Codrington Court, 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
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
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
STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON Lynedoch Street, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT	Lynedoch Street, E2 my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
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
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. 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

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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

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

Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street.

Arthur Deakin House, E1

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

Ashington House, 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

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

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

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

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

Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century.

Buxton Street, E1

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

Cambridge Heath Road, E1

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

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

Chapter House, E2

Cheshire Street, E1 Cheshire Street is a street in the East End linking Brick Lane with Bethnal Green and Whitechapel.

Cheshire Street, E1

Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street.

Chicksand House, E1

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

Chronos Building, 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

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

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

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

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

Davenant House, E1

Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s.

Deal Street, E1

Dence House, E2 Dence House is located on Turin Street.

Dence House, E2

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

Derbyshire Street, E2

Dickinson House, E2 Dickinson House is sited on Turin Street.

Dickinson House, E2

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

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

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

Durwaroad Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Durwaroad 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

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

Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Fakruddin Street, E1

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

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

Fulbourne Street, E1

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

Glass Street, E2

Goldman Close, E2 Goldman Close is a road in the E2 postcode area

Goldman Close, E2

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

Granary Road, E1

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

Granby Street, E2

Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street.

Greatorex House, E1

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

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street.

Hanbury House, E1

Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road.

Hanbury Street, E1

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

Hereford Street, E2

Hobsons Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hobsons Place, E1

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

Hughes Mansions, E1

Hutton House, E2 Hutton House is a block on Turin Street.

Hutton House, E2

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

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

Kerbela Street, E2

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

Key Close, E1

Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Kingward House, 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

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

Lindley House, E1

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

Lindley Street, E1

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

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

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

Mape Street, E2

Maples Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

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

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

Mocatta House, E1

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

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

Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Pavilion House, E1

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

Pedley Street, 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

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

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

Ramar House, E1

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

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Raven Row, 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

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

Sale Street, E2

Sanger House, E2 Sanger House is sited on Turin Street.

Sanger House, E2

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

Snell House, E2 Snell House is a block on Turin Street.

Snell House, E2

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

Sol Frankel House, E1

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

Somerford Street, E1

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

St Matthews Row, E2

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

Steeple Court, E1

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

Stepney Green Court, E1

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

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

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

Tent Street, E1

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

Three Colts Lane, E1

Torrance House, E2 Torrance House is a block on Turin Street.

Torrance House, E2

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

Trahorn Close, E1

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

Treves House, E1

Trinity Green, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Green, E1

Turin Street, E2 Turin Street was originally known as ’Hope Town’.

Turin Street, E2

Tyrell Street, E2 Tyrell Street appears on maps between the 1830s and 1900s.

Tyrell Street, E2

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

Underwood Road, E1

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

Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street.

Vollasky House, E1

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

Voss Street, E2

Wear Place, E2 Wear Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Wear Place, E2

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

Weaver 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

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

Wood Close, E2

Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate.

Woodseer Street, 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.

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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	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 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:	The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:	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:
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	Boy digging up an asphalt pavement in the East End (1899) Credit: H J Malby TUM image id: 1681301482 Licence:	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: CC BY 2.0	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	Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts an earlier section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners. TUM image id: 1622120462 Licence:

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008
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A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935.
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St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938.
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Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865
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Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938.
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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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