Steeple Court, E1

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
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
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
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
Zealand Road, E3 Added: 13 Jan 2021 13:11 GMT	Zealand Rd E3 used to be called Auckland Road Zealand Road E3 used to be called Auckland Road. I seen it on a Philips ABC of London dated about 1925. There is a coalhole cover in nearby Driffield R oad showing a suppliers address in Auckland Road. Reply
Linda Pereira Street, E1 Added: 18 Feb 2021 22:03 GMT	Pereira Street, E1 My grandfather Charles Suett lived in Periera Street & married a widowed neighbour there. They later moved to 33 Bullen House, Collingwood Street where my father was born. Reply
Carolyn Hirst New Road, E1 Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT	Henry James Hirst My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace. Reply

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Matthew Proctor Blackheath Grove, SE3 Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT	Blackheath Grove, SE3 Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942. From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944 Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
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

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Bethnal Green Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green

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

Vine Tavern

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

Weaver’s Fields

NEARBY STREETS

, Foster Street is an old East End street.

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

Abingdon Street, E1

Adams House, E1 Adams House is a Grade II listed block of offices.

Adams House, E1

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

Adelina Grove, E1

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

Adelina Place, E1

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

Ainsley Street, E2

Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists.

Allenbury Street, E2

Amiel Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Amiel Street, E1

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

Anchor House, E1

Anchor Terrace, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Anchor Terrace, E1

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

Andover Court, E2

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

Ansell House, E1

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

Arundel Street,

Ashbee House, E2 Ashbee House can be found on Portman Place.

Ashbee House, E2

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

Ashington House, E1

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

Assembly Passage, E1

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

Bahram Court, E2

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

Baker’s Row, E1

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

Bancroft House, E1

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

Barbanel House, E1

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

Barnsley Street, E1

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

Barwell House, E2

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

Bath Street,

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

Berry House, E1

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

Birkbeck Street, E2

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

Blackwood House, E1

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

Blitheale Court, E2

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

Bradbeer House, E2

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

Brady Street, E1

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

Braintree House, E1

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

Braintree Street, E1

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

Britannia House, 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

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

Castlemain Street, E1

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

Cephas Avenue, E1

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

Cephas House, E1

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

Cephas Street, E1

Chesworth Court, E1 Chesworth Court is sited on Hannibal Road.

Chesworth Court, E1

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

Chronos Building, E1

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

Cleveland Grove, E1

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

Cleveland Street,

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

Cleveland Way, E1

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

Codrington Court, E1

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

Collingwood House, E1

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

Collingwood Street, E1

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

Coopers Close, E1

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

Corfield Street, E2

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

Cornerstone Court, E1

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

Cornwall Avenue, E2

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

Cornwall Road,

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

Cotherstone Court, E2

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

Cressy Court, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Cressy Court, E1

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

Cressy Place, E1

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

Cudworth Street, E1

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

Cutters Court, E2

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

Darling Row, E1

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

Darting Road,

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 Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road.

Devonshire Court, E1

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

Dunstan Houses, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Dunstan Houses, E1

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

Durward Street, E1

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

Eagle House, E1

Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.

Eastman,

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

Edwards Passage, E1

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

Edwin Street, E1

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road.

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1

Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street.

Elysium Apartments, E1

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

Embassy Court, E1

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

Entick Street, E2

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

Fulneck Place, E1 Fulneck Place is a location in London.

Fulneck Place, E1

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

Gales Gardens, E2

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

Glass Street, E2

Globe E Apartments, E2 Globe E Apartments is located on Globe Road.

Globe E Apartments, E2

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

Globe Road, E1

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

Granary Road, 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

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

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

Hannibal Road, E1

Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square is a road in the E1 postcode area

Harpley Square, E1

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

Harvey House, E1

Hayfield Court, E1 Hayfield Court is a block on Hayfield Passage.

Hayfield Court, E1

Hayfield House, E1 Hayfield House is a block on Hayfield Passage.

Hayfield House, E1

Hayfield Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hayfield Yard, 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

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

Hughes Mansions, E1

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

Hugues House, E2

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

James Street,

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

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

Kenton House, E1

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

Key Close, E1

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

Lang Street, E1

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

Lisbon Street,

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

Lister House, E1

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

Little Collingwood Street, E1

Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Lomas Street, E1

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

London Street,

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

Malcolm Place, E1

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

Malcolm Road, E1

Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a building on Osier Street.

Malplaquet House, E1

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

Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage.

Mariana Court, E1

Matcham Court, E1 Matcham Court is a block on Hannibal Road.

Matcham Court, 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

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

Morris House, E2

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

Neath Terrace ,

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

Nicholas Road, E1

Nicholas Street, Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street, E1 in 1882.

Nicholas Street,

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

Northampton Street,

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

Northesk House, E1

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

O’Leary Square, E1

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

Oasis Court, E1

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

Octagon Street, E1

Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Orion House, E1

Osier Court, E1 Osier Court is a block on Osier Street.

Osier Court, E1

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

Osier Street, E1

Pacific Court, E1 Pacific Court is a building on Assembly Passage.

Pacific Court, E1

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

Park House, E1

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

Pavan Court, 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

Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close.

Pemell 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

Platinium Court, E1 Platinium Court is a block on Cephas Avenue.

Platinium Court, E1

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

Portman Place, E1

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

Pott 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

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

Rickman House, E1

Rickman Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Rickman Street, E1

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

Rochester Court, E2

Roland House, E1 Roland House is a block on Stepney Green.

Roland House, E1

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

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

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

St Andrew Street,

St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street.

St Peters Court, E1

St Peters Road, St Peters Road is an old East End street.

St Peters Road,

Stafford Cripps House, E2 Stafford Cripps House is a block on Globe Road.

Stafford Cripps 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

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

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

Teal Street,

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

Tent Street, E1

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

Three Colt Lane,

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

Three Colts Lane, E1

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

Trahorn Close, E1

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

Treves House, E1

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

Trinity Alms Houses,

Trinity Green, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Green, E1

Trinity Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Trinity Mews, E1

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

Vallance Road, E1

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

Vawdrey Close, E1

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

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

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

Violet Street,

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

Voss Street, E2

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

Wessex Street, E1

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

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

Willow Place,

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Winchester Street,

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

Winthrop Street, E1

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wodeham Gardens, E1

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

Wood’s Buildings, E1

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

Wyllen Close, E1

NEARBY PUBS

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

Vine Tavern

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

White Hart

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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	George Tavern (2015) Situated at 373 Commercial Road, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jimmyketchup TUM image id: 1642691257 Licence:	Adams House, Mile End Road Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1699015667 Licence:	The original Black Boy pub. TUM image id: 1530023663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 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	Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard. TUM image id: 1490915970 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Trinity Almshouses, Mile End Road, c. 1920 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1686152752 Licence:	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:

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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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Adams House, Mile End Road
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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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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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Winthrop Street looking east, c.1970.
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