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) station (1916)

This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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St Mary’s was opened on 3 March 1884 as St. Mary’s (Whitechapel) by the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Joint Railway.

This initial service was withdrawn on 1 October 1884 and one week later the services were taken over jointly by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway. The station was located very close to both Aldgate East and Whitechapel stations.

In 1938, Aldgate East station was relocated further east and its new entrance was to be only a few hundred metres from St Mary’s. Therefore the latter was permanently closed after the final train on 30 April 1938 in advance of the opening of the relocated Aldgate East.

During the Second World War, the station site was leased from London Transport by the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney for use as an air raid shelter.

The structure was demolished after the war and there is little evidence of the station’s existence. The bricked-up platforms are still accessible to TfL staff via an anonymous door off Whitechapel Road.

The connection line leading to the old East London Line from the District Line is still called the St Mary’s Curve.

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Ivy House, E1 Ivy House is a block on Nelson Street.

Ivy House, E1

Jacobs Court, E1 Jacobs Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Jacobs Court, E1

Jane Street, E1 Jane Street is now only a few yards long, with no houses.

Jane Street, E1

John Garnett House, E1 John Garnett House is located on Newark Street.

John Garnett House, E1

John Harrison House, E1 John Harrison House is a block on Varden Street.

John Harrison House, E1

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

John Pritchard House, E1

John Sessions Square, E1 John Sessions Square lies off of Alie Street.

John Sessions Square, E1

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

John Sinclair Court, E1

Joscoyne House, E1 Joscoyne House is a block on Philpot Street.

Joscoyne House, E1

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

Joseph Street,

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

Kempton Court, E1

Kent and Essex Yard, E1 Kent and Essex Yard ran north of Whitechapel High Street, close to the west side of Commercial Street.

Kent and Essex Yard, E1

Kent House, E1 Kent House is a block on Varden Street.

Kent House, E1

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

Kingward Street, E1 King Edward Street is an old East End street.

Kingward Street, E1

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

Kiran Apartments, E1

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

Lambeth Street,

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 Alie Street, Little Alie Street is an old East End street.

Little Alie Street,

Little Turner Street, Little Turner Street is an old East End street.

Little Turner Street,

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

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

Manningtree Street, E1

Manous House, E1 Manous House is a block on Hessel Street.

Manous House, E1

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

Maples Place, E1

Marden House, E1 Marden House is located on Batty Street.

Marden House, E1

Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street.

Mcauley House, E1

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

McGlashon House, E1

Mellish House, E1 Mellish House is a block on Varden Street.

Mellish House, E1

Meranti House, E1 Meranti House can be found on Goodman’s Stile.

Meranti House, E1

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

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

Monkton Terrace ,

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

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

Mulberry Street, E1

Mullan House, E1 Mullan House is a block on Nelson Street.

Mullan House, E1

Myrdle Court, E1 Myrdle Court is a block on Myrdle Street.

Myrdle Court, E1

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

Myrdle Street, E1

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

Nelson Street, E1

New Castle Street, New Castle Street is an old East End street.

New Castle Street,

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

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

New Road, E1

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

Newark Street, E1

Nijjer House, E1 Nijjer House is a block on Commercial Road.

Nijjer House, E1

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

Nottingham Place, 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

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

Osborn Place, E1

Osborn Street, E1 Osborn Street is a short road leading from Whitechapel Road to the crossroads with Brick Lane, Wentworth Street and Old Montague Street.

Osborn Street, E1

Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street.

Osborne House, E1

Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867.

Oxford Street,

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

Parfett Street, 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

Penine House, E1 Penine House is a block on Camperdown Street.

Penine House, E1

Peter Best House, E1 Peter Best House can be found on Nelson Street.

Peter Best House, E1

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

Philpot Street, E1

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

Plumbers Row, E1

Porchester House, E1 Porchester House is sited on Varden Street.

Porchester House, E1

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

Princelet Street, E1

Proud House, E1 Proud House is a block on Amazon Street.

Proud House, E1

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

Queen Street, E1

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

Ramar House, E1

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

Rampart Street, E1

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

Raven Row, E1

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

Regal Close, E1

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

Richard Street, E1

Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Riga Mews, E1

River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874.

River Thames at 51.501,

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

Romford Street, E1

Rope Walk Gardens, E1 Rope Walk Gardens is a location in London.

Rope Walk Gardens, E1

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M Ropewalk Gardens is a location in London.

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M

Ruby House, E1 Ruby House is located on Myrdle Street.

Ruby House, E1

Sander Street, E1 Sander Street ran from Back Church Lane to Berner Street (Henriques Street).

Sander Street, E1

Settles Street, E1 Settles Street links Fieldgate Street with Commercial Road.

Settles Street, E1

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Silvester House, E1 Silvester House can be found on Varden Street.

Silvester House, E1

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

Sly Street, E1

Somerset House, E1 Somerset House is a block on New Road.

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

St Mary Street,

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

St Philip’s House, E1

Star Street, E1 Star Street was, for a while, Planet Street.

Star Street, E1

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

Suntash Apartments, E1 Suntash Apartments can be found on Umberston Street.

Suntash Apartments, E1

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

Tannery House, E1

Tate Apartments, E1 Tate Apartments is a block on Sly Street.

Tate Apartments, E1

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

The Old Montague Apartments, E1

The Relay Building, E1 The Relay Building is a block on Commercial Street.

The Relay Building, 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

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

Turner Street, E1

Tylney House, E1 Tylney House is located on Nelson Street.

Tylney House, E1

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

Umberston Street, 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,

Universal House, E1 Universal House is a block on Wentworth Street.

Universal House, E1

Upper Fenton Street, Upper Fenton Street is an old East End street.

Upper Fenton Street,

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

Vallance Road, E1

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

Varden Street, 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

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

Walden Street, E1

White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

White Church Lane, E1

White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

White Church Passage, E1

Whitechapel High Street, E1 Whitechapel High Street runs approximately west-east from Aldgate High Street to Whitechapel Road and is designated as part of the A11.

Whitechapel High Street, E1

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 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works.

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1

Wilton Court, E1 Wilton Court is a block on Cavell Street.

Wilton Court, E1

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

Winthrop Street, E1

Wiverton Tower, E1 Wiverton Tower is a block on New Drum Street.

Wiverton Tower, E1

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

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

Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street.

Wynfrid House, 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:
Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney TUM image id: 1642775177 Licence:	The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:	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
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	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Brick Lane streetsign. Credit: James Cridland TUM image id: 1490913219 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Boy digging up an asphalt pavement in the East End (1899) Credit: H J Malby TUM image id: 1681301482 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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The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801)
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Whitechapel Gallery
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Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places
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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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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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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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Cable Street, E1 in the early years of the twentieth century
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Cannon Street Road in the early 1940s
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