Rahere Court, E1

Rahere Court is a block on Toby Lane.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Mile End Mile End is recorded in 1288 as ’La Mile ende’ and means ’the hamlet a mile away’.

Mile End

NEARBY STREETS

Aberavon Road, E3 Aberavon Road was called Frederick Place until 1938 (Mile End)

Aberavon Road, E3

Adriatic House, E1 Adriatic House is located on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Adriatic House, E1

Alderney Road, E1 Alderney Road began as a pathway called Alderney Place during the 1830s (Stepney Green)

Alderney Road, E1

Alfred Street, E1 Alfred Street was the precursor street to Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

Alfred Street, E1

Anson House, E1 Anson House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

Anson House, E1

Arabian House, E1 Arabian House is sited on Ernst Road (Stepney Green)

Arabian House, E1

Aral House, E1 Aral House is sited on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Aral House, E1

Argyle Road, E1 Argyle Road followed Carlton Square as an 1850s development by William Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)

Argyle Road, E1

Ashford House, E3 Ashford House is a block on English Street (Mile End)

Ashford House, E3

Azov House, E1 Azov House is a block on Sandalwood Close (Stepney Green)

Azov House, E1

Baggally Street, E3 Baggally Street, a small street, was redeveloped in two tranches after the Second World War (Mile End)

Baggally Street, E3

Bale Road, E1 Bale Road runs along the southern edge of Shandy Park (Stepney Green)

Bale Road, E1

Bancroft Road, E1 Bancroft Road was constructed in stages between 1820 and 1850 (Stepney Green)

Bancroft Road, E1

Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1 Bencroft’s Hospital and School, established in 1737, was on the north side of Mile End Road (Mile End)

Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1

Bantry House, E1 Bantry House was commissioned in 1953 (Stepney Green)

Bantry House, E1

Barents House, E1 Barents House is the westernmost block on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Barents House, E1

Beatrix Apartments, E3 Beatrix Apartments is located on English Street (Mile End)

Beatrix Apartments, E3

Beaufort Gardens, E1 Beaufort Gardens runs down from Shandy Street to Trafalgar Gardens (Stepney Green)

Beaufort Gardens, E1

Beaumont Grove, E1 Beaumont Grove runs south from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Beaumont Grove, E1

Beaumont Square, E1 Beaumont Square is a garden square that was laid out in 1840 as the centerpiece of the Beaumont Estate, a housing development by Captain J T Barber Beaumont. (Stepney Green)

Beaumont Square, E1

Beaumont Street, E1 Beaumont Street was the predecessor name to Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)

Beaumont Street, E1

Beckley House, E3 Beckley House is a building on Hamlets Way (Mile End)

Beckley House, E3

Biscay House, E1 Biscay House faces Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Biscay House, E1

Blackett Apartments, E3 Blackett Apartments is a block on Rushton Walk (Mile End)

Blackett Apartments, E3

Bradwell Street, E1 Bradwell Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Bradwell Street, E1

Brancaster House, E1 Brancaster House is a block on Moody Street (Mile End)

Brancaster House, E1

Broadford House, E1 Broadford House is a block on Commodore Street (Mile End)

Broadford House, E1

Browning Apartments, E3 Browning Apartments is a block on Hamlets Way (Mile End)

Browning Apartments, E3

Burdett Road, E3 Burdett Road is a major north-south road in east London (Mile End)

Burdett Road, E3

Butcombe House, E3 Butcombe House is a block on Lulsgate Mews (Mile End)

Butcombe House, E3

Buttermere House, E3 Buttermere House is a block on Southern Grove (Mile End)

Buttermere House, E3

Calverley Street, E1 Calverley Street (as Calverley Walk) disappeared when the Ocean Estate was built over its site (Stepney Green)

Calverley Street, E1

Calverley Walk, E1 Calverley Street was renamed as Calverley Walk in 1938 (Stepney Green)

Calverley Walk, E1

Cambay House, E1 Cambay House is located on Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Cambay House, E1

Canal Close, E1 Canal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Canal Close, E1

Candle Street, E1 Candle Street was built over the site of the former Stepney Gasworks (Stepney Green)

Candle Street, E1

Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)

Carlton Square, E1

Carlyle Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)

Carlyle Mews, E1

Carpenter House, E1 Carpenter House faces Trafalgar Gardens (Stepney Green)

Carpenter House, E1

Chapman House, E1 Chapman House is sited on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Chapman House, E1

Chesney House, E1 Chesney House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Chesney House, E1

Claverham House, E3 Claverham House is a block on English Street (Mile End)

Claverham House, E3

Clementina Court, E3 Clementina Court is a block situated on the Regent’s Canal (Mile End)

Clementina Court, E3

Clinton Road, E3 Clinton Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Clinton Road, E3

Coalstore Court, E1 Coalstore Court is sited on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Coalstore Court, E1

Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)

Colmar Close, E1

Commodore Street, E1 Commodore Street is the eastern extension of Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

Commodore Street, E1

Coniston House, E3 Coniston House is a block on Southern Grove (Mile End)

Coniston House, E3

Copperfield Road, E3 Copperfield Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Copperfield Road, E3

Coral House, E1 Coral House is a block on Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Coral House, E1

Derwent House, E3 Derwent House is a block on Rushton Walk (Mile End)

Derwent House, E3

Dongola Road, E1 Dongola Road connects Duckett Street and Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Dongola Road, E1

Downey House, E1 Downey House is a block on Globe Road (Stepney Green)

Downey House, E1

Downy House, E1 Downy House is a residential block near to the Horn of Plenty (Stepney Green)

Downy House, E1

Driver’s Buildings, E1 Driver’s Buildings was a courtyard off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Driver’s Buildings, E1

Duckett Street, E1 Duckett Street runs from Ernest Street to Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Duckett Street, E1

Dundry House, E3 Dundry House is a block on Eric Street (Mile End)

Dundry House, E3

Eastbury Terrace, E1 Eastbury Terrace has a complicated history as a street name (Stepney Green)

Eastbury Terrace, E1

Eaton Place, E1 Eaton Place seems to have originated in the 1860s and was renamed Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)

Eaton Place, E1

Ely Terrace, E1 Friendly Place was renamed Ely Terrace in 1879 (Stepney Green)

Ely Terrace, E1

Emmott Close, E1 Emmott Close runs parallel to the Grand Union Canal (Mile End)

Emmott Close, E1

English Street, E3 English Street is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

English Street, E3

Ennerdale House, E3 Ennerdale House is a block on Hamlets Way (Mile End)

Ennerdale House, E3

Eric Street, E3 Eric Street runs south from Mile End Road (Mile End)

Eric Street, E3

Ernest Street, E1 Ernest Street was one of the few streets in the area to survive the Blitz (Stepney Green)

Ernest Street, E1

Essian Street, E1 Essian Street was formerly Emmott Street, replacing it in 1963 (Stepney Green)

Essian Street, E1

Evelyn Court, E3 Evelyn Court is a block on Burdett Road (Mile End)

Evelyn Court, E3

Falkenham House, E3 Falkenham House is a block on Portia Way (Mile End)

Falkenham House, E3

Farrier Court, E1 Farrier Court is a block on the corner of White Horse Lane and Killick Way (Stepney Green)

Farrier Court, E1

Fielder & Clarke Apartments, E3 Fielder & Clarke Apartments is a building on Hamlets Way (Mile End)

Fielder & Clarke Apartments, E3

Firewatch Court, E1 Firewatch Court is a block on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Firewatch Court, E1

Flanaghan Apartments, E3 Flanaghan Apartments is located on Portia Way (Mile End)

Flanaghan Apartments, E3

Floreston Street, E1 Floreston Street seems to have been added to the Stepney Green area during the 1860s (Stepney Green)

Floreston Street, E1

Formosa House, E1 Formosa House is a residential block, commissioned in 1956 (Stepney Green)

Formosa House, E1

Francis Bancroft Building, E1 The Francis Bancroft Building is one of the blocks surrounding the Novo Cemetery (Mile End)

Francis Bancroft Building, E1

Friendly Place, E1 Friendly Place ran behind buildings on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Friendly Place, E1

Frimley Street, E1 The remaining evidence of Frimley Street is a short, unnamed alleyway off the Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Frimley Street, E1

Frimley Way, E1 Frimley Way was built after 1966 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)

Frimley Way, E1

Galveston House, E1 Galveston House’s six floors contain 60 flats (Stepney Green)

Galveston House, E1

Galway House, E1 Galway House is a block on White Horse Lane (Stepney Green)

Galway House, E1

Genoa House, E1 Genoa House is located on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Genoa House, E1

Geography Square, E1 Geography Square is an open space within Queen Mary University of London (Mile End)

Geography Square, E1

Godward Square, E1 Godward Square is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Godward Square, E1

Grand Walk, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Mile End)

Grand Walk, E1

Grantley Street, E1 Grantley Street was formerly called Grafton Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Grantley Street, E1

Grebe Court, E1 Swan Court - later Grebe Court - was a small courtyard off Driver’s Buildings (Stepney Green)

Grebe Court, E1

Greenland House, E1 Greenland House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Greenland House, E1

Hamlets Way, E3 Hamlets Way is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Hamlets Way, E3

Harford Street, E1 Harford Street is a long north-south street of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Harford Street, E1

Hawke House, E1 Hawke House was commissioned in 1953 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)

Hawke House, E1

Holton Street, E1 Holton Street is a street in two sections, divided by Carlton Square (Stepney Green)

Holton Street, E1

Horseley Court, E1 Horseley Court is a block on Candle Street, built sometime between 2002 and 2006 (Stepney Green)

Horseley Court, E1

Hurdlow House, E1 Hurdlow House is sited on Moody Street (Bethnal Green)

Hurdlow House, E1

Ifor Evans Place, E1 Ifor Evans Place is named after Sir Ifor Leslie Evans (1897-1952) (Stepney Green)

Ifor Evans Place, E1

Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building, E1 The Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building is part of the Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)

Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building, E1

Ionian House, E1 Ionian House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Ionian House, E1

Jacqueline House, E1 Jacqueline House is a building on White Horse Lane (Stepney Green)

Jacqueline House, E1

James House, E1 James House is a one 6-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Mile End)

James House, E1

Joben Court, E1 Joben Court is located on Whitman Road (Mile End)

Joben Court, E1

Johnson Lock Court, E1 Johnson Lock Court can be found on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Johnson Lock Court, E1

Keats Apartments, E3 Keats Apartments is a block on Hamlets Way (Mile End)

Keats Apartments, E3

Killick Way, E1 Killick Way is a modern road south of the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Killick Way, E1

Kiln House, E1 Kiln House is a block on Killick Way (Stepney Green)

Kiln House, E1

Lace Court, E1 Lace Court is sited on Masters Street (Stepney Green)

Lace Court, E1

Lawton Road, E3 Lawton Road is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Lawton Road, E3

Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)

Leatherdale Street, E2

Levant House, E1 Levant House is a six-story block with 24 flats on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Levant House, E1

Litcham House, E1 Litcham House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)

Litcham House, E1

Lodge House, E1 Lodge House is located on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Lodge House, E1

Longnor Road, E1 Longnor Road is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Longnor Road, E1

Lower John Street, E1 Lower John Street (also simply ’John Street’) was short-lived street name of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Lower John Street, E1

Lydia Street, E1 Lydia Street was located along White Horse Lane just north of the modern Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

Lydia Street, E1

Lynden House, E1 Lynden House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)

Lynden House, E1

Magellan House, E1 Magellan House, a six-storey block with 23 flats, is part of the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Magellan House, E1

Maplin Street, E3 Maplin Street is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Maplin Street, E3

Maria Terrace, E1 Maria Terrace lies off Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)

Maria Terrace, E1

Masters Street, E1 Masters Street is the western extension of Bohn Road (Stepney Green)

Masters Street, E1

Mathematical Sciences Building, E1 The Mathematical Sciences Building is part of Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)

Mathematical Sciences Building, E1

Maynard House, E1 Maynard House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Maynard House, E1

Mercer Court, E1 Mercer Court was built sometime between 2002 and 2006 (Stepney Green)

Mercer Court, E1

Midlothian Road, E3 Midlothian Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Midlothian Road, E3

Mile End Place, E1 A quiet side street off the bustling Mile End Road, lies a small and enchanting enclave known as Mile End Place. (Stepney Green)

Mile End Place, E1

Mile End Road, E3 Mile End Road is a main thoroughfare of the East End (Mile End)

Mile End Road, E3

Milrood House, E1 Milrood House is a block on Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Milrood House, E1

Monsey Place, E1 Monsey Place serves the Rhodewell Apartments (Stepney Green)

Monsey Place, E1

Moody Street, E1 Moody Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)

Moody Street, E1

Moray House, E1 Moray House can be found on Sandalwood Close (Mile End)

Moray House, E1

Morecambe Close, E1 Morecambe Close is a modern road leading off Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)

Morecambe Close, E1

Pacific House, E1 Pacific House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Pacific House, E1

Palliser House, E1 Palliser House can be found on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Palliser House, E1

Panama House, E1 Panama House is a block on Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)

Panama House, E1

Pegasus House, E1 Pegasus House is one of the post-war blocks surrounding Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)

Pegasus House, E1

Peter Landin Building, E1 Peter Landin Building is a building on Godward Square (Mile End)

Peter Landin Building, E1

Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)

Portelet Road, E1

Portia Way, E3 Portia Way is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Portia Way, E3

Portishead House, E3 Portishead House is located on Wraxall Road (Mile End)

Portishead House, E3

Potter House, E1 Potter House is a block on Beaufort Gardens (Stepney Green)

Potter House, E1

Press House, E1 Press House can be found on Trafalgar Gardens (Stepney Green)

Press House, E1

Rahere Court, E1 Rahere Court is a block on Toby Lane (Mile End)

Rahere Court, E1

Ravenscroft Court, E3 Ravenscroft Court is sited on Essian Street (Mile End)

Ravenscroft Court, E3

Rectory Square, E1 Rectory Square, dating from the 1860s, was named from the rectory of St Dunstan’s parish church nearby (Stepney Green)

Rectory Square, E1

Reid Building, E3 Reid Building is a building on Eric Street (Mile End)

Reid Building, E3

Rhondda Grove, E3 Rhondda Grove is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Rhondda Grove, E3

Rockland Apartments, E3 Rockland Apartments is a block on Lakenham Place (Mile End)

Rockland Apartments, E3

Rosery Court, E1 Rosery Court was built on the site of St Dunstan’s Rectory (Stepney Green)

Rosery Court, E1

Royston House, E3 Royston House is a block on Lakenham Place (Mile End)

Royston House, E3

Sandalwood Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)

Sandalwood Close, E1

Selincourt House, E1 Selincourt House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Selincourt House, E1

Shandy Street, E1 Shandy Street connects Beaumont Square with Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Shandy Street, E1

Shiloh Place, E1 Eaton Place became Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)

Shiloh Place, E1

Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street predated the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Skidmore Street, E1

Sligo House, E1 Sligo House is a block on Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)

Sligo House, E1

Solebay Street, E1 Solebay Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)

Solebay Street, E1

Solway House, E1 Solway House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Solway House, E1

St Faith’s House, E1 St Faith’s House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

St Faith’s House, E1

Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court was built in 1895 (Stepney Green)

Stepney Green Court, E1

Sullivan Court, E3 Sullivan Court is located on Eric Street (Mile End)

Sullivan Court, E3

Sydney House, E1 Sydney House is a block on the east side of Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)

Sydney House, E1

Textile House, E1 Textile House is a block on Duckett Street (Stepney Green)

Textile House, E1

Timor House, E1 Timor House is a block on Duckett Street (Stepney Green)

Timor House, E1

Timothy Road, E3 St Dunstan’s Road was renamed Timothy Road after 1938 (Mile End)

Timothy Road, E3

Tiptree House, E3 Tiptree House is a block on Portia Way (Mile End)

Tiptree House, E3

Toby Lane, E1 Toby Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Toby Lane, E1

Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)

Tollet Street, E1

Tony Cannell Mews, E3 Tony Cannell Mews is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Tony Cannell Mews, E3

Tracy House, E3 Tracy House is sited on Mile End Road (Mile End)

Tracy House, E3

Trafalgar Gardens, E1 Trafalgar Gardens was previously Trafalgar Square until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Trafalgar Gardens, E1

Tramway Court, E1 Tramway Court is a block on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Tramway Court, E1

Treby Street, E3 George Treby administered a portion of the manor of Stepney 1674-6. (Mile End)

Treby Street, E3

Twine Terrace, E3 Twine Terrace is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Twine Terrace, E3

Union Drive, E1 Union Drive is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Union Drive, E1

Upper John Street, E1 Upper John Street existed between the 1820s and 1871 (Stepney Green)

Upper John Street, E1

Varey House, E1 Varey House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Varey House, E1

Venerable House, E3 Venerable House is a block on Portia Way (Mile End)

Venerable House, E3

Waley Street, E1 Commemorates Henry le Waleys or Waleis, mayor of London in 1273, 1281-3 and 1298. (Stepney Green)

Waley Street, E1

Waterfall House, E1 Waterfall House is a building on Toby Lane (Mile End)

Waterfall House, E1

Weddell House, E1 Weddell House, on the Ocean Estate, was built south of Ernest Street (Stepney Green)

Weddell House, E1

Wentworth Mews, E3 Thomas, Lord Wentworth, Lord Chamberlain, acquired the manor of Stepney in 1550 - it had formerly belonged to the bishops of London and they had surrendered it to Edward VI (Mile End)

Wentworth Mews, E3

Westfield Way, E1 Westfield Way is a newer road which replaced a coal depot in the area (Mile End)

Westfield Way, E1

White Horse Lane, E1 White Horse Lane originally meandered through the countryside, beginning its journey in Whitechapel and eventually converging with the similarly-named White Horse Street (Stepney Green)

White Horse Lane, E1

White Tower Way, E1 White Tower Way was built in the area formerly occupied by gas works (Stepney Green)

White Tower Way, E1

Whitman Road, E1 Whitman Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Whitman Road, E1

Wraxall Road, E3 Wraxall Road is a road in the E3 postcode area (Mile End)

Wraxall Road, E3

Yatton House, E3 Yatton House is a block on Southern Grove (Mile End)

Yatton House, E3

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