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Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area





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The Underground Map   
Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT   

Pepys starts diary
On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing.

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Tricia   
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.

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Christine D Elliott   
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

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Katharina Logan   
Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT   

Ely place existed in name in 1857
On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate.

Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475

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Graham O’Connell   
Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT   

Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982)
A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that.

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Marion James   
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


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Beverly Sand   
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

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jack stevens   
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,

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margaret clark   
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.

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Boo Horton    
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.

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Mike Levy   
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"

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Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT   

Old Nichol Street, E2
Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop

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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.


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Admin   
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.

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Martin Eaton    
Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT   

Boundary Estate
Sunbury, Taplow House.

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Matthew Proctor   
Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT   

Blackheath Grove, SE3
Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942.

From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944

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Peter   
Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT   

Gambia Street, SE1
Gambia Street was previously known as William Street.

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Eileen   
Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT   

Brecknock Road Pleating Company
My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden.

Source: Family history

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Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT   

061123
Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences.

Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK.

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Christian   
Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT   

Cornwall Road, W11
Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road.

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Vik   
Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT   

Old pub sign from the Rising Sun
Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that!

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Phillip Martin   
Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT   

16 Ashburnham Road
On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern.

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Christine Bithrey   
Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT   

The Hollies (1860 - 1900)
I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880

If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected]

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Altab Ali Park Altab Ali Park is a small park on Adler Street, White Church Lane and Whitechapel Road.
Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.
St Mary Matfelon St Mary Matfelon church was popularly known as St Mary’s, Whitechapel.
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.
Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.
Whitechapel Gallery The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Aldgate.

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Ada Lewis Court, E1 Ada Lewis Court is located on Underwood Road.
Adelina Place, E1 Adelina Place was a very narrow side street of Adelina Grove.
Adler Street, E1 Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road.
Albany Court, E1 Albany Court is a block on Plumbers Row.
Albert Place, E1 Albert Place is an old East End street.
Albert Street, E1 Albert Street is an old East End street.
Angel Alley, E1 Angel Alley was a narrow passage which ran north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street..
Ansell House, E1 Ansell House is a block on Adelina Grove.
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Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street.
Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896.
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Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard, a narrow passage, extended from Old Montague Street, where it could be accessed via a set of steps, to Whitechapel Road
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Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
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Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane.
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Clarence Street, Clarence Street is an old East End street.
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Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
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Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.
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Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street.
Dunk Street Dunk Street ran parallel to Great Garden Street (now Greatorex Street) to the west, and King Edward Street, which has also ceased to exist, to the east.
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Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street.
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Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.
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Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.
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Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883.
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Fieldgate Street, E1 Fieldgate Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Floyer House, E1 Floyer House is a block on Philpot Street.
Ford House, E1 Ford House is a block on Ford Square.
Ford Square, E1 Ford Square is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Fordham Street, E1 Fordham Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Foundry Court, E1 Foundry Court is a block on Plumbers Row.
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street.
Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street.
Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Furness Street , Furness Street is an old East End street.
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Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street.
Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street.
Green Dragon Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Greenfield Street, Greenfield Street is an old East End street.
Grimsby Street, E2 Grimsby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.
Grindall House, E1 Grindall House is a building on Collingwood Street.
Gwynne House, E1 Gwynne House is located on Turner Street.
Halcrow Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street.
Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road.
Hannan Court, E1 Hannan Court can be found on Pedley Street.
Hare Street, Hare Street is an old East End street.
Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street.
Headlam Street, E1 Headlam Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street.
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Heneage Street, E1 Heneage Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
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Hobsons Place, E1 Hobsons Place was short cul-de-sac.
Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
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Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings.
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Jacobs Court, E1 Jacobs Court is a block on Plumbers Row.
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John Harrison House, E1 John Harrison House is a block on Varden Street.
John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street.
Joscoyne House, E1 Joscoyne House is a block on Philpot Street.
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Kent House, E1 Kent House is a block on Varden Street.
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Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street.
Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street.
Kingward Street, E1 King Edward Street is an old East End street.
Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street.
Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street.
Leigh House, E1 Leigh House is a block on Halcrow Street.
Lisbon Street, Lisbon Street is an old East End street.
Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street.
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street.
Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938.
Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street.
McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street.
McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street.
Mellish House, E1 Mellish House is a block on Varden Street.
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Middlesea Street , Middlesea Street is an old East End street.
Milward Street, E1 Milward Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street.
Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area
Mulberry Street, E1 Mulberry Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Myrdle Street, E1 Myrdle Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street.
New Road, E1 New Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Newark Street, E1 Newark Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street.
Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street.
Nottingham Place, E1 Nottingham Place is an old East End street.
Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street.
Oasis Court, E1 Oasis Court is a block on Mile End Road.
Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950.
Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane.
Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
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.
Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street.
Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867.
Parfett Street, E1 Parfett Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street.
Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street.
Pedley Street, E1 Pedley Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street.
Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green.
Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street.
Philpot Street, E1 Philpot Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Plumbers Row, E1 Plumbers Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Porchester House, E1 Porchester House is sited on Varden Street.
Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1.
Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street.
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street.
Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874.
Romford Street, E1 Romford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996).
Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street.
Rutland Street, New Rutland Street was given the name Rutland Street, E1 in 1864.
Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street.
Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Selby Street, E1 Selby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street.
Sidney Street, E1 Sidney Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Silvester House, E1 Silvester House can be found on Varden Street.
Sol Frankel House, E1 Sol Frankel House is a block on Pedley Street.
Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street.
Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House is a block on Buckhurst Street.
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street.
Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a block on Spelman Street.
Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century.
Spital Street, E1 Spital Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area
St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street.
St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way.
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road.
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street.
Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street.
Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street.
Tap Street, Tap Street is an old East End street.
Tapp Street, E2 Tapp Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street.
Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street.
Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street.
Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road.
Trinity Alms Houses, Trinity Alms Houses is an old East End street.
Trinity Green, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Turner Street, E1 Turner Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Underwood Road, E1 Underwood Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883.
Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road.
Varden Street, E1 Varden Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street.
Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road.
Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street.
Walden Street, E1 Walden Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Weaver Street, E1 Weaver Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area
Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London.
Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works.
Wilton Court, E1 Wilton Court is a block on Cavell Street.
Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street.
Wolsey Street, E1 Wolsey Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street.
Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate.
Woollen House, E1 Woollen House is a block on Clark Street.
Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews.
Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street.

NEARBY PUBS
Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.
White Hart The White Hart is a pub on the Mile End Road.


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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.


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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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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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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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Cheshire Street (1969)
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Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865
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Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938.
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Hanbury Street c.1918, looking east
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Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard.
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