Wood’s Buildings, E1

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

Wood’s Buildings has been in existence since the late 18th century, built over former gardens to the south of Ducking Pond Row, later known as Buck’s Row. The passageway consisted of two rows of dwellings on the east and west sides, accessible through a narrow covered passage from Whitechapel Road.

The dwellings in Wood’s Buildings were eventually demolished in the 1880s. The last record of them can be found in the 1881 census. This demolition was likely due to the expansion of the nearby Whitechapel Station, as the Metropolitan District Railway was opened there in October 1884. Wood’s Buildings then became a railway bridge over the new lines, providing access to Winthrop Street.

The remaining alleyway of Wood’s Buildings became a spot frequented by individuals relieving themselves and occasionally served as a meeting place for prostitutes and drug dealers. Nonetheless, it became a popular stop for guided tours due to its atmospheric nature. In 2004, metal gates were installed at both ends of the passageway to block access, a response to the criminal activities previously mentioned.

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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
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence 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
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. 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
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. 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

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John Harrison House, E1

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Jubilee Street, E1

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Kent House, E1

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Lindley House, E1

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McCalla House, E1

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Mellish House, E1

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Merceron Street, E1

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Middlesea Street ,

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Mount Terrace, E1

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Mulberry Street, E1

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Myrdle Street, E1

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Neath Terrace ,

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New Road, E1

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Newark Street, E1

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Newbold Cottages, E1

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Northampton Street,

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

Northesk House, E1

Nottingham Place, E1 Nottingham Place is an old East End street.

Nottingham Place, E1

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O’Leary Square, E1

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Oasis Court, E1

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Octagon Street, E1

Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane.

Old Montague Street, E1

Orion House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Orion House, E1

Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867.

Oxford Street,

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

Parfett Street, E1

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

Park House, E1

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

Pauline House, E1

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

Pavilion House, E1

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

Pedley Street, E1

Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street.

Pellew House, E1

Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green.

Pereira Street, E1

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

Peretra Street,

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

Philpot Street, E1

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

Plumbers Row, E1

Porchester House, E1 Porchester House is sited on Varden Street.

Porchester House, E1

Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1.

Queen Street, E1

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

Raven Row, E1

Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street.

Redmill House, E1

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

Regal Close, E1

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

Richardson Street,

River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874.

River Thames at 51.501,

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

Romford Street, E1

Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996).

Russell Street, E1

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

Rutherford House, E1

Rutland Street, New Rutland Street was given the name Rutland Street, E1 in 1864.

Rutland Street,

Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way.

Sambrook House, E1

Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street.

Sandhurst House, E1

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

Scott Street, E1

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

Selby Street, E1

Settles Street, E1 Settles Street links Fieldgate Street with Commercial Road.

Settles Street, E1

Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street.

Shah Paran House, E1

Sidney Square, E1 Sidney Square is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Sidney Square, E1

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

Sidney Street, E1

Silvester House, E1 Silvester House can be found on Varden Street.

Silvester House, E1

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

Sol Frankel House, E1

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

Somerford Street, E1

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

Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area

Spring Walk, E1

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

St Mary Street,

St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way.

St Philip’s House, E1

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

Steeple Court, E1

Stepney City Apartments, E1 Stepney City Apartments is a block on Clark Street.

Stepney City Apartments, E1

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

Stepney Green Court, E1

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

Stepney Way, 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

Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street.

Tannery House, E1

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

Tap Street,

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street.

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1

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

Tent Street, E1

The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street.

The Old Montague Apartments, E1

Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street.

Tower House, E1

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

Trahorn Close, E1

Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street.

Tree House, 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

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

Turner Street, E1

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

Underwood Road, E1

Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883.

Underwood Street,

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

Vallance Road, E1

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

Varden Street, E1

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

Vawdrey Close, E1

Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road.

Vine Court, E1

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

Walden Street, E1

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

Weaver Street, E1

Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area

Whitechapel Market, E1

Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London.

Whitechapel Road, E1

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works.

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1

Wilton Court, E1 Wilton Court is a block on Cavell Street.

Wilton Court, E1

Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on Jubilee Street.

Wingrad House, E1

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

Winthrop Street, E1

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

Wodeham Gardens, E1

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

Wolsey Street, E1

Woollen House, E1 Woollen House is a block on Clark Street.

Woollen House, E1

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

Woolsey Street,

Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews.

Workhouse Apartments, E1

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

Wyllen Close, E1

Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street.

Wynfrid House, E1

NEARBY PUBS

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

Vine Tavern

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

White Hart

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a neighbourhood whose heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.

By the late 1500s Whitechapel and the surrounding area had started becoming 'other half' of London. Located downwind of the genteel sections of west London which were to see the expansion of Westminster Abbey and construction of Buckingham Palace, it naturally attracted the more fragrant activities of the city, particularly tanneries, breweries, foundries (including the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which later cast Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and also Big Ben), slaughterhouses and, close by to the south, the gigantic Billingsgate fish market, famous in its day for the ornately foul language of the extremely Cockney fishwomen who worked there.

Population shifts from rural areas to London from the 1600s to the mid 1800s resulted in great numbers of more or less destitute people taking up residence amidst the industries and mercantile interests that had attracted them. By the 1840s Whitechapel, along with the enclaves of Wapping, Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Mile End, Limehouse and Stepney (collectively known today as the East End), had evolved, or devolved, into classic 'dickensian' London. Whitechapel Road itself was not particularly squalid through most of this period - it was the warren of small dark streets branching from it that contained the greatest suffering, filth and danger, especially Dorset St., Thrawl St., Berners St. (renamed Henriques St.), Wentworth St. and others.

In the Victorian era the base population of poor English country stock was swelled by immigrants from all over, particularly Irish and Jewish. 1888 saw the depredations of the Whitechapel Murderer, later known as 'Jack the Ripper'. In 1902, American author Jack London, looking to write a counterpart to Jacob Riis's seminal book How the Other Half Lives, donned ragged clothes and boarded in Whitechapel, detailing his experiences in The People of the Abyss. Riis had recently documented the astoundingly bad conditions in the leading city of the United States. Jack London, a socialist, thought it worthwhile to explore conditions in the leading city of the nation that had created modern capitalism. He concluded that English poverty was far rougher than the American variety. The juxtaposition of the poverty, homelessness, exploitive work conditions, prostitution, and infant mortality of Whitechapel and other East End locales with some of the greatest personal wealth the world has ever seen made it a focal point for leftist reformers of all kinds, from George Bernard Shaw, whose Fabian Society met regularly in Whitechapel, to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who boarded and led rallies in Whitechapel during his exile from Russia.

Whitechapel remained poor (and colourful) through the first half of the 20th Century, though somewhat less desperately so. It suffered great damage in the V2 German rocket attacks and the Blitz of World War II. Since then, Whitechapel has lost its notoriety, though it is still thoroughly working class. The Bangladeshis are the most visible migrant group there today and it is home to many aspiring artists and shoestring entrepreneurs.

Since the 1970s, Whitechapel and other nearby parts of East London have figured prominently in London's art scene. Probably the most prominent art venue is the Whitechapel Art Gallery, founded in 1901 and long an outpost of high culture in a poor neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood has gentrified, it has gained citywide, and even international, visibility and support.

Whitechapel, is a London Underground and London Overground station, on Whitechapel Road was opened in 1876 by the East London Railway on a line connecting Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations south of the River Thames. The station site was expanded in 1884, and again in 1902, to accommodate the services of the Metropolitan District Railway, a predecessor of the London Underground. The London Overground section of the station was closed between 2007 and 27 April 2010 for rebuilding, initially reopening for a preview service on 27 April 2010 with the full service starting on 23 May 2010.

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	Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney TUM image id: 1642775177 Licence:	George Tavern (2015) Situated at 373 Commercial Road, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jimmyketchup TUM image id: 1642691257 Licence:	The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:	A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935. TUM image id: 1622205635 Licence:
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	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cable Street, E1 in the early years of the twentieth century TUM image id: 1642774633 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:	Cannon Street Road in the early 1940s TUM image id: 1682607957 Licence:	Cheshire Street (1969) Credit: David Granick (1912-80) TUM image id: 1522751823 Licence:	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:	Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938. TUM image id: 1490922288 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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A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935.
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St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865
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Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938.
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Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard.
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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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Settles Street, E1 (1940) This photo shows an old school sign which featured a torch. A direction sign to a Second World War shelter is on the wall.
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The pure joy of being a child, Fieldgate Mansions, Whitechapel (1970s)
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