Corfield Street, E2

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. 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
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Beverly Sand Havering Street, E1 Added: 3 Apr 2021 17:19 GMT	Havering Street, E1 My mother was born at 48 Havering Street. That house no longer exists. It disappeared from the map by 1950. Family name Schneider, mother Ray and father Joe. Joe’s parents lived just up the road at 311 Cable Street Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Boo Horton Stepney Green, E1 Added: 31 May 2021 13:39 GMT	Angel & Trumpet, Stepney Green The Angel & Trumpet Public House in Stepney Green was run by my ancestors in the 1930’s. Unfortunately, it was a victim on WWII and was badly damaged and subsequently demolished. I have one photograph that I believe to bethe pub, but it doesn’t show much more that my Great Aunt cleaning the steps. Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. Reply
The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply
Kim Johnson Limehouse Causeway (1908) Added: 24 Jun 2021 19:17 GMT	Limehouse Causeway (1908) My great grandparents were the first to live in 15 Tomlins Terrace, then my grandparents and parents after marriage. I spent the first two years of my life there. My nan and her family lived at number 13 Tomlins Terrace. My maternal grandmother lived in Maroon house, Blount Street with my uncle. Nan, my mum and her brothers were bombed out three times during the war. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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

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

Abingdon Street, 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

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

Anchor House, E1

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

Andover Court, E2

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

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

Astra Apartments, E2

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

Bahram Court, E2

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

Bancroft House, E1

Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue.

Barbanel House, E1

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

Barnard House, E2

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

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

Berry House, E1

Bethnal Green Gardens, Bethnal Green Gardens is an old East End street.

Bethnal Green Gardens,

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

Blythe Street, E2 Blythe Street was formerly a much longer street.

Blythe Street, E2

Board School, Board School is an old East End street.

Board School,

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

Bradbeer House, E2

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

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

Brierley Street,

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

Brierly Gardens, E2

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

Britannia House, E2

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

Buckfast Street, E2

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

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

Cambridge Heath Road, E2

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

Camden Street,

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

Carlisle Street,

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

Caudbridge Street ,

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

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

Charles Darwin House, E2

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

Charles Dickens House, E2

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

Chester Street,

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

City View House, E2

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

Clarence Street,

Clarkson Street, E2 Clarkson Street was formed after 1857.

Clarkson Street, E2

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

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

Cobden House, E2

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

Codrington Court, E1

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

Colebert Avenue, E1

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

Colebert House, E1

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

Colin Winter House, E1

Collingwood 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

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

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

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

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

Dawson House, E2

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

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

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

Durant Street, E2

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

Eagle House, E1

Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.

Eastman,

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

Edwin Street, E1

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

Ellsworth Street, E2

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,

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

Florida Street, E2

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

Forber House, E2

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

Fountain Apartments, E2

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

Fox Close, E1

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

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

Gainford House, E2

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

Gales Gardens, E2

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

Gauber Street,

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

Gawber Street, E2

George Gardens, George Gardens is an old East End street.

George Gardens,

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

Glass Street, E2

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

Globe Road, E2

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

Gossett Street,

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

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

Gretton House, E2

Grove Street, E2 Lower Grove Street was called Grove Street after 1867.

Grove Street, E2

Gwilym Maries House, E2 Residential block

Gwilym Maries House, E2

Hadleigh Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hadleigh Close, E1

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

Hadleigh House, E1

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

Hadleigh Street, E1

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

Hadleigh Walk, E1

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

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

Helen’s Place, E2 Helen’s Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Helen’s Place, E2

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,

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

Hollybush Gardens, E2

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

Hollybush House, E2

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

Hollybush Place, E2

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

Hugues House, E2

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

Ivimey Street, E2

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

James Middleton House, E2

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

James Street,

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

Jersey Street, E2

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

John Cartwright House, E2

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

Johnson House, E2

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

Joseph Priestley House, E2

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

Keats House, E2

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

Kelsey Street, E2

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

Kenton House, E1

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

Kinsham House, E2

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

Lang Street, E1

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

Little Collingwood 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

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

Mansford Street,

Mantus Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mantus Close, E1

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

Mantus Road, E1

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

Mape Street, E2

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

Mendip House, E2 Mendip House is a block on Kirkwall Place.

Mendip House, E2

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

Menotti Street, E2

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

Merceron House, E2

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

Middlesea Street ,

Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857.

Middleton Street, E2

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

Milton House, E2

Minto Place, Minto Place is an old East End street.

Minto Place,

Miss Chapel, Miss Chapel is an old East End street.

Miss Chapel,

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

Montford House, E2

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

Moore House, E2

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

Morris House, E2

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

Mulberry House, E2

Museum Passage, E2 Museum Passage crosses the northern edge of Museum Gardens.

Museum Passage, E2

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

Nant Street, E2

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

Neath Terrace ,

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

Nelson Gardens, E2

Netteswell House, E2 Netteswell House is a building on Old Ford Road.

Netteswell House, E2

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

Norah Street ,

North Place, North Place is an old East End street.

North Place,

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

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

Octagon Street, E1

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

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2

Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Orion House, E1

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

Paradise Row, E2

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

Park Street,

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

Pavan Court, E2

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

Peary Place, E2

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

Pollard Place, E2 Pollard Place ran off Pollard Row.

Pollard Place, E2

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

Pollard Row, E2

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

Pollard Street, E2

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

Pott Street, E2

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

Poyser Street, E2

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

Pundersons Gardens, E2

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

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

Rob Street,

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

Roberta Street, E2

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

Rochester Court, E2

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

Roger Dowley Close, E2

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

Rosemoon House, E2

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

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

Sceptre Road, E2

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

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

Shelley House, E2

Sherren House, E1 Sherren House can be found on Nicholas Road.

Sherren House, E1

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

Somerford Street, E1

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

Southampton Terrace,

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

Sovereign House, E1

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

Soyeux Apartments, E1

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

Squerries Street,

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

Squirries Street, E2

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

St Andrew Street,

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

St Jude Street,

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

Stapleton House, E2

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

Steeple Court, E1

Stockton House, E2 Residential block

Stockton House, E2

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

Stothard House, E1

Stothard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Stothard Street, E1

Sugar Loaf Walk, E2 Sugar Loaf Walk is a road in the E2 postcode area

Sugar Loaf Walk, E2

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

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

Swinburne House, E2

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

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

Tarrant House, E2

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

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

Thomas Burt House, E2

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

Thornaby House, E2

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

Threaders Apartments, E2

Three 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

Thurlow Place, Thurlow Place is an old East End street.

Thurlow Place,

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

Tredway Street,

Tria Apartments, E2 Tria Apartments is a block on Durant Street.

Tria Apartments, E2

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

Vallance Road, E2

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

Verdigris Apartments, E2

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

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

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

Victoria Park Square, E2

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

Wellington Place, Wellington Place is an old East End street.

Wellington Place,

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

Welwyn Street, E2

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

Wessex Street, E1

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

Westbrook House, E2

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

Westhope House, E2

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

White Street, E2

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

Whitman House, E2

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

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

William Channing House, E2

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Winchester Street,

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wolverley Street,

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

Wyllen Close, E1

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

Yates House, E2

NEARBY PUBS

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

Dundee Arms

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

Florists Arms

The Camel The Camel is a pub on Globe Road.

The Camel

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green is located 3.3 miles northeast of Charing Cross, It was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney, Middlesex.

The name Blithehale or Blythenhale, the earliest form of Bethnal Green, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon healh (’angle, nook, or corner’) and blithe (’happy, blithe’).

Following population increases caused by the expansion of London during the 18th century, it was split off as the parish of Bethnal Green in 1743, becoming part of the Metropolis in 1855 and the County of London in 1889. The parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900 and the population peaked in 1901, entering a period of steady decline which lasted until 1981. Bethnal Green has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

The economic history of Bethnal Green is characterised by a shift away from agricultural provision for the City of London to market gardening, weaving and light industry, which has now all but disappeared.

By about 1860 Bethnal Green was mainly full of tumbledown old buildings with many families living in each house. By the end of the century, Bethnal Green was one of the poorest slums in London. Jack the Ripper operated at the western end of Bethnal Green and in neighbouring Whitechapel. In 1900, the Old Nichol Street Rookery was demolished, and the Boundary Estate opened on the site near the boundary with Shoreditch. This was the world’s first council housing. The quality of the built environment was radically reformed by the aerial bombardment of World War II and the subsequent social housing developments.

Bethnal Green has a tube station on the Central Line of the London Underground. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central Line eastern extension on 4 December 1946; before that it was used as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.

The station is an example of the New Works Programme 1935 - 1940 style adopted by London Transport for its new tube stations. Extensive use is made of pale yellow tiling, originally manufactured by Poole Pottery. The finishes include relief tiles, showing symbols of London and the area served by the London Passenger Transport Board, designed by Harold Stabler. The station entrances, all in the form of subway access staircases to the subterranean ticket hall, all show the design influences of Charles Holden, the consulting architect for London Transport at this time.

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	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:	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	The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction. TUM image id: 1660666220 Licence: CC BY 2.0	17-21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green (2019) Built in 1753 by Anthony Natt Senior, No 21 to the right had, by 1815, become a girls school for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, by 1873 it was an asylum for "fallen women". Since 1900 it has been occupied by St Margaret’s House a womens Settlement associated with Oxford House. Credit: Wiki Commons/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1620383266 Licence:	Whitechapel Workhouse Mortuary - contemporary press illustration TUM image id: 1490918307 Licence:	Pollard Row (1939) TUM image id: 1574859171 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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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!
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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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Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com
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