Cressy Place, E1

Cressy Place is one of the older streets in Stepney Green.

As Union Place, it was on Horwood’s 1799 map of London. Union Place became Cressy Place in 1880.

The south side destroyed by a V1 rocket during the Second World War.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Emma Beach Mile End Road, E1 Added: 18 Jan 2024 04:33 GMT	William Sutton Thwaites William Sutton Thwaites was the father of Frances Lydia Alice Knorr nee Thwaites�’�’she was executed in 1894 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia for infanticide. In the year prior to his marriage, to her mother Frances Jeanette Thwaites nee Robin, William Sutton was working as a tailor for Mr Orchard who employed four tailors in the hamlet of Mile End Old Town on at Crombies Row, Commercial Road East. Source: 1861 England Census Class: Rg 9; Piece: 293; Folio: 20; Page: 2; GSU roll: 542608 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
Buckhurst Street, E1 Added: 26 Jun 2024 13:10 GMT	Buckhurst Street, E1 Mt grandfather, Thomas Walton Ward had a musical instrument workshop in Buckhurst Street from 1934 until the street was bombed during the war. Grandfather was a partner in the musical instrument firm of R.J. Ward and Sons of Liverpool. He died in 1945 and is buried in a common grave at Abney Park Cemetery. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Black Boy The Black Boy public house stood on the Mile End Road.

Black Boy

St Dunstan’s and All Saints Church St Dunstan’s, Stepney is an Anglican church which stands on a site that has been used for Christian worship for over a thousand years.

St Dunstan’s and All Saints Church

Stepney Green Stepney Green tube station lies on the corner of Mile End Road and Globe Road in the Stepney neighbourhood of east London.

Stepney Green

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

Vine Tavern

Wickhams Wickhams was a department store on the north side of the Mile End Road in London.

Wickhams

NEARBY STREETS

Adams House, E1 Adams House is a Grade II listed block of offices (Stepney Green)

Adams House, E1

Adelina Grove, E1 Adelina Grove became an estate for people displaced by the London Wool Exchange building in 1929 (Stepney)

Adelina Grove, E1

Adelina Place, E1 Adelina Place was a very narrow side street of Adelina Grove (Stepney)

Adelina Place, E1

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

Adriatic House, E1

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

Alderney Road, E1

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

Alfred Street, E1

Allport Mews, E1 Allport Mews lies off Stepney Green itself (Stepney Green)

Allport Mews, E1

Anchor House, E1 Anchor House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Anchor House, E1

Anchor Terrace, E1 Anchor Terrace is a named section of Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)

Anchor Terrace, E1

Anne Goodman House, E1 Anne Goodman House is sited on Jubilee Street (Stepney Green)

Anne Goodman House, E1

Ansell House, E1 Ansell House was the first block built on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)

Ansell House, E1

Apsley House, E1 Apsley House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Apsley House, E1

Apsley Street, E1 Apsley Street was off Redman’s Road (Stepney Green)

Apsley Street, E1

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

Aral House, E1

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

Argyle Road, E1

Armsby House, E1 Armsby House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Armsby House, E1

Ashfield Street, E1 Ashfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)

Ashfield Street, E1

Assembly Passage, E1 Assembly Passage is a long, cobbled walkway that leads from Mile End Road to Redmans Road (Stepney Green)

Assembly Passage, E1

Aylward Street, E1 Aylward Street has a complicated history (Stepney Green)

Aylward Street, E1

Baltonsborough Court, E1 Baltonsborough Court is located on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Baltonsborough Court, E1

Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)

Bancroft House, E1

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

Bantry House, E1

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

Barents House, E1

Beatrice House, E1 Beatrice House was built after 1996 (Stepney Green)

Beatrice House, E1

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

Beaufort Gardens, E1

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

Beaumont Grove, E1

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

Beaumont Square, E1

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

Beaumont Street, E1

Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is part of a three block complex facing Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Beckett House, E1

Bedford Square, E1 Bedford Square is an old East End square (Stepney)

Bedford Square, E1

Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)

Berry House, E1

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

Biscay House, E1

Bladen House, E1 Bladen House is a block on Dunelm Street (Stepney Green)

Bladen House, E1

Boisseau House, E1 Boisseau House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Boisseau House, E1

Boyton Close, E1 Boyton Close covered half of the former Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)

Boyton Close, E1

Brilliant Street, E1 Brilliant Street was a tiny street linking Silver Street and Gold Street (Stepney Green)

Brilliant Street, E1

Buckhurst Street, E1 Buckhurst Street runs alongside St Bartholomew Gardens (Stepney Green)

Buckhurst Street, E1

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

Calverley Street, E1

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

Calverley Walk, E1

Cambridge Heath Road, E1 Cambridge Heath Road was originally Cambridge Road (Stepney Green)

Cambridge Heath Road, E1

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

Carlyle Mews, E1

Carmelo Mews, E1 Carmelo Mews is a mews behind the houses on the east side of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Carmelo Mews, E1

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

Carpenter House, E1

Cavell House, E1 Cavell House is a block on Cavell Street (Stepney)

Cavell House, E1

Cephas Avenue, E1 Cephas Avenue was called St Peter’s Road until 1939 (Stepney Green)

Cephas Avenue, E1

Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street (Stepney Green)

Cephas House, E1

Cephas Street, E1 One of two Silver Streets in the area along with Park Street and Peter Street became Cephas Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)

Cephas Street, E1

Chesworth Court, E1 Chesworth Court is one of the blocks grouped around Fulneck Place (Stepney Green)

Chesworth Court, E1

Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Chronos Building, E1

Clark Street, E1 Clark Street is a long and old street of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Clark Street, E1

Cleveland Grove, E1 Cleveland Grove, a cul-de-sac, leads west from Cleveland Street (Stepney Green)

Cleveland Grove, E1

Cleveland Street, E1 Cleveland Street replaced the delightfully-named Red Cow Lane (Stepney Green)

Cleveland Street, E1

Cleveland Way, E1 Cleveland Way commemorates the Wentworth family, lords of the manor of Stepney from 1550 and earls of Cleveland from 1626-67. (Stepney Green)

Cleveland Way, E1

Clichy House, E1 Clichy House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Clichy House, E1

Coburg Dwellings, E1 Coburg Dwellings is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)

Coburg Dwellings, E1

Colin Winter House, E1 Colin Winter House is a block on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)

Colin Winter House, E1

Collingwood House, E1 Collingwood House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Whitechapel)

Collingwood House, E1

Colverson House, E1 Colverson House is a block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)

Colverson House, E1

Coopers Close, E1 Coopers Close is a road built over the site of the Anchor Brewery (Stepney Green)

Coopers Close, E1

Copley Street, E1 Copley Street now runs south from Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Copley Street, E1

Cottage Court, E1 Cottage Court was situated off Hayfield Passage, first visible on the 1860s mapping (Stepney Green)

Cottage Court, E1

Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)

Coventry Road, E1

Cressy Court, E1 Cressy Court was called Little Union Place until 1937 (Stepney Green)

Cressy Court, E1

Cressy House, E1 Cressy House was built at the corner of Cressy Place and Hannibal Road in 1894 (Stepney Green)

Cressy House, E1

Cressy Place, E1 Cressy Place is one of the older streets in Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Cressy Place, E1

Dagobert House, E1 Dagobert House is a block on Smithy Street (Stepney)

Dagobert House, E1

Dame Colet House, E1 Dame Colet House is a block on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Dame Colet House, E1

Damien Street, E1 Damien Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Stepney)

Damien Street, E1

Darling Place, E1 Darling Place was merged into Darling Row (Whitechapel)

Darling Place, E1

Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)

Darling Row, E1

Dempsey Street, E1 Dempsey Street was created before 1830 along with surrounding streets (Stepney Green)

Dempsey Street, E1

Devonshire Street, E1 Devonshire Street East (and West) became Devonshire Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)

Devonshire Street, E1

Diggon Street, E1 Diggon Street is now a small remnant cul-de-sac off Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Diggon Street, E1

Donegal House, E1 Donegal House was built in 1970 as part of the Collingwood Estate (Bethnal Green)

Donegal House, E1

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

Doveton House, E1

Doveton Street, E1 Doveton Street was formerly Queen Street (until 1883), Queen’s Court and Peacock Place (earlier) (Stepney Green)

Doveton Street, E1

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

Downey House, E1

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

Downy House, E1

Drake House, E1 Drake House can be found on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Drake House, E1

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

Driver’s Buildings, E1

Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove (Stepney)

Dron House, E1

Dundalk House, E1 Dundalk House faces Clark Street (Stepney Green)

Dundalk House, E1

Dunelm Street, E1 Fair Street was renamed Dunelm Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Dunelm Street, E1

Dunstan Houses, E1 Dunstan Houses on Stepney Green were built in 1899 by the East End Dwellings Company to provide housing for the poor (Stepney Green)

Dunstan Houses, E1

Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)

Eagle House, E1

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

Eastbury Terrace, E1

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

Eaton Place, E1

Edward Street, E1 Edward Street connected Cephas Street with Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)

Edward Street, E1

Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage leads north off Mile End Road beside the Trinity Almshouses (Stepney Green)

Edwards Passage, E1

Edwin Street, E1 Edwin Street runs south from Cephas Street (Stepney Green)

Edwin Street, E1

Elektra House, E1 Elektra House is a block on Ashfield Street (Stepney)

Elektra House, E1

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Elizabeth Bates Court, E1

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

Ely Terrace, E1

Epping Place, E1 Epping Place was an old name for the northernmost end of Sidney Street (Whitechapel)

Epping Place, E1

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

Ernest Street, E1

Exmouth Street, E1 Exmouth Street was largely destroyed during the Second World War and replaced by residential blocks on the Clicky Estate (Stepney)

Exmouth Street, E1

Fair Street, E1 Fair Street ran from Oxford Street to Charles Street (Stepney Green)

Fair Street, E1

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

Farrier Court, E1

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

Floreston Street, E1

Ford House, E1 Ford House is a block on Ford Square (Stepney)

Ford House, E1

Ford Square, E1 Ford Square is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)

Ford Square, E1

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

Friendly Place, E1

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

Frimley Street, E1

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

Frimley Way, E1

Fulneck Place, E1 Fulneck Place is a short cul-de-sac which runs under a modern arch (Stepney Green)

Fulneck Place, E1

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

Galway House, E1

Garden Street, E1 Garden Street lies to the rear of what was called ’King John’s Palace’ (Stepney Green)

Garden Street, E1

Gardom Street, E1 Gardom Street was a former street of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Gardom Street, E1

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

Genoa House, E1

George Scott House, E1 George Scott House is a block on West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

George Scott House, E1

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

Godward Square, E1

Gold Street, E1 Prospect Place was renamed as Gold Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)

Gold Street, E1

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

Grebe Court, E1

Grove Dwellings, E1 Grove Dwellings - in separate blocks - were built in 1910 on land leased from the Mercers company (Stepney)

Grove Dwellings, E1

Halcrow Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)

Halcrow Street, E1

Hannibal Road, E1 Hannibal Road leads south from the junction of Mile End Road and Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Hannibal Road, E1

Hare Street, E1 Hare Street once ran from Silver Street to Pole Street (Stepney Green)

Hare Street, E1

Harriott House, E1 Harriott House is a block on Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Harriott House, E1

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

Hawke House, E1

Hawkins Street, E1 Hawkins Street is an old East End street, appearing on maps during the 1840s (Stepney)

Hawkins Street, E1

Hayfield Court, E1 Hayfield Court is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)

Hayfield Court, E1

Hayfield House, E1 Hayfield House is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)

Hayfield House, E1

Hayfield Passage, E1 Hayfield Passage leads down to Stepney Green from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Hayfield Passage, E1

Hayfield Place, E1 Hayfield Place was an old courtyard leading south off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Hayfield Place, E1

Hayfield Yard, E1 Hayfield Yard appears to date from the turn of the nineteenth century and possibly before (Stepney Green)

Hayfield Yard, E1

Headlam Street, E1 Headlam Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)

Headlam Street, E1

Heath Street, E1 Heath Street was the location of a rope walk by the beginning of the nineteenth century (Stepney Green)

Heath Street, E1

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

Ifor Evans Place, E1

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

Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building, E1

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

Jacqueline House, E1

Jamaica Street, E1 Jamaica Street is the successor street to King Street (Stepney)

Jamaica Street, E1

Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)

Jarman House, E1

Jean Pardies House, E1 Jean Pardies House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Jean Pardies House, E1

Johns Place, E1 Despite a post-war expansion of the road name, Johns Place is an older street of Stepney (Stepney)

Johns Place, E1

Jubilee Mansions, E1 Jubilee Mansions is a block built by Stepney Borough Council between the wars (Stepney Green)

Jubilee Mansions, E1

Jubilee Street, E1 Jubilee Street was built off the then-new Commercial Road and named to commemorate the Jubilee of George III in 1810. (Stepney Green)

Jubilee Street, E1

Justice Apartments, E1 Justice Apartments is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Justice Apartments, E1

Key Close, E1 Key Close lies off Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)

Key Close, E1

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

Killick Way, E1

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

Kiln House, E1

King John Street, E1 King John Street leads off Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

King John Street, E1

King Street, E1 King Street was one of two King Streets in Stepney, the other being nearer to Bethnal Green (Stepney)

King Street, E1

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

Lace Court, E1

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1 Lady Micos Almshouses offers lodgings exclusively for women in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1

Le Moal House, E1 Le Moal House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Le Moal House, E1

Leigh House, E1 Leigh House is a block on Halcrow Street (Whitechapel)

Leigh House, E1

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

Levant House, E1

Lindley House, E1 Lindley House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)

Lindley House, E1

Lindley Street, E1 Lindley Street first appeared on a Stepney map during the 1840s (Stepney)

Lindley Street, E1

Lisbon Street, Lisbon Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)

Lisbon Street,

Louisa Street, E1 Louisa Street leads off Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)

Louisa Street, E1

Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Louise De Marillac House, E1

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

Lower John Street, E1

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

Lydia Street, E1

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

Magellan House, E1

Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a Grade II listed Georgian building at 137-139 Mile End Road in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Malplaquet House, E1

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

Maria Terrace, E1

Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage (Stepney)

Mariana Court, E1

Matcham Court, E1 Matcham Court is a block on Hannibal Road (Stepney Green)

Matcham Court, E1

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

Mathematical Sciences Building, E1

Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)

Mayo House, E1

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

Mile End Place, E1

Mile End Road, E1 Mile End Road is an ancient route from London to the East, moved to its present alignment after the foundation of Bow Bridge in 1110. (Stepney Green)

Mile End Road, E1

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

Milrood House, E1

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

Morecambe Close, E1

Musbury Street, E1 Musbury Street is a street of post-war blocks of flats (Stepney Green)

Musbury Street, E1

Newbold Cottages, E1 Newbold Cottages is a block in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Newbold Cottages, E1

Nicholas Road, E1 Nicholas Road replaced the pre-war Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)

Nicholas Road, E1

Nicholas Street, E1 The former Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)

Nicholas Street, E1

Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)

Northampton Street,

O’Leary Square, E1 O’Leary Square is a development of the Sidney Estate (Stepney)

O’Leary Square, E1

Oasis Court, E1 Oasis Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Oasis Court, E1

Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950 (Whitechapel)

Octagon Street, E1

Odette Duval House, E1 Odette Duval House is a 9-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Stepney)

Odette Duval House, E1

Oley Place, E1 Oley Place - originally Wellington Street - was part of an estate belonging to Clare College, Cambridge (Stepney Green)

Oley Place, E1

Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)

Orion House, E1

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

Osier Court, E1

Osier Street, E1 Osier Street inherited part of the former Willow Street (Stepney Green)

Osier Street, E1

Pacific Court, E1 Pacific Court is a building on Assembly Passage (Stepney)

Pacific Court, E1

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

Pacific House, E1

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

Palliser House, E1

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

Panama House, E1

Park House, E1 Park House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Park House, E1

Pattison House, E1 Pattison House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison House, E1

Pattison Street, E1 Pattison Street ran southeast from a junction with Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison Street, E1

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

Pegasus House, E1

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

Peter Landin Building, E1

Platinium Court, E1 Platinium Court is a block on Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)

Platinium Court, E1

Pole Street, E1 Pole Street became part of Stepney Green Park (Stepney Green)

Pole Street, E1

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

Potter House, E1

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

Press House, E1

Princes Street, E1 Princes Street was a former name for the northern section of Dempsey Street (Stepney)

Princes Street, E1

Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)

Raven Row, E1

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

Rectory Square, E1

Red Cow Lane, E1 Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road (Stepney Green)

Red Cow Lane, E1

Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street (Stepney Green)

Redclyf House, E1

Redmans Road, E1 Redmans Road is a long east-west road of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Redmans Road, E1

Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)

Redmill House, E1

Richardson Street, E1 Richardson Street ran from Lindley Street to Wolsey Street (Stepney)

Richardson Street, E1

Roland Mews, E1 Roland Mews emerges through an archway under Roland House (Stepney Green)

Roland Mews, E1

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

Rosery Court, E1

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

Russell Street, E1

Rutland Street, New Rutland Street was given the name Rutland Street, E1 in 1864 (Stepney)

Rutland Street,

Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Sambrook House, E1

Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street (Stepney)

Sandhurst House, E1

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

Shandy Street, E1

Sherren House, E1 Sherren House can be found on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)

Sherren House, E1

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

Shiloh Place, E1

Sidney Square, E1 Sidney Square is an old square dating from the 1820s (Stepney Green)

Sidney Square, E1

Sidney Street, E1 Sidney Street is a notably historic street of the East End (Stepney)

Sidney Street, E1

Silver Street, E1 Silver Street ran parallel with Gold Street, though it was narrower (Stepney Green)

Silver Street, E1

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

Sligo House, E1

Smith Street, E1 Because of the number of Smith Streets in London, the road became Smithy Street during the 1930s (Stepney)

Smith Street, E1

Smithy Street, E1 Smithy Street was called Smith Street until 1938 (Stepney)

Smithy Street, E1

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

Solway House, E1

Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House dates from 1970 (Stepney Green)

Sovereign House, E1

St Peters Road, E1 St Peters Road ran along the line of modern Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)

St Peters Road, E1

Stayners Road, E1 Stayners Road connects the Mile End Road with Boyton Close (Stepney Green)

Stayners Road, E1

Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)

Steeple Court, E1

Stepney City Apartments, E1 Stepney City Apartments is a former Victorian school, converted into flats (Stepney Green)

Stepney City Apartments, E1

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

Stepney Green Court, E1

Stepney Green, E1 Stepney Green was originally a 15th century row of houses near to St Dunstan’s church (Stepney Green)

Stepney Green, E1

Stepney High Street, E1 Stepney High Street was previously the main street of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Stepney High Street, E1

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

Stepney Way, E1

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

Stifford House, E1

Stocks Court, E1 Stocks Court is a building on Globe Road (Stepney Green)

Stocks Court, E1

Stothard Street, E1 Stothard Street was named after a victim of Second World War bombing (Stepney Green)

Stothard Street, E1

Swan Place, E1 Swan Place was an old road absorbed during the nineteenth century into Sidney Street (Stepney)

Swan Place, E1

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

Sydney House, E1

Temple Court, E1 Temple Court can be found on Rectory Square (Stepney Green)

Temple Court, E1

Tillotson Street, E1 Tillotson Street was built on land belonging to Clare College, Cambridge (Stepney Green)

Tillotson Street, E1

Tottan Terrace, E1 Tottan Terrace is a pathway along the southern edge of the Belgrave Open Space (Stepney Green)

Tottan Terrace, E1

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

Trafalgar Gardens, E1

Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Tree House, E1

Trinity Green, E1 Trinity Green is the nominal address of the Trinity Green Almshouses (Stepney Green)

Trinity Green, E1

Trinity Mews, E1 Trinity Mews is a modern development (Stepney)

Trinity Mews, E1

Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)

Vawdrey Close, E1

Vine Cottages, E1 Vine Cottages is the name of a 1960s block facing Jubilee Gardens (Stepney Green)

Vine Cottages, E1

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

Waley Street, E1

Walter Street, E1 Walter Street was swept away after the Second World War (Stepney Green)

Walter Street, E1

Walter Terrace, E1 Walter Terrace is a renaming of the southern end of Walter Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Walter Terrace, E1

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

Weddell House, E1

Wellesley Street, E1 Wellesley Street was severely truncated post-war (Stepney Green)

Wellesley Street, E1

Wetton House, E1 Wetton House overlooks the southern edge of Stepney Green Park (Stepney Green)

Wetton House, E1

Wexford House, E1 Wexford House is a 6-storey block containing 44 dwellings (Stepney)

Wexford House, E1

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

White Horse Lane, E1

Whitehead Street, E1 Union Street was renamed Whitehead Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)

Whitehead Street, E1

Wickham Close, E1 Wickham Close is a modern cul-de-sac leading east off Jamaica Street (Stepney)

Wickham Close, E1

Willow Street, E1 Willow Street, once redeveloped, became Osier Street (Stepney Green)

Willow Street, E1

Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on the northern section of Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Wingrad House, E1

Wolsey Street, E1 Wolsey Street is an old East End street of which a tiny remnant remains (Stepney)

Wolsey Street, E1

Woollen House, E1 Woollen House is a block on Clark Street (Stepney Green)

Woollen House, E1

Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is the name of both a road and blocks to which the road leads (Stepney Green)

Wyllen Close, E1

XX Place, E1 XX Place is one of the oddest street names that ever existed in London (Stepney Green)

XX Place, E1

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Map of the Ocean Estate Credit: https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/ TUM image id: 1719583826 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The original Black Boy pub. TUM image id: 1530023663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	QMUL TUM image id: 1721228513 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 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:
Stepney City Farm Credit: Wiki Commons/Adrian Scottow TUM image id: 1722409723 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The original People’s Palace (1920s) Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1721229072 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Horn of Plenty, Stepney Green Credit: Stephen Harris TUM image id: 1722331449 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:	Brook Street, E1 - looking east (c. 1910) Brook Street is now renamed as part of Cable Street. The side street with the posts is Schoolhouse Lane and the building on the far right is the Friends’ Meeting House. Credit: Vin Miles (contributor) TUM image id: 1642777905 Licence:
Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 Licence:	Juniper Street is a turning off of King David Lane, E1 Before the Glamis Estate arrived on the scene in the 1970s and largely replaced it, Juniper Street was a road of densely packed terraces. TUM image id: 1625068922 Licence:	Palm Tree (1971) The Palm Tree still exists but is no longer part of terraced housing but an isolated building in Mile End Park. All of the surrounding streets shown here have disappeared. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1689594589 Licence:	Trinity Almshouses, Mile End Road, c. 1920 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1686152752 Licence:	The site of Limehouse Station taken in 1975. The station opened in 1840, closed in 1926 and took on new life at part of the DLR TUM image id: 1685013939 Licence: