Southill Street, E14

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

colin Passfield Dora Street, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2021 15:28 GMT	Dora Street, E14 My grandmother was born in 1904 at 34 Dora Street Reply
Giraud Street, E14 Added: 16 Feb 2021 13:41 GMT	Giraud Street I lived in Giraud St in 1938/1939. I lived with my Mother May Lillian Allen & my brother James Allen (Known as Lenny) My name is Tom Allen and was evacuated to Surrey from Giraud St. I am now 90 years of age. Reply

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Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
P Cash Woburn Place, WC1H Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT	Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe). 19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor. The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts). Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets. Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door. The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy. First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members. Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants. Third Floor - other tennants Fourth Floor - other tennants Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen. Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept. Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts. Eighth Floor - other tennants. The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

All Saints’ Church All Saints’ is a church in Newby Place, Poplar.

All Saints’ Church

Chrisp Street Market Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar.

Chrisp Street Market

Church of St Michael and All Angels The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Poplar is a Grade II listed 19th-century brick-built church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

La Trompette Poplar Baths is a former public bath house dating from 1933.

La Trompette

Langdon Park Langdon Park is a DLR station in Poplar which opened in 2007.

Langdon Park

St Matthias Old Church St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654.

St Matthias Old Church

NEARBY STREETS

Abbot House, E14 Abbot House is a block on Smythe Street.

Abbot House, E14

Adderley Street, E14 Adderley Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Adderley Street, E14

Alton Street, E14 Alton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Alton Street, E14

Andrew Street, E14 Andrew Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Andrew Street, E14

Annabel Close, E14 Annabel Close is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Annabel Close, E14

Arborfield House, E14 Arborfield House is a building on East India Dock Road.

Arborfield House, E14

Arcadia Street, E14 Arcadia Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Arcadia Street, E14

Ascot House, E14 Ascot House is a block on Chrisp Street.

Ascot House, E14

Ashton Street, E14 Ashton Street was named for a local landowner.

Ashton Street, E14

Astoria Way, E14 Astoria Way is a location in London.

Astoria Way, E14

Augusta Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Augusta Street, E14

Aurora House, E14 Aurora House is a building on Kerbey Street.

Aurora House, E14

Balfron Tower, E14 Balfron Tower is a building on Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approac.

Balfron Tower, E14

Balmore Close, E14 Balmore Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Balmore Close, E14

Balsam House, E14 Balsam House is sited on East India Dock Road.

Balsam House, E14

Bartlett Close, E14 Bartlett Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Bartlett Close, E14

Bazely Street, E14 Bazely Street was originally Bow Lane.

Bazely Street, E14

Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, E14 Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach is a road in the E14 postcode area

Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, E14

Blashill Court, E14 Blashill Court is a block on Cotton Street.

Blashill Court, E14

Blomfield House, E14 Blomfield House is a block on Hale Street.

Blomfield House, E14

Boardwalk, E14 Sophia Street was built in 1823 and demolished in 1939.

Boardwalk, E14

Bowen Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Bowen Street, E14

Brabazon Street, E14 Brabazon Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Brabazon Street, E14

Bright Street, E14 Bright Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Bright Street, E14

Broomfield Street, E14 Broomfield Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Broomfield Street, E14

Brownfield Street, E14 Brownfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Brownfield Street, E14

Brunswick Road, E14 Brunswick Road, still extant at the southern end, was largely buried under the Blackwall Tunnel northern approach road.

Brunswick Road, E14

Bullivant Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Bullivant Street, E14

Burcham Street, E14 Burcham Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Burcham Street, E14

Busbridge House, E14 Busbridge House is a block on Upper North Street.

Busbridge House, E14

Bygrove Street, E14 Bygrove Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Bygrove Street, E14

Byron Street, E14 Byron Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Byron Street, E14

Camellia House, E14 Camellia House is a block on Cotton Street.

Camellia House, E14

Canton Street, E14 Canton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Canton Street, E14

Carat House, E14 Carat House is a block on Ursula Gould Way.

Carat House, E14

Carmen Street, E14 Carmen Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Carmen Street, E14

Carradale House, E14 Carradale House is a building on St Leonards Road.

Carradale House, E14

Carron Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Carron Close, E14

Carter Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Carter Square, E14

Casson Apartments, E14 Casson Apartments is a block on Upper North Street.

Casson Apartments, E14

Celestial House, E14 Celestial House can be found on Cordelia Street.

Celestial House, E14

Chadwick Court, E14 Chadwick Court can be found on Lindfield Street.

Chadwick Court, E14

Chilcot Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Chilcot Close, E14

Chorley Court, E14 Chorley Court can be found on Madeira Street.

Chorley Court, E14

Chrisp Street, E14 Chrisp Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Chrisp Street, E14

Clarissa House, E14 Clarissa House is a block on Market Way.

Clarissa House, E14

Cobden Street, E14 Cobden Street was cleared in the 1950s to make way for Langdon Park.

Cobden Street, E14

Colborne House, E14 Colborne House is a block on Nankin Street.

Colborne House, E14

Colebrook House, E14 Colebrook House is a block on Ellesmere Street.

Colebrook House, E14

Colston House, E14 Colston House is located on Morris Road.

Colston House, E14

Cordelia Street, E14 Cordelia Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Cordelia Street, E14

Cording Street, E14 Cording Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Cording Street, E14

Corry House, E14 Corry House is a block on Shirbutt Street.

Corry House, E14

Cotall Street, E14 Cotall Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Cotall Street, E14

Cottage Street, E14 Cottage Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Cottage Street, E14

Cotton Street, E14 Cotton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Cotton Street, E14

Craig Tower, E3 Craig Tower is a block on Upper North Street.

Craig Tower, E3

Culloden Street, E14 Culloden Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Culloden Street, E14

Cygnet House, E14 Cygnet House is a block on Chrisp Street.

Cygnet House, E14

Delta Building, E14 Delta Building is a block on Ashton Street.

Delta Building, E14

Devitt House, E14 Devitt House is a block on Wade’s Place.

Devitt House, E14

Dewberry Street, E14 Dewberry Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Dewberry Street, E14

Diprose Court, E3 Diprose Court is a block on Bow Common Lane.

Diprose Court, E3

Discovery House, E14 Discovery House can be found on Newby Place.

Discovery House, E14

Duff Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Duff Street, E14

Duke Of York House, E14 Duke Of York House is a block on East India Dock Road.

Duke Of York House, E14

East India Dock Road, E14 East India Dock Road is an important artery connecting the City of London to Essex, and partly serves as the high street of Poplar

East India Dock Road, E14

Edward Mills Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Edward Mills Way, E14

Elder Tree Court, E14 Elder Tree Court is a block on Bowen Street.

Elder Tree Court, E14

Elizabeth Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Elizabeth Close, E14

Ellesmere Street, E14 Ellesmere Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Ellesmere Street, E14

Ellmers Court, E3 Ellmers Court is a block on Hawgood Street.

Ellmers Court, E3

Ennis House, E14 Ennis House is a block on Vesey Path.

Ennis House, E14

Epad Apartments, E14 Epad Apartments is a block on Broomfield Street.

Epad Apartments, E14

Epstein Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Epstein Square, E14

Equinox Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Equinox Square, E14

Essex House, E14 Essex House can be found on Giraud Street.

Essex House, E14

Findhorn Street, E14 Findhorn Street is one of a series of local roads with a Scottish highlands name.

Findhorn Street, E14

Fitzgerald House, E14 Fitzgerald House is a block on East India Dock Road.

Fitzgerald House, E14

Flora Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Flora Close, E14

Follett Street, E14 Follett Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Follett Street, E14

Fusion Building, E14 Fusion Building is a block on East India Dock Road.

Fusion Building, E14

Giraud Street, E14 Giraud Street nowadays is a short road running north from Cordelia Street.

Giraud Street, E14

Glenkerry House, E14 Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield Estate designed by the studio of the Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger.

Glenkerry House, E14

Godalming Road, E14 Godalming Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Godalming Road, E14

Grosvenor Buildings, E14 Grosvenor Buildings were a late nineteenth century development.

Grosvenor Buildings, E14

Grundy Street, E14 Grundy Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Grundy Street, E14

Guthridge Close, Guthridge Close lies within the postcode.

Guthridge Close,

Hale Street, E14 Hale Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Hale Street, E14

Hallmark Court, E14 Hallmark Court is a block on Ursula Gould Way.

Hallmark Court, E14

Harbour Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Harbour Way, E14

Hay Currie Street, E14 Hay Currie Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Hay Currie Street, E14

Heather House, E14 Heather House is a block on Dee Street.

Heather House, E14

Heckford House, E14 Heckford House is a block on Grundy Street.

Heckford House, E14

Hega House, E14 Hega House is a block on Ullin Street.

Hega House, E14

Hobday Street, E14 Hobday Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Hobday Street, E14

Ida Street, E14 Ida Street runs north and south of Brownfield Street.

Ida Street, E14

Indigo Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Indigo Mews, E14

Ingot Tower, E14 Ingot Tower is located on Ursula Gould Way.

Ingot Tower, E14

Jennifer House, E14 Jennifer House is sited on St Leonards Road.

Jennifer House, E14

Jeremiah House, E14 Jeremiah House is sited on Jeremiah Street.

Jeremiah House, E14

Jeremiah Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Jeremiah Street, E14

Jonzen Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Jonzen Walk, E14

Joshua Street, E14 Joshua Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Joshua Street, E14

Kemps Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Kemps Drive, E14

Kerbey Street, E14 Kerbey Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Kerbey Street, E14

Kerensky House, E14 Kerensky House is a block on Upper North Street.

Kerensky House, E14

Kilbrennan House, E14 Kilbrennan House is a block on Findhorn Street.

Kilbrennan House, E14

Kilmore House, E14 Kilmore House is a block on East India Dock Road.

Kilmore House, E14

Langdon House, E14 Langdon House is a building on Ida Street.

Langdon House, E14

Lawless House, E14 Lawless House is a block on Bazely Street.

Lawless House, E14

Leyland House, E14 Leyland House is a block on Hale Street.

Leyland House, E14

Limehouse Cut, E14 Limehouse Cut is a named path following the canal of the same name.

Limehouse Cut, E14

Lindfield Street, E14 Lindfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Lindfield Street, E14

Lodore Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Lodore Street, E14

Lonsdale House, E14 Lonsdale House is a block on Carmen Street.

Lonsdale House, E14

Lucienne Court, E14 Lucienne Court is a block on Lindfield Street.

Lucienne Court, E14

Mackrow Walk, E14 Mackrow Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Mackrow Walk, E14

Madeira Street, E14 Madeira Street is a location in London.

Madeira Street, E14

Maidstone House, E14 Maidstone House is a block on Carmen Street.

Maidstone House, E14

Malam Gardens, E14 Malam Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Malam Gardens, E14

Market Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Market Square, E14

Market Way, E14 Market Way is a road in the E14 postcode area

Market Way, E14

Mellor House, E14 Mellor House is a block on Upper North Street.

Mellor House, E14

Mermaid House, E14 Mermaid House is a block on Bazely Street.

Mermaid House, E14

Metropolitan Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Metropolitan Close, E14

Morant Street, E14 Morant Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Morant Street, E14

Moro Apartments, E14 Moro Apartments is a block on Edward Mills Way.

Moro Apartments, E14

Mountague Place, E14 This is a street in the E14 postcode area

Mountague Place, E14

Nairn Street, E14 Nairn Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Nairn Street, E14

Navis House, E14 Navis House is a block on Lindfield Street.

Navis House, E14

New Festival Avenue, E14 New Festival Avenue is a road in the E14 postcode area

New Festival Avenue, E14

Newby Place, E14 Newby Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Newby Place, E14

Northcote House, E14 Northcote House is a building on Saracen Street.

Northcote House, E14

Norwich House, E14 Norwich House is a block on Cordelia Street.

Norwich House, E14

Oakes Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Oakes Mews, E14

Odell House, E14 Odell House is a block on Edward Mills Way.

Odell House, E14

Oliphant Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Oliphant Street, E14

Panoramic Tower, E14 Panoramic Tower is a block on Hay Currie Street.

Panoramic Tower, E14

Parkin House, E14 Parkin House is a block on Rifle Street.

Parkin House, E14

Parkview Apartments, E14 Parkview Apartments is a block on Chrisp Street.

Parkview Apartments, E14

Pasmore Court, E14 Pasmore Court is a block on Canton Street.

Pasmore Court, E14

Pekin Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Pekin Close, E14

Pekin Street, E14 Pekin Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Pekin Street, E14

Playfair House, E14 Playfair House is a block on Nankin Street.

Playfair House, E14

Plimsoll Close, E14 Plimsoll Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Plimsoll Close, E14

Pomfret Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Pomfret Place, E14

Pusey House, E14 Pusey House is located on Saracen Street.

Pusey House, E14

Queensbury House, E14 Queensbury House is located on Equinox Square.

Queensbury House, E14

Radial Avenue, E14 Radial Avenue is a location in London.

Radial Avenue, E14

Rhodium Court, E14 Rhodium Court is a block on Thomas Road.

Rhodium Court, E14

Ricardo Street, E14 Ricardo Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Ricardo Street, E14

Ridley House, E14 Ridley House is a block on Chrisp Street.

Ridley House, E14

Rifle Street, E14 Rifle Street dates from the early 1870s.

Rifle Street, E14

Rigden Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Rigden Street, E14

Robin Hood Gardens, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Robin Hood Gardens, E14

Robin Hood Lane, E14 Robin Hood Lane is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Robin Hood Lane, E14

Rook Street, E14 Rook Street - at first called Mary Street - ran between Poplar High Street and East India Road.

Rook Street, E14

Russell House, E14 Russell House is a block on Saracen Street.

Russell House, E14

Salisbury House, E14 Salisbury House is a block on Hobday Street.

Salisbury House, E14

Saltwell Street, E14 Saltwell Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Saltwell Street, E14

Saracen Street, E14 Saracen Street was a new street formed when the Lansbury Estate was built.

Saracen Street, E14

Sarah Perry House, E14 Sarah Perry House is a block on Flora Close.

Sarah Perry House, E14

Scott Russell Place, E14 Scott Russell Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Scott Russell Place, E14

Shepherd Court, E14 Shepherd Court can be found on Annabel Close.

Shepherd Court, E14

Shirbutt Street, E14 Shirbutt Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Shirbutt Street, E14

Smythe Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Smythe Street, E14

Spearman House, E14 Spearman House is a block on Nankin Street.

Spearman House, E14

Spey Street, E14 The modern Spey Street shares its name with a former street of the area called Spey Street.

Spey Street, E14

St Andrews Way, E14 St Andrews Way is a road in the E14 postcode area

St Andrews Way, E14

St Leonards Road, SW18 St Leonard’s Road was once the only road through a rural Poplar - called Bow Lane and before that Poplar Lane.

St Leonards Road, SW18

St Michael’s Court, E14 St Michael’s Court is a block on Ullin Street.

St Michael’s Court, E14

St Saviour’s Court, E14 St Saviour’s Court is a block on Arcadia Street.

St Saviour’s Court, E14

St. Frideswides Mews, E14 St Frideswides Mews is a small street in Poplar.

St. Frideswides Mews, E14

St. Gabriels Close, E14 St Gabriel Close lies off Morris Road.

St. Gabriels Close, E14

Storey House, E14 Storey House is located on Lawless Street.

Storey House, E14

Sturry Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Sturry Street, E14

Susannah Street, E14 Susannah Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Susannah Street, E14

Talbot House, E14 Talbot House is located on Giraud Street.

Talbot House, E14

Tapley Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Tapley Close, E14

The Arcade, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

The Arcade, E14

Thistle House, E14 Thistle House is located on Dee Street.

Thistle House, E14

Thompson House, E14 Thompson House is a block on Pekin Street.

Thompson House, E14

Ullin Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Ullin Street, E14

Upper North Street, E14 Upper North Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Upper North Street, E14

Ursula Gould Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Ursula Gould Way, E14

Vesey Path, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Vesey Path, E14

Virginia House, E14 Virginia House is a block on Mountague Place.

Virginia House, E14

Wades Place, E14 Wades Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Wades Place, E14

Warner Terrace, E14 Warner Terrace is a road in the E14 postcode area

Warner Terrace, E14

Webber Path, E14 Webber Path serves Blashill Court.

Webber Path, E14

Wellington Street, E14 Wellington Street, later Woodin Street, disappeared from the map in the 1950s. .

Wellington Street, E14

Werner Court, E3 Werner Court is a block on Upper North Street.

Werner Court, E3

Westcott House, E14 Westcott House is sited on East India Dock Road.

Westcott House, E14

Wigram House, E14 Wigram House is located on Wade’s Place.

Wigram House, E14

William Lax House, E14 William Lax House is a block on East India Dock Road.

William Lax House, E14

Willis Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Willis Street, E14

Winchester House, E14 Winchester House is a block on Edward Mills Way.

Winchester House, E14

Woodall Close, E14 Woodall Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Woodall Close, E14

Woodstock Terrace, E14 Woodstock Terrace is a road in the E14 postcode area

Woodstock Terrace, E14

Woolmore Street, E14 Woolmore Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Woolmore Street, E14

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Poplar

Poplar - site of the first air raids.

Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of East London. The district became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900 - abolished in 1965 and absorbed into Tower Hamlets. The district centre is Chrisp Street Market. Poplar contains notable examples of public housing including the Lansbury Estate and Balfron Tower.

Although many people associate wartime bombing with The Blitz during World War II, the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War.

Air raids in World War One caused significant damage and took many lives. WWI German raids on Britain caused 1413 deaths and 3409 injuries. Air raids provided an unprecedented means of striking at resources vital to an enemy’s war effort. Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918—the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters—became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later.

The East End of London was one of the most heavily targeted places. Poplar, in particular, was struck badly by some of the air raids during the First World War. Initially these were at night by Zeppelins which bombed the area indiscriminately, leading to the death of innocent civilians.

The first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft took place on 13 June 1917. Fourteen German Gotha G bombers led by Squadron Commander Hauptmann Ernst Brandenberg flew over Essex and began dropping their bombs. It was a hot day and the sky was hazy; nevertheless, onlookers in London’s East End were able to see ’a dozen or so big aeroplanes scintillating like so many huge silver dragonflies’. These three-seater bombers were carrying shrapnel bombs which were dropped just before noon. Numerous bombs fell in rapid succession in various districts. In the East End alone 104 people were killed, 154 seriously injured and 269 slightly injured.

The gravest incident that day was a direct hit on a primary school in Poplar. In the Upper North Street School at the time were a girls’ class on the top floor, a boys’ class on the middle floor and an infant class of about 50 students on the ground floor. The bomb fell through the roof into the girls’ class; it then proceeded to fall through the boys’ classroom before finally exploding in the infant class. Eighteen students were killed, of whom sixteen were aged from 4 to 6 years old. The tragedy shocked the British public at the time.

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Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the DLR. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively remodelled, given two extra platforms and expanded.

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Poplar (1910) TUM image id: 1556886600 Licence:	Poplar Baths (2005) Credit: Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1582639714 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bow Locks, with Bow Creek, beyond, at low tide (2006) Limehouse Cut begins to the right of the locks. Credit: Wiki Commons/Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1642165114 Licence: CC BY 2.0	West India Docks Old London postcard TUM image id: 1603381839 Licence:	1 Cabot Square Credit: Jack8080 TUM image id: 1481482264 Licence: CC BY 2.0
East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1562851965 Licence:	Pennyfields, Poplar (around 1900) TUM image id: 1605021763 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Air raid damage at Athol Street bus garage, Poplar View of the damage caused to the garage roof. It can be seen that several of the roofing panels are missing, whilst others are damaged. A line-up of seven STL-type buses can be seen on the left. Credit: Topical Press/London Transport Collection TUM image id: 1665500763 Licence:	Lochnagar Street, looking east towards Islay Wharf Before the coming of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, there was a road called Brunswick Road from which Lochnagar Street ran and from which this photo was taken. This area of Poplar contains a large number of streets with Scottish names because they were built on an estate which had been bought by the McIntosh family in 1823. The initial letters of local street names were chosen alphabetically - Aberfeldy Street, Ailsa Street, Blair Street, Culloden Street, Dee Street, Ettrick Street, Findhorn Street, Leven Road, Oban Street, Portree Street, Spey Street, Teviot Street, Wyvis Street and Zetland Street. TUM image id: 1562852551 Licence:	Castor Street Chinese Laundry, Limehouse While Chinese laundries first began to appear in Britain in Liverpool at the turn of the 20th century, one of the first in London was that run by Hop Lee in Castor Street. The Chinese moved into laundries as they were often denied other business opportunities. They were often successful because they offered a cheaper and better quality service than existing laundries. TUM image id: 1592068664 Licence:
Rook Street, Poplar decorated with flags, shrines and a banner in preparation for a Catholic procession, September 1914. TUM image id: 1660580248 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A line of Vauxhall cars in front of an old masonry warehouse awaiting export shipment at West India Dock on 12 June 1935. TUM image id: 1620309913 Licence:	East India Dock Gates and the entrance to Blackwall Tunnel (1929). The photograph is taken from the corner of Woolmore Street and Robin Hood Lane. In the background is the Poplar Hospital for Accidents TUM image id: 1620309368 Licence:

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Poplar (1910)
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Poplar Baths (2005)
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East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town.
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Rook Street, Poplar decorated with flags, shrines and a banner in preparation for a Catholic procession, September 1914.
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East India Dock Gates and the entrance to Blackwall Tunnel (1929). The photograph is taken from the corner of Woolmore Street and Robin Hood Lane. In the background is the Poplar Hospital for Accidents
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