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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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
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
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
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
Zealand Road, E3 Added: 13 Jan 2021 13:11 GMT	Zealand Rd E3 used to be called Auckland Road Zealand Road E3 used to be called Auckland Road. I seen it on a Philips ABC of London dated about 1925. There is a coalhole cover in nearby Driffield R oad showing a suppliers address in Auckland Road. 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
Carolyn Hirst New Road, E1 Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT	Henry James Hirst My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace. Reply
Conder Street, E14 Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT	Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply

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Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply

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Bethnal Green

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

Weaver’s Fields

THE STREETS OF BETHNAL GREEN

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

Achilles House, E2

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

Admiral Court, E2

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

Ainsley Street, E2

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

Ajax House, E2

Allen McAuliffe House, E2 Allen McAuliffe House is a block on Approach Road.

Allen McAuliffe House, E2

Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists.

Allenbury Street, E2

Allgood Street, E2 Allgood Street was the former Henrietta Street, renamed in 1938.

Allgood Street, E2

Alliston House, E2 Alliston House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Alliston House, E2

Ames House, E2 Ames House is a block on Bonner Street.

Ames House, E2

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

Andover Court, E2

Angela Street, E2 Part of Crescent Place was renamed as Angela Street in 1938.

Angela Street, E2

Apollo House, E2 Apollo House is a block on St Jude’s Road.

Apollo House, E2

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

Appold Court, E2

Approach Road, E2 Approach Road crosses Bonner Road.

Approach Road, E2

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

Argos House, E2

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

Arthur Wade House, E2

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

Ashington House, E1

Astra Apartments, E2 Astra Apartments can be found on Globe Road.

Astra Apartments, E2

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

Austin Street, E2

Ayrton Gould House, E2 Ayrton Gould House is a block on Roman Road.

Ayrton Gould House, E2

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

Bahram Court, E2

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

Bailey Court, E2

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

Barnard House, E2

Barnet Grove, E2 Barnet Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Barnet Grove, E2

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

Barnsley Street, E1

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

Baroness Road, E2

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

Barwell House, 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

Bevin House, E2 Bevin House is a block on Knottisford Street.

Bevin House, E2

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

Birkbeck Street, E2

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

Blitheale Court, E2

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

Blythe Street, E2

Bonner Road, E2 Bonner Road is one of a series of streets named for Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London.

Bonner Road, E2

Bradbeer House, E2 Bradbeer House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate.

Bradbeer House, E2

Bradley Lynch Court, E2 Bradley Lynch Court is a block on Morpeth Street.

Bradley Lynch Court, E2

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

Braintree Street, E1

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

Brierly Gardens, E2

Briggs House, E2 Briggs House is a block on Chambord Street.

Briggs House, E2

Britannia House, E2 Britannia House is a block on Digby Street.

Britannia House, E2

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

Buckfast Street, E2

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

Bullards Place, E2

Burns House, E2 Burns House is located on Bethnal Green Estate.

Burns House, E2

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

Butler 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

Cambridge Heath Road, E2 The route of Cambridge Heath Road, passing through Bethnal Green as a broad stretch of waste, was mentioned in the 1580s as the highway from Mile End to Hackney.

Cambridge Heath Road, 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

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

Chapter House, E2

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

Charles Darwin House, E2

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

Charles Dickens House, E2

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

Charles Hayward Building, E2

Chater House, E2 Chater House is a block on Roman Road.

Chater House, E2

City View House, E2 City View House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

City View House, E2

Clarkson Street, E2 Clarkson Street was formed after 1857.

Clarkson Street, E2

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

Cobden House, 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

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

Corfield Street, E2

Cornwall Avenue, E2 Cornwall Avenue is a no-through road running off of Braintree Street.

Cornwall Avenue, E2

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

Cotherstone Court, E2

Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Coventry Road, E1

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

Cudworth Street, E1

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

Culpin House, E2

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

Cutters Court, E2

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

Cyprus Street, E2

Dawson House, E2 Dawson House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate.

Dawson House, E2

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

Delta Street, E2

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

Dence House, E2

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

Derbyshire Street, E2

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

Dickinson House, E2

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

Digby Street, E2

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

Diss Street, E2

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

Donegal House, E1

Doric House, E2 Doric House is a block on Mace Street.

Doric House, E2

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

Dressage Court, E2

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

Dunbridge Street, E2

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

Durant Street, E2

Ellen Wilkinson House, E2 Ellen Wilkinson House is a block on Usk Street.

Ellen Wilkinson House, E2

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

Ellsworth Street, E2

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

Elwin Street, E2

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

Embassy Court, E1

Esquared Apartments, E2 Esquared Apartments is a block on Allgood Street.

Esquared Apartments, E2

Estate Road, E2 Commercial area

Estate Road, E2

Evans Apartments, E2 Evans Apartments is located on Palmers Road.

Evans Apartments, E2

Evesham House, E2 Evesham House can be found on Old Ford Road.

Evesham House, E2

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

Ezra Street, E2

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

Florida Street, E2

Forber House, E2 Forber House is a block on Braintree Street.

Forber House, E2

Fountain Apartments, E2 Fountain Apartments is a block on Sceptre Road.

Fountain Apartments, E2

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

Friesian House, E2

Gainford House, E2 Gainford House is a block on Ellsworth Street.

Gainford House, E2

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

Gales Gardens, E2

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

Gascoigne Place, E2

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

Gawber Street, E2

George Belt House, E2 George Belt House is sited on Smart Street.

George Belt House, E2

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

George Loveless House, E2

Gibraltar Gardens, E2 Gibraltar Gardens was a small Bethnal Green road.

Gibraltar Gardens, E2

Gibraltar Walk, E2 Gibraltar Walk leads north from Bethnal Green Road.

Gibraltar Walk, E2

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

Gillett House, E2

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

Glass Street, E2

Globe E Apartments, E2 Globe E Apartments is located on Globe Road.

Globe E Apartments, E2

Globe Road, E2 Globe Road was mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581.

Globe Road, E2

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

Goldman Close, E2

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

Gorsuch Place, E2

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

Gosset Street, E2

Gowan House, E2 Gowan House is a block on Chambord Street.

Gowan House, E2

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

Grace Allen Court, E2

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

Granby Street, E2

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

Greenheath Business Centre, E2

Gretton House, E2 Gretton House is a block on Globe Road.

Gretton House, E2

Gwilym Maries House, E2 Residential block

Gwilym Maries House, E2

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

Hackney Road, E2

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

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

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

Haig House, E2

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

Hassard Street, E2

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

Hector House, E2

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

Herald Street, E2

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

Hereford Street, E2

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

Hollybush Gardens, E2

Hollybush House, E2 Hollybush House is a block on Hollybush Gardens.

Hollybush House, E2

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

Hollybush Place, E2

Holman House, E2 Holman House is a block on Roman Road.

Holman House, 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

Hugh Platt House, E2 Hugh Platt House is a block on Patriot Square.

Hugh Platt House, E2

Hugues House, E2 Hugues House is a block on Sceptre Road.

Hugues House, E2

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

Hutton House, E2

Ion Court, E2 Ion Court is located on Columbia Road.

Ion Court, E2

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

Ion Square, E2

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

Ivimey Street, E2

James Brine House, E2 James Brine House can be found on Baroness Road.

James Brine House, E2

James Docherty House, E2 James Docherty House, on the Approach Estate, stands on Patriot Square.

James Docherty House, E2

James Hammett House, E2 James Hammett House is a block on Ravenscroft Street.

James Hammett House, E2

James Middleton House, E2 James Middleton House is a block on Middleton Street.

James Middleton House, E2

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

Jellicoe House, E2

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

Jersey Street, E2

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

John Cartwright House, E2

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

Johnson House, E2

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

Joseph Priestley House, E2

Karslake House, E2 Karslake House is a block on Gibraltar Walk.

Karslake House, E2

Karstake House, E2 Karstake House dates from 1963.

Karstake House, E2

Keats House, E2 Keats House is a block on Roman Road.

Keats House, E2

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

Kelsey Street, E2

Kemp House, E2 Kemp House is sited on Sewardstone Road.

Kemp House, E2

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

Kinsham House, E2

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

Kirton Gardens, E2

Lilac Lane, E2 Lilac Lane is a location in London.

Lilac Lane, E2

Longman House, E2 Longman House is a block on Mace Street.

Longman House, E2

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

Mace Street, E2

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

Mansford Street, E2

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

Mape Street, E2

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

Maple Street, E2

Mark House, E2 Mark House is a block on Sewardstone Road.

Mark House, E2

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

Mary James House, E2

Matilda Street, E2 Bellona Street became Matilda Street before it disappeared from the map in the 1940s.

Matilda Street, 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

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

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

McKinnon Wood House, E2

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

Menotti Street, E2

Merceron House, E2 Merceron House is a block on Globe Road.

Merceron House, E2

Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857.

Middleton Street, E2

Milton House, E2 Milton House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate.

Milton House, E2

Mödling House, E2 Mödling House is sited on Mace Street.

Mödling House, E2

Montford House, E2 Montford House can be found on Victoria Park Square.

Montford House, E2

Moore House, E2 Moore House is sited on Bethnal Green Estate.

Moore House, E2

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

Morpeth Street, E2

Morris House, E2 Morris House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate.

Morris House, E2

Mulberry House, E2 Mulberry House is a block on Victoria Park Square.

Mulberry House, E2

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

Nant Street, E2

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

Nelson Gardens, E2

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

Northesk House, E1

Offenbach House, E2 Offenbach House is a block on Mace Street.

Offenbach House, E2

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

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2

Old Ford Road, E2 Old Ford Road runs eastwards from Cambridge Heath Road, eventually leading to Old Ford.

Old Ford Road, E2

Padbury Court, E2 Padbury Court links Brick Lane and Gibraltar Walk.

Padbury Court, E2

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

Palmers Road, E2

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

Paradise Row, E2

Patriot Square, E2 Patriot Square was built on a portion of the Pyotts estate.

Patriot Square, E2

Pavan Court, E2 Pavan Court is located on Sceptre Road.

Pavan Court, E2

Peel Grove, E2 Peel Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Peel Grove, E2

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

Pelican House, E1

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

Pelter Street, E2

Pepys House, E2 Pepys House is a block on Hartley Street.

Pepys House, E2

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

Perseverance Works, E2

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

Phoenix Court, E1

Piggott House, E2 Piggott House is a building on Sewardstone Road.

Piggott House, E2

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

Pollard Row, E2

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

Pollard Street, E2

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

Pott Street, E2

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

Poyser Street, E2

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

Printing House Yard, E2

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

Pundersons Gardens, E2

Puteaux House, E2 Puteaux House is a block on Mace Street.

Puteaux House, E2

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

Quilter Street, E2

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

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Ravenscroft Street, E2

Reynolds House, E2 Reynolds House is a block on Approach Road.

Reynolds House, E2

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

Robert Owen House, E2

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

Roberta Street, E2

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

Rochester Court, E2

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

Roger Dowley Close, E2

Rosebery House, E2 Rosebery House is a block on Sewardstone Road.

Rosebery House, E2

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

Rosemoon House, E2

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

Royston Street, E2

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

Rushmead, E2

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

Sale Street, E2

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

Sanchia Court, E2

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

Sanger House, E2

Sankey House, E2 Sankey House is sited on St James’s Avenue.

Sankey House, E2

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

Satchwell Rents, E2

Satchwell Road, E2 Satchwell Road dates from the 1950s.

Satchwell Road, E2

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

Scawfell Street, E2

Sceptre Road, E2 Prior to the Second World War, Sceptre Road was slightly longer.

Sceptre Road, E2

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

Seabright Street, E2

Shelley House, E2 Shelley House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate.

Shelley 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

Sleigh House, E2 Sleigh House is a block on Roman Road.

Sleigh House, E2

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

Smart Street, 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 Gilles House, E2 St Gilles House is located on Mace Street.

St Gilles House, E2

St James’s Avenue, E2 St James’s Avenue is adjacent to the London Chest Hospital.

St James’s Avenue, E2

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

St Judes Road, E2

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

St Matthews Row, 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

Stafford Cripps House, E2 Stafford Cripps House is a block on Globe Road.

Stafford Cripps House, E2

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

Stamp Place, E2

Stapleton House, E2 Stapleton House is a block on Ellsworth Street.

Stapleton House, E2

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

Steeple Court, E1

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

Stephen Court, E2

Stockton House, E2 Residential block

Stockton 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

Swinburne House, E2 Swinburne House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate.

Swinburne House, E2

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

Tapp Street, E2

Tarrant House, E2 Tarrant House is a block on Roman Road.

Tarrant House, E2

Tate House, E2 Tate House is a block on Mace Street.

Tate House, E2

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

Tent Street, E1

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

Thomas Burt House, E2

Thomas Hollywood House, E2 Thomas Hollywood House is located on Russia Lane.

Thomas Hollywood House, E2

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

Thornaby House, E2

Threaders Apartments, E2 Threaders Apartments is a block on Jersey Street.

Threaders Apartments, E2

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

Three Colts Lane, E1

Timmins Apartments, E2 Timmins Apartments is a block on Palmers Road.

Timmins Apartments, E2

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

Torrance 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

Tuscan House, E2 Tuscan House is a block on Digby Street.

Tuscan House, E2

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

Tyrell Street, E2

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

Usk Street, E2

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

Vallance Road, E2

Velletri House, E2 Velletri House is a block on Mace Street.

Velletri House, E2

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

Verdigris Apartments, E2

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

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

Victoria Park Square, E2 Victoria Park Square is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Victoria Park Square, E2

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

Virginia Road, E2

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

Voss Street, E2

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

Walter Street, E2

Warley Street, E2 Warley Street is a road in the RM14 postcode area

Warley Street, 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

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

Welwyn Street, E2

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

Wessex Street, E1

Westbrook House, E2 Westbrook House is a block on Globe Road.

Westbrook House, E2

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

Westhope House, E2

Wharton House, E2 Wharton House can be found on Palmers Road.

Wharton House, E2

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

White Street, E2

Whitman House, E2 Whitman House is a building on Bethnal Green Estate.

Whitman House, E2

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

William Channing House, E2

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Wimbolt Street, E2

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wood Close, E2

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

Wyndham Deedes House, E2

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

Yates House, E2

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

Yorkton Street, E2

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

Zander Court, E2

THE PUBS OF BETHNAL GREEN

Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes

Dundee Arms Dundee Arms Public House is sited on Cambridge Heath Road.

Dundee Arms

Florists Arms Florists Arms Public House is a pub on Globe Road.

Florists Arms

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

Gibraltar Tavern

Mkm Entertainment Ltd

Prague Bar

Sager & Wilde

Ye Old Axe

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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 original Black Boy pub. TUM image id: 1530023663 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:	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
Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 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	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:
Pollard Row (1939) TUM image id: 1574859171 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Whitechapel Road TUM image id: 1556746955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com Credit: Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives TUM image id: 1677668158 Licence:	The Hare in Cambridge Heath Road TUM image id: 1658757525 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Winthrop Street looking east, c.1970. TUM image id: 1490921196 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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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938.
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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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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.
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Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com
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The Hare in Cambridge Heath Road
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Winthrop Street looking east, c.1970.
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Corfield Street
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Little Collingwood Street c1900. This street vanished underneath the Collingwood Estate.
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