Ontario Way, E14

Road in/near Canary Wharf

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Ontario Way is a road in the E14 postcode area


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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.

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Lindsay Trott   
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.

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Janelle Robbins   
Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT   

Harriet Robbins
Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins


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Dave Hinves   
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.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT   

St Georges Square
This is rather lovely and well worth a visit!

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Simon Chapman   
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.

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Mark G   
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.

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Alan Russell   
Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT   

Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969
Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Canary Wharf Canary Wharf is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks.
Museum of London Docklands The Museum of London Docklands, based in an 1802 warehouse, tells the history of London’s River Thames and the growth of the Docklands.
Railway Tavern The Railway Tavern was generally known as Charlie Brown’s.
The Grapes The Grapes is a Grade II listed public house situated directly on the north bank of the Thames in Limehouse with a veranda overlooking the water.
West India Quay West India Quay is a leisure complex on the Isle of Dogs.

NEARBY STREETS
1 Cabot Square, E14 1 Cabot Square (also known as the Credit Suisse building) is a 21 floor office building occupied by Credit Suisse in the Canary Wharf development (Canary Wharf)
1 West India Quay, E14 1 West India Quay is a skyscraper designed by HOK in the Docklands area which was completed in 2004 (Canary Wharf)
Adams Place, E14 Adams Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Arborfield House, E14 Arborfield House is a building on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Arno Place, E14 Arno Place was redeveloped post-war (Westferry)
Bank Street, E14 Bank Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Barleycorn Way, E14 Barleycorn Way is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Belgrave Court, E14 Belgrave Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Berber Place, E14 Berber Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Berkeley Tower, E14 Berkeley Tower is a building on Westferry Circus (Canary Wharf)
Bethlehem House, E14 Bethlehem House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Birchfield House, E14 Birchfield House can be found on Pinefield Close (Poplar)
Birchfield Street, E14 Birchfield Street was once called Drill Place (Poplar)
Boardwalk, E14 Sophia Street was built in 1823 and demolished in 1939 (Poplar)
Bogart Court, E14 Bogart Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Brewster House, E14 Brewster House is a building on Barleycorn Way (Westferry)
Brightlingsea Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
Cabot Place East, E14 Cabot Place East is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Cabot Place West, E14 Cabot Place West is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Cabot Place, E14 Cabot Place is a retail area (Canary Wharf)
Cabot Square, E14 Cabot Square is one of the central squares of the Canary Wharf Development (Canary Wharf)
Calder Court, SE16 Calder Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Canary Riverside, E14 Canary Riverside is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Canary Wharf, E14 Canary Wharf is a location rather than a road but one which has addresses assigned to it (Canary Wharf)
Cannon Drive, E14 Cannon Drive connects Hertsmere Road with the Cannon Workshops (Westferry)
Cannon House, E14 Cannon House is sited on Hertsmere Road West (Westferry)
Cannon Workshops, E14 Cannon Workshops is a block dating to the beginning of the 19th century (Westferry)
Castor Lane, E14 Castor Lane is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Castor Street, E14 Castor Street existed between the 1810s and 1960s (Poplar)
Chancellor Passage, E14 Chancellor Passage is in the Canary Wharf area behind West India Quay (Canary Wharf)
Chivers Cottages, E14 In 1929, The Cottages became Chivers Cottages (Westferry)
Christian Court, SE16 Christian Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Columbus Courtyard, E14 Columbus Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Commercial Pier Wharf, E14 Commercial Pier Wharf is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Cooks Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Corry House, E14 Corry House is a block on Shirbutt Street (Poplar)
Creek House, E14 Creek House can be found on Narrow Street (Westferry)
Cross Street, E14 Cross Street was given the name Bungay Street in 1912 (Westferry)
Cruse House, E14 Cruse House is located on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Devitt House, E14 Devitt House is a block on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
Dingle Gardens, E14 Dingle Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Dockmasters House, E14 Dockmasters House is a block on Hertsmere Road (Westferry)
Dolphin Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Dundee Court, E14 Dundee Court is a block on Milligan Street (Westferry)
Dundee Wharf, E14 Dundee Wharf is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Eaton House, E14 Eaton House can be found on Westferry Circus (Westferry)
Eldersfield House, E14 Eldersfield House is sited on Pennyfields (Poplar)
Emmett Street, E14 Emmett Street originated in the early 19th century (Westferry)
Faraday House, E14 Faraday House is a block on Brightlingsea Place (Limehouse)
Fishermans Place, E14 Fishermans Place is a road in the W4 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Fishermans Walk, E14 Fishermans Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Flynn Court, E14 Flynn Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Fonda Court, E14 Fonda Court is a building on Premiere Place (Westferry)
Fore Street, E14 Fore Street was a previous name for the eastern end of Narrow Street. (Westferry)
Garford Street, E14 Garford Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Garland Court, E14 Garland Court is located on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Gill Street, E14 Gill Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Grenada House, E14 Grenada House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Grenade Street, E14 Grenade Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Heron Quay, E14 Heron Quay is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Heron Quays)
Heron Quays, E14 Heron Quays is a road in the E14 postcode area (Heron Quays)
Hertsmere Road, E14 Hertsmere Road - a 1980s-era road - curves around the back of the Museum of London Docklands (Westferry)
Horizon Building, E14 The Horizon Building (Canary Wharf)
Horns Stairs, SE16 Horns Stairs is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Rotherhithe)
Imperial House, E14 Imperial House is located on Victory Place (Limehouse)
Jessop Square Heron Quay, E14 Jessop Square Heron Quay is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Heron Quays)
Jessops Square, E14 Jessops Square is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Heron Quays)
Joseph Irwin House, E14 Joseph Irwin House is a block on Gill Street (Limehouse)
Jubilee Place, E14 Jubilee Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (South Quay)
Kelly Court, E14 Kelly Court is located on Garford Street (Westferry)
Kemps Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Kiln Court, E14 Kiln Court is a block on Newell Street (Limehouse)
King Street, E14 King Street was renamed Ming Street in 1938 in reference to the local Chinese community (Poplar)
Ledger Building, E14 Ledger Building is a block on Hertsmere Road (Westferry)
Limehouse Causeway, E14 Limehouse Causeway was home to the original Chinatown of London. (Westferry)
Limehouse Link, E14 Limehouse Link is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Limekiln Dock bridge, E14 Limekiln Dock bridge is a road in the E14 postcode area (River Thames)
Limekiln Hill, E14 Limekiln Hill was the former name for a section of Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Mackenzie Walk, E14 Mackenzie Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Maclenzie Walk, E14 Maclenzie Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Malting House, E14 Malting House can be found on Oak Lane (Limehouse)
Mary Jones Court, E14 Mary Jones Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Mermaid Court, SE16 Mermaid Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Milligan Street, E14 Milligan Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Ming Street, E14 Ming Street - the former King Street - was renamed in recognition of the then local Chinese community (Poplar)
Morant Street, E14 Morant Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Nash Court, E14 Nash Court is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
North Colonnade, E14 North Colonnade is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
North Quay, E14 The North Quay development - approximately 3.28 hectares - was previously used as a construction laydown area for the Canary Wharf Elizabeth line station (Canary Wharf)
North Quay-Blood Alley, E14 This part of North Quay was known as Blood Alley when this was a docklands area (Canary Wharf)
Oak Lane, E14 Oak Lane is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Oast Court, E14 Oast Court is a block on Newell Street (Limehouse)
Ontario Way, E14 Ontario Way is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Padstow House, E14 Padstow House is a block on Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Pageant Crescent, SE16 Pageant Crescent is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Rotherhithe)
Park Pavilion, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Park Place, E14 Park Place ran south from Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Park Row, E14 Park Row is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Pennyfields, E14 Pennyfields is the western extension of Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Pinefield Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Poplar High Street, E14 Until the late nineteenth century Poplar High Street was the district’s principal street. (Poplar)
Premiere Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
Providence Cottages, E14 Providence Cottages were situated off Emmett Street (Westferry)
Quayside House, E14 Quayside House can be found on Westferry Road
Queens Court, E14 Queens Court can be found on Northey Street (Limehouse)
Railway Arches, E14 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Reuters Plaza, E14 Reuters Plaza is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Rich Street, E14 Rich Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Roche House, E14 Roche House was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1939, containing 100 flats (Westferry)
Rogers Court, E14 Rogers Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Rook Street, E14 Rook Street - at first called Mary Street - ran between Poplar High Street and East India Road (Poplar)
Ropemaker’s Fields, E14 Ropemaker’s Fields is an old road of Limehouse formerly longer than now (Limehouse)
Rosefield Gardens, E14 Rosefield Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Salter Street, E14 Salter Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Saltwell Street, E14 Saltwell Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Saunders Close, E14 Saunders Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Shirbutt Street, E14 Shirbutt Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
South Colonnade, E14 South Colonnade is the southern access for Canary Wharf (Canary Wharf)
Stocks Place, E14 Stocks Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Stoneyard Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Storehouse Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
Taylor House, E14 Taylor House is a block on Stonehouse Mews (Westferry)
Tenbury Place, E14 Tenbury Place was situated off Jamaica Place (Westferry)
The Port East Building, E14 The Port East Building is a block on Hertsmere Road (Canary Wharf)
The Warehouse, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Thornfield House, E14 Thornfield House is a block on Rosefield Gardens (Poplar)
Three Colt Street, E14 Three Colt Street was first recorded in 1362 making it one of Limehouse’s oldest streets (Limehouse)
Trinidad Street, E14 Trinidad Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Turner’s Buildings, E14 Turner’s Buildings was a small close off Pennyfields (Poplar)
Ulmar Place, E14 Ulmar Place was a small turning off King Street (Poplar)
Wades Place, E14 Wades Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Welles Court, E14 Welles Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
West India Avenue, E14 West India Avenue is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
West India Dock Road, E14 West India Dock Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Westcott House, E14 Westcott House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Westferry Circus, E14 Westferry Circus is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Westferry Studios, E14 Westferry Studios is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Wigram House, E14 Wigram House is located on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
Willis House, E14 Willis House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Willow Row, E14 Willow Row is an old Limehouse street (Limehouse)
Wren Landing, E14 Wren Landing is an open area between Cabot Square and the footbridge over to the Museum of London Docklands (Canary Wharf)


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Poplar (1910)
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1 Cabot Square
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Pennyfields, Poplar (around 1900)
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In the neighbourhood...

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George V and Queen Mary during their visit to Limehouse Town Hall on 25 May 1935
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1 Cabot Square
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Two Men on a Bench is one of two sculptures in Canary Wharf by Giles Penny.
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The Quadrangle Stores have now been turned into the Cannon Workshops (2020)
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Chinatown, Limehouse (1930s)
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Pennyfields, Poplar (around 1900)
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’Blood Alley’ in the West India Docks, circa 1930. This photograph was taken at the North Quay shows a gang of dockers trucking bags of sugar beneath an awning of washed sacks that are hung out for drying at. ‘Blood Alley’ was the nickname given to roadway between the transit sheds and sugar warehouses because handling the sacks of sticky West Indian sugar badly chafed and cracked the dockers’ skin. This quay is now home to the Museum of London Docklands
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91-97 Three Colt Street, Limehouse (1923) Assuming this was photographed just before demolition as the supporting prop looks dodgy. The greengrocer is using a pram as a market stall.
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Upper North Street, East India Dock Road E14, c1910.
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Two unidentified girls, with tobacconist in the background on Emmett Street, Limehouse (1952)
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