Somerford Street, E1

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence Reply
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Beverly Sand Havering Street, E1 Added: 3 Apr 2021 17:19 GMT	Havering Street, E1 My mother was born at 48 Havering Street. That house no longer exists. It disappeared from the map by 1950. Family name Schneider, mother Ray and father Joe. Joe’s parents lived just up the road at 311 Cable Street Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Boo Horton Stepney Green, E1 Added: 31 May 2021 13:39 GMT	Angel & Trumpet, Stepney Green The Angel & Trumpet Public House in Stepney Green was run by my ancestors in the 1930’s. Unfortunately, it was a victim on WWII and was badly damaged and subsequently demolished. I have one photograph that I believe to bethe pub, but it doesn’t show much more that my Great Aunt cleaning the steps. Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 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 Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 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. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 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! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 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. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 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] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

Pavilion Theatre

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

Vine Tavern

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

Weaver’s Fields

NEARBY STREETS

, Foster Street is an old East End street.

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

Abingdon Street, E1

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

Ada Lewis Court, E1

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

Adelina Grove, E1

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

Adelina Place, E1

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

Ainsley Street, E2

Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists.

Allenbury Street, E2

Amiel Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Amiel Street, E1

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

Andover Court, E2

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

Ansell House, E1

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

Arundel Street,

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

Ashington House, E1

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

Assembly Passage, E1

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

Bahram Court, E2

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

Baker’s Row, E1

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

Bancroft House, E1

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

Barnsley Street, E1

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

Barwell House, E2

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

Bath Street,

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

Bearstead Court, E1

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

Benjamin Truman Close, E1

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

Berry House, E1

Bethnal Green Road, E2 Bethnal Green Road was a Victorian invention.

Bethnal Green Road, E2

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

Birkbeck Street, E2

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

Blackwood House, E1

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

Blitheale Court, E2

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

Bradbeer House, E2

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

Brady Street, E1

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

Braintree House, E1

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

Braintree Street, E1

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

Buckfast Street, E2

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

Buckhurst Street, E1

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

Bullen House, E1

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

Burns House, E2

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

Cambridge Heath Road, E1

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

Cannon Place, E1

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

Carlisle Street,

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

Caroline Adams House, E1

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

Castlemain Street, E1

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

Cavell Street, E1

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

Cephas House, E1

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

Cephas Street, E1

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

Chapter House, E2

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

Chronos Building, E1

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

Clarence Street,

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

Cleveland Grove, E1

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

Cleveland Street,

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

Cleveland Way, E1

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

Codrington Court, E1

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

Collingwood House, E1

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

Collingwood Street, E1

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

Coopers Close, E1

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

Corfield Street, E2

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

Cornerstone Court, E1

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

Cornwall Avenue, E2

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

Cornwall Road,

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

Cotherstone Court, E2

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

Court Street, E1

Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Coventry Road, E1

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

Coventry Street, E1

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

Coverley Close, E1

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

Cudworth Street, E1

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

Cutters Court, E2

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

Darling Row, E1

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

Darting Road,

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

Davenant House, E1

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

Derbyshire Street, E2

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

Devonshire Street, E1

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

Donegal House, E1

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

Doveton House, E1

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

Doveton Street, E1

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

Dressage Court, E2

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

Dron House, E1

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

Ducie Street,

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

Dunbridge Street, E2

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

Durward Street, E1

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

Eagle House, E1

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

East Mount Street, E1

Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.

Eastman,

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

Edwards Passage, E1

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

Embassy Court, E1

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

Entick Street, E2

Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Fakruddin Street, E1

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

Fellbrigg Street, E1

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

Finnis Street,

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

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

Fox Street,

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

Fremantle House, E1

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

Friesian House, E2

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

Furness Street ,

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

Glass Street, E2

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

Granary Road, E1

Granby Row, Granby Row is an old East End street.

Granby Row,

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

Greenheath Business Centre, E2

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

Grindall House, E1

Hadleigh Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hadleigh Close, E1

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

Hadleigh House, E1

Hadleigh 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

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

Hannan Court, E1

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

Harvey House, E1

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

Headlam Street, E1

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

Heathpool Court, E1

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

Hemming Street, E1

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

Herald Street, E2

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

Hereford Street,

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

Hereford Street, E2

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

Hughes Mansions, E1

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

James Street,

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

John Pritchard House, E1

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

Kelsey Street, E2

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

Kempton Court, E1

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

Key Close, E1

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

Kingward Street, E1

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

Kinsham House, E2

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

Kushiyara House, E1

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

Lang Street, E1

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

Lisbon Street,

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

Lister House, E1

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

Little Collingwood Street, E1

Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Lomas Street, E1

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

London Street,

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

Malcolm Place, E1

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

Malcolm Road, E1

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

Mantus Road, E1

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

Mape Street, E2

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

Maples Place, E1

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

McCalla House, E1

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

Mccoy House, E2

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

Menotti Street, E2

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

Merceron Street, E1

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

Middlesea Street ,

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

Mocatta House, E1

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

Morris House, E2

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

Neath Terrace ,

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

Northampton Street,

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

Northesk House, E1

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

O’Leary Square, E1

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

Oasis Court, E1

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

Octagon Street, E1

Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Orion House, E1

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

Park House, E1

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

Pauline House, E1

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

Pelican House, E1

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

Pellew House, E1

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

Pereira Street, E1

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

Peretra Street,

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

Phoenix Court, E1

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

Pott Street, E2

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

Queen Street, E1

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

Ramsey Street,

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

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Redclyf House, E1

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

Redmill House, E1

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

Regal Close, E1

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

Rochester Court, E2

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

Rosemoon House, E2

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

Rutherford House, E1

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

Ryder House, E1

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

Sale Street, E2

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

Sceptre House, E1

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

Sceptre Street, E1

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

Scott Street, E1

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

Seabright Street, E2

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

Selby Street, E1

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

Shah Paran House, E1

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

Shelley House, E2

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

Sol Frankel House, E1

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

Southampton Terrace,

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

Sovereign House, E1

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

Soyeux Apartments, E1

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

Spring Walk, E1

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

St Andrew Street,

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

Steeple Court, E1

Stothard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Stothard Street, E1

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

Summerford Street,

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

Surma Close, E1

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

Tannery House, E1

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

Tap Street,

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

Tapp Street, E2

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

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1

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

Teal Street,

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

Tent Street, E1

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

Three Colt Lane,

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

Three Colts Lane, E1

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

Trahorn Close, E1

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

Tree House, E1

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

Treves House, E1

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

Trinity Alms Houses,

Trinity Green, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Green, E1

Trinity Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Mews, E1

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

Underwood Road, E1

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

Underwood Street,

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

Vallance Road, E1

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

Vallance Road, E2

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

Vawdrey Close, E1

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

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

Violet Street,

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

Voss Street, E2

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

Weaver Street, E1

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

Wessex Street, E1

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

Westhope House, E2

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

White Street, E2

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

Wickford House, E1

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

Wickford Street, E1

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Winchester Street,

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

Winthrop Street, E1

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wodeham Gardens, E1

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

Wood’s Buildings, E1

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

Wyllen Close, E1

NEARBY PUBS

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

Vine Tavern

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

White Hart

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Whitechapel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008 Credit: Wiki Commons/Sunil060902 TUM image id: 1606480779 Licence: CC BY 2.0	George Tavern (2015) Situated at 373 Commercial Road, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jimmyketchup TUM image id: 1642691257 Licence:	Adams House, Mile End Road Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1699015667 Licence:	A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935. TUM image id: 1622205635 Licence:	Lost department stores of London: Wickhams on the Mile End Road The photo shows a foggy day in November 1933. The story of the weird shop that separated the two halves of Wickhams will no doubt be told by somebody! TUM image id: 1695653034 Licence:
St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 Licence:	Cheshire Street (1969). Credit: David Granick (1912-80) TUM image id: 1522751823 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865 Credit: Spitalfields Trust TUM image id: 1605904747 Licence:	Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938. TUM image id: 1490922288 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left TUM image id: 1660579336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hanbury Street c.1918, looking east TUM image id: 1490921501 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard. TUM image id: 1490915970 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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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Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938.
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Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938.
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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction.
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Pollard Row (1939)
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The pure joy of being a child, Fieldgate Mansions, Whitechapel (1970s)
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