Thomas Burt House, E2

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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
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
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

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Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Bethnal Green Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green

Cambridge Heath Cambridge Heath is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, north of Bethnal Green.

Cambridge Heath

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

Weaver’s Fields

NEARBY STREETS

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

Achilles House, E2

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

Ainsley Street, E2

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

Ajax House, 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

Antenor House, E2 Antenor House is located on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Antenor House, E2

Apollo House, E2 Apollo House is a block on St Jude’s Road.

Apollo House, E2

Argos House, E2 Argos House can be found on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Argos House, E2

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

Bahram Court, E2

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

Barnard House, E2

Barnet Grove, E2 Barnet Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Barnet Grove, E2

Barossa Place, E2 Barossa Place was also known by the name Barossa Terrace.

Barossa Place, E2

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

Baxendale Street, E2

Beechwood House, E2 Beechwood House is a block on Teale Street.

Beechwood House, E2

Belgrave Court, E2 Belgrave Court is a block on Temple Street.

Belgrave Court, E2

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

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

Blitheale Court, E2

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

Blythe Street, E2

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

Buckfast Street, E2

Burns House, E2 Burns House is located on Bethnal Green Estate.

Burns House, E2

Cambridge Court, E2 Cambridge Court can be found on Cambridge Heath Road.

Cambridge Court, E2

Cambridge Crescent, E2 Cambridge Crescent received its name by being originally part of the Cambridge Heath Estate.

Cambridge Crescent, E2

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

Cambridge Heath Road, E2

Canrobert Street, E2 Canrobert Street began as Charles Street in 1836.

Canrobert Street, E2

Centre Street, E2 Centre Street arrived in the 1820s.

Centre Street, E2

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

Charles Darwin House, E2

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

Charles Dickens House, E2

Charles Hayward Building, E2 Charles Hayward Building is a building on Goldsmiths Row.

Charles Hayward Building, E2

Charlotte King Court, E2 Charlotte King Court can be found on Goldsmiths Row.

Charlotte King Court, E2

Cicely Williams Court, E2 Cicely Williams Court is a block on Gibbs Lane.

Cicely Williams Court, E2

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

City View House, E2

Clare Street, E2 Clare Street was built in the second decade of the nineteenth century.

Clare Street, E2

Claredale Street, E2 Claredale Street was known until the 1930s as Claremont Street but right at the beginning was Lausanne Street.

Claredale Street, E2

Claremont Court, E2 Claremont Court is a block on Mansford Street.

Claremont Court, E2

Clarkson Street, E2 Clarkson Street was formed after 1857.

Clarkson Street, E2

Coate Street, E2 Coate Street originated as Seabright Place in 1826.

Coate Street, E2

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

Cobden House, E2

Constance Green Court, E2 Constance Green Court is a block on Goldsmiths Row.

Constance Green Court, E2

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

Corfield Street, E2

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

Cotherstone Court, E2

Crown Works, E2 Crown Works is a small industrial zone off Temple Street.

Crown Works, E2

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

Delta Street, 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

Dinmont Street, E2 Dinmont Street was built in 1822.

Dinmont Street, E2

Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane.

Dressage Court, E2

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

Durant Street, E2

Durham Place, E2 Durham Place fronted Hackney Road until 1862.

Durham Place, E2

Edinburgh Close, E2 Edinburgh Close lies off Russia Lane.

Edinburgh Close, E2

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

Ellsworth Street, E2

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

Elwin Street, E2

Esker Place, E2 Esker Place was formed after post-war reconstruction.

Esker Place, E2

Evesham House, E2 Evesham House can be found on Old Ford Road.

Evesham House, E2

Felix Street, E2 Felix Street was part of the Parmiter’s Estate when built in 1812.

Felix Street, E2

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

Florida Street, E2

Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street.

Friesian House, E2

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

Gainford House, E2

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

Gales Gardens, E2

Garner Street, E2 Garner Street was originally Gloucester Street.

Garner Street, E2

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

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

Gosset Street, E2

Grace Allen Court, E2 Grace Allen Court can be found on Goldsmiths Row.

Grace Allen Court, E2

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

Granby Street, E2

Greenheath Business Centre, E2 Greenheath Business Centre is a Bethnal Green commercial area.

Greenheath Business Centre, E2

Gwilym Maries House, E2 Residential block

Gwilym Maries House, E2

Hackney Road, E2 Hackney Road, part of the parish boundary, was referred to in 1587 as the ’highway from Shoreditch to Mare Street’ and, as Collier’s Lane, dated from 1439 or earlier.

Hackney Road, E2

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

Haig House, E2 Haig House is a block on Shipton Street.

Haig House, E2

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

Hector House, E2

Helen House, E2 Helen House is sited on Temple Street.

Helen House, E2

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

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

Hollybush Gardens, E2

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

Hollybush House, E2

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

Hollybush Place, E2

Huddleston Close, E2 Huddleston Close was built by the Victoria Park Housing Association.

Huddleston Close, E2

Hugh Platt House, E2 Hugh Platt House is a block on Patriot Square.

Hugh Platt House, E2

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

Hutton House, E2

Ion Court, E2 Ion Court is located on Columbia Road.

Ion Court, E2

Ion Square, E2 Ion Square is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ion Square, E2

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

Ivimey Street, E2

James Docherty House, E2 James Docherty House, on the Approach Estate, stands on Patriot Square.

James Docherty House, E2

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

James Middleton House, E2

Jameson Court, E2 Jameson Court is a block on Russia Lane.

Jameson Court, E2

Jellicoe House, E2 Jellicoe House is a block on Ropley Street.

Jellicoe House, E2

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

Jersey Street, E2

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

John Cartwright House, E2

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

Johnson House, E2

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

Joseph Priestley House, E2

Kay Street, E2 Kay Street started life as Gloucester Place in 1826.

Kay Street, E2

Keeling House, E2 Keeling House is a block on Claredale Street.

Keeling House, E2

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

Kelsey Street, E2

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

Kinsham House, E2

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

Malcolm Place, E1

Mansford Street, E2 Mansford Street was known as Elizabeth Street until 1876.

Mansford Street, E2

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

Mape Street, E2

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

Maple Street, E2

Margerie Court, E2 Margerie Court can be found on Clare Street.

Margerie Court, E2

Mary James House, E2 Mary James House is a block on St Peter’s Square.

Mary James House, E2

Matilda Street, E2 Bellona Street became Matilda Street before it disappeared from the map in the 1940s.

Matilda Street, E2

Matthew’s Place, E2 Matthew’s Place was built next to a factory on Hackney Road.

Matthew’s Place, E2

Maud Richards Court, E2 Maud Richards Court is a block on Ellen Phillips Lane.

Maud Richards Court, E2

Maude House, E2 Maude House is a building on Bath Grove.

Maude House, E2

Mayfield House, E2 Mayfield House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road.

Mayfield House, E2

Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane.

Mccoy House, E2

Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857.

Middleton Street, E2

Millennium Place, E2 Millennium Place dates from 1993.

Millennium Place, E2

Minerva Street, E2 Minerva Street was developed as part of the Cambridge Heath Estate.

Minerva Street, E2

Minstrel Court, E2 Minstrel Court is a block on Teesdale Close.

Minstrel Court, E2

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

Montford House, E2

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

Moore House, E2

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

Morris House, E2

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

Mulberry House, E2

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

Museum Passage, E2

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

Nant Street, E2

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

Nelson Gardens, E2

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

Nestor House, E2

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

Netteswell House, E2

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

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2

Palestine Place, E2 Palestine Place led east from Cambridge Heath Road.

Palestine Place, E2

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

Paradise Row, E2

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

Paris House, E2

Parmiter Street, E2 Parmiter Street was originally Gloucester Street - laid out in 1826 and built by 1836.

Parmiter Street, E2

Patriot Square, E2 Patriot Square was built on a portion of the Pyotts estate.

Patriot Square, E2

Peel Grove, E2 Peel Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Peel Grove, E2

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

Pollard Row, E2

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

Pollard Street, E2

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

Pott Street, E2

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

Poyser Street, E2

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

Priam House, E2

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

Pundersons Gardens, E2

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

Quilter Street, E2

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

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Roberta Street, E2

Robinson Road, E2 Robinson Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Robinson Road, E2

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

Rochester Court, E2

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

Roger Dowley Close, E2

Roger Dowley Court, E2 Roger Dowley Court is a block on Russia Lane.

Roger Dowley Court, E2

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

Rosemoon House, E2

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

Rushmead, E2

Russia Lane, E2 Russia Lane was formerly called Rushy Lane.

Russia Lane, E2

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

Sale Street, E2

Sanchia Court, E2 Sanchia Court is a block on Wellington Row.

Sanchia Court, E2

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

Sanger House, E2

Seabright Street, E2 Seabright Street is a shadow of its former self.

Seabright Street, E2

Seabright Terrace, E2 Seabright Place was a terrace along Hackney Road.

Seabright Terrace, E2

Sebright House, E2 Sebright House is a block on Kay Street.

Sebright House, E2

Sheppard House, E2 Sheppard House is a block on St Peter’s Close.

Sheppard House, E2

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

Snell House, E2

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

Squirries Street, E2

St Judes Road, E2 St Judes Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

St Judes Road, E2

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

St Matthews Row, E2

St Peter’s Close, E2 St Peter’s Close lies near to St Peter’s in Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Close, E2

St Peter’s Square, E2 St Peter’s Square lies behind St Peter’s, Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Square, E2

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

Stapleton House, E2

Stockton House, E2 Residential block

Stockton House, E2

Suffolk Place, E2 Suffolk Place, built in 1812, became part of Hackney Road in 1862.

Suffolk Place, E2

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

Swinburne House, E2

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

Tarrant House, E2

Ted Roberts House, E2 Ted Roberts House is a block on Parmiter Street.

Ted Roberts House, E2

Teesdale Close, E2 Teesdale Close, now a short street, was previously part of Teesdale Street which was split into two post-war.

Teesdale Close, E2

Teesdale Street, E2 Teesdale Street was Durham Street until 1875.

Teesdale Street, E2

Teesdale Yard, E2 Teesdale Yard is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Teesdale Yard, E2

Temple Street, E2 Temple Street formed the eastern boundary of the Rush Mead estate by 1821.

Temple Street, E2

Temple Yard, E2 Temple Yard is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Temple Yard, E2

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

Thornaby House, E2

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

Threaders Apartments, E2

Three 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

Treadway Street, E2 Treadway Street was originally called Hope Street.

Treadway Street, E2

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

Tria Apartments, E2

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

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

Vallance Road, E2

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

Verdigris Apartments, E2

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

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

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

Victoria Park Square, E2

Violet Turner Court, E2 Violet Turner Court is a building on Kay Street.

Violet Turner Court, E2

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

Voss Street, E2

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

Warner Place, E2

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

Wear Place, E2

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

Wellington Row, E2

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

Westbrook House, E2

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

Westhope House, E2

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

White Street, E2

William Caslon House, E2 William Caslon House is a block on Patriot Square.

William Caslon House, E2

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

William Channing House, E2

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

Wilmot Street, E2

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

Wimbolt Street, E2

Winifred Young Court, E2 Winifred Young Court is a block on Kay Street.

Winifred Young Court, E2

Winkley Street, E2 Winkley Street was Catherine Street until 1938.

Winkley Street, E2

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

Witan Street, E2

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

Wood Close, E2

Wyndham Deedes House, E2 Wyndham Deedes House is a block on Hackney Road.

Wyndham Deedes House, E2

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

Yates House, E2

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

Yorkton Street, E2

Zander Court, E2 Zander Court, alphabetically, is one of the last addresses in London.

Zander Court, E2

NEARBY PUBS

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

Dundee Arms

Sebright Arms Sebright Arms is a pub on Coate Street.

Sebright Arms

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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	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:	The Hare in Cambridge Heath Road TUM image id: 1658757525 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction. TUM image id: 1660666220 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Weavers Fields and the former Hague Street School Hague Street School moved out of this building in the 1960s, when Weavers Fields park was expanded and numerous streets that had provided children to the school were curtailed or obliterated. Credit: Geograph/Christopher Hilton TUM image id: 1677662482 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:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 Licence:	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:	Hanbury Street c.1918, looking east TUM image id: 1490921501 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008
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The Hare in Cambridge Heath Road
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Weavers Fields and the former Hague Street School Hague Street School moved out of this building in the 1960s, when Weavers Fields park was expanded and numerous streets that had provided children to the school were curtailed or obliterated.
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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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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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Pollard Row (1939)
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Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com
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Before roads were realigned post-war, St Peter’s Close and Nelson Gardens, Bethnal Green met one another at a junction.
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