2

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

Vawdrey Close, E1

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

Violet Street,

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

Wessex Street, E1

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

Westhope House, E2

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

White Street, E2

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

Whitechapel Road, E1

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

Wickford House, E1

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

Wickford Street, E1

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Winchester Street,

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

Winthrop Street, E1

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wodeham Gardens, E1

Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street.

Wood’s Buildings, E1

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

Woolsey Street,

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

Wyllen Close, E1

NEARBY PUBS

Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.

Vine Tavern

White Hart The White Hart is a pub on the Mile End Road.

White Hart

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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	George Tavern (2015) Situated at 373 Commercial Road, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jimmyketchup TUM image id: 1642691257 Licence:	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:	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 Licence:	Cannon Street Road in the early 1940s TUM image id: 1682607957 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:	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	Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard. TUM image id: 1490915970 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction. TUM image id: 1660666220 Licence: CC BY 2.0	17-21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green (2019) Built in 1753 by Anthony Natt Senior, No 21 to the right had, by 1815, become a girls school for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, by 1873 it was an asylum for "fallen women". Since 1900 it has been occupied by St Margaret’s House a womens Settlement associated with Oxford House. Credit: Wiki Commons/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1620383266 Licence:	Whitechapel Workhouse Mortuary - contemporary press illustration TUM image id: 1490918307 Licence:

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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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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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Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938.
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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction.
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Pollard Row (1939)
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Settles Street, E1 (1940) This photo shows a fine old school sign which featured a torch. A direction sign to a Second World War shelter is on the wall.
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The pure joy of being a child, Fieldgate Mansions, Whitechapel (1970s)
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