Driver’s Buildings, E1

Driver’s Buildings was a courtyard off Mile End Road.

It was south of one of the local Jewish cemeteries, first appearing on maps in the 1870s.

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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
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

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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
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply
GrahamClayton Lots Road Power Station Added: 10 Oct 2024 19:42 GMT	Armed guard during 1919 civil unrest During the 1919 civil unrest, a company of soldiers guarded the power station day and night - if it was forced to close down, a large part of London’s transport system would be inoperable. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

Black Boy

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

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

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

Amiel Street, E1 Amiel Street is one of ten streets commemorating Stepney residents killed in the air raids of the Second World War (Stepney Green)

Amiel Street, 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

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

Anson House, E1

Arabian House, E1 Arabian House is sited on Ernst Road (Stepney Green)

Arabian House, 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

Ashbee House, E2 Ashbee House can be found on Portman Place (Stepney Green)

Ashbee House, E2

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

Assembly Passage, E1

Azov House, E1 Azov House is a block on Sandalwood Close (Stepney Green)

Azov House, E1

Bale Road, E1 Bale Road runs along the southern edge of Shandy Park (Stepney Green)

Bale Road, E1

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

Bancroft House, E1

Bancroft Road, E1 Bancroft Road was constructed in stages between 1820 and 1850 (Stepney Green)

Bancroft Road, E1

Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1 Bencroft’s Hospital and School, established in 1737, was on the north side of Mile End Road (Mile End)

Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1

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

Bantry House, E1

Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)

Barbanel 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

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

Biscay House, E1

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

Boyton Close, E1

Bradwell Street, E1 Bradwell Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Bradwell Street, E1

Braintree Street, E1 Braintree Street, like Hadleigh Street, was named after a town in Essex (Bethnal Green)

Braintree Street, E1

Brancaster House, E1 Brancaster House is a block on Moody Street (Mile End)

Brancaster House, E1

Burns House, E2 Burns House is located on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)

Burns House, E2

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

Cambay House, E1 Cambay House is located on Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Cambay House, E1

Canal Close, E1 Canal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Canal Close, E1

Candle Street, E1 Candle Street was built over the site of the former Stepney Gasworks (Stepney Green)

Candle Street, E1

Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)

Carlton Square, 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

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

Cephas Avenue, 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

Chapman House, E1 Chapman House is sited on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Chapman House, E1

Chesney House, E1 Chesney House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Chesney House, E1

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

Chesworth Court, 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

Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue was named in 1948 (Stepney Green)

Colebert Avenue, E1

Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)

Colebert House, E1

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

Colin Winter House, E1

Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)

Colmar Close, E1

Commodore Street, E1 Commodore Street is the eastern extension of Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

Commodore Street, E1

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

Coopers Close, E1

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

Coral House, E1

Cornwall Avenue, E2 Cornwall Avenue is a no-through road running off of Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)

Cornwall Avenue, E2

Cornwall Road, Cornwall Road is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)

Cornwall Road,

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

Cottage Court, 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

Devonshire Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road (Stepney Green)

Devonshire Court, E1

Dongola Road, E1 Dongola Road connects Duckett Street and Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Dongola Road, 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

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

Driver’s Buildings, E1

Duckett Street, E1 Duckett Street runs from Ernest Street to Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Duckett 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

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

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

Edwin Street, 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

Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (Stepney Green)

Elysium Apartments, E1

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

Ernest Street, E1

Essex Street, E1 Essex Street, at first called Isaac Street, was largely redeveloped after the Second World War (Bethnal Green)

Essex Street, E1

Essian Street, E1 Essian Street was formerly Emmott Street, replacing it in 1963 (Stepney Green)

Essian 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

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

Firewatch 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

Formosa House, E1 Formosa House is a residential block, commissioned in 1956 (Stepney Green)

Formosa House, E1

Fox Close, E1 Most local street names - Fox Close included - commemorated local victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)

Fox Close, E1

Francis Bancroft Building, E1 The Francis Bancroft Building is one of the blocks surrounding the Novo Cemetery (Mile End)

Francis Bancroft Building, 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

Galveston House, E1 Galveston House’s six floors contain 60 flats (Stepney Green)

Galveston House, E1

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

Galway House, E1

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

Genoa House, E1

Geography Square, E1 Geography Square is an open space within Queen Mary University of London (Mile End)

Geography Square, E1

Gibson Close, E1 Gibson Close originated in 1948 (Stepney Green)

Gibson Close, E1

Globe Apartments, E1 The Globe Apartments are located on Globe Road on the corner of Portman Place (Bethnal Green)

Globe Apartments, E1

Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)

Globe Road, E1

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

Godward Square, E1

Grantley Street, E1 Grantley Street was formerly called Grafton Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Grantley Street, E1

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

Grebe Court, E1

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

Greenland House, E1

Hadleigh Close, E1 Hadleigh Close is a right-angled road, part of the Rogers Estate (Stepney Green)

Hadleigh Close, E1

Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street (Stepney Green)

Hadleigh House, E1

Hadleigh Street, E1 Hadleigh Street is one of a number of local streets with an Essex connection (Bethnal Green)

Hadleigh Street, E1

Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)

Hadleigh Walk, E1

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

Hannibal Road, E1

Harford Street, E1 Harford Street is a long north-south street of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Harford Street, E1

Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square lies to the east of Globe Road (Stepney Green)

Harpley Square, E1

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

Hawke House, 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

Holton Street, E1 Holton Street is a street in two sections, divided by Carlton Square (Stepney Green)

Holton Street, E1

Horseley Court, E1 Horseley Court is a block on Candle Street, built sometime between 2002 and 2006 (Stepney Green)

Horseley Court, E1

Hurdlow House, E1 Hurdlow House is sited on Moody Street (Bethnal Green)

Hurdlow House, E1

Ibbott Street, E1 The name Ibbott Street was approved in 1948 (Stepney Green)

Ibbott 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

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

Ionian House, E1

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

Jacqueline House, E1

James House, E1 James House is a one 6-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Mile End)

James House, E1

Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road (Stepney Green)

Kenton House, 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

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

Lace Court, E1

Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)

Lang Street, E1

Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)

Leatherdale Street, E2

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

Levant House, E1

Litcham House, E1 Litcham House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)

Litcham House, E1

Lodge House, E1 Lodge House is located on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Lodge House, E1

Longnor Road, E1 Longnor Road is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Longnor Road, E1

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

Louisa Street, 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

Lynden House, E1 Lynden House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)

Lynden House, E1

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

Magellan House, E1

Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)

Malcolm Road, 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

Mantus Close, E1 Mantus Close was named after one of the Stepney victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)

Mantus Close, E1

Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road runs south of the railway line into Bethnal Green, (Stepney Green)

Mantus Road, 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

Massingham Street, E1 Massingham Street was called Norfolk Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Massingham Street, E1

Masters Street, E1 Masters Street is the western extension of Bohn Road (Stepney Green)

Masters Street, 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

Maynard House, E1 Maynard House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Maynard House, E1

Mercer Court, E1 Mercer Court was built sometime between 2002 and 2006 (Stepney Green)

Mercer Court, 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

Monsey Place, E1 Monsey Place serves the Rhodewell Apartments (Stepney Green)

Monsey Place, E1

Moody Street, E1 Moody Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)

Moody Street, E1

Moray House, E1 Moray House can be found on Sandalwood Close (Mile End)

Moray House, E1

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

Morecambe Close, 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

Norfolk Street, E1 Norfolk Street ran east from Globe Road (Stepney Green)

Norfolk Street, 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

Pavan Court, E2 Pavan Court is located on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)

Pavan Court, E2

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

Pegasus House, E1

Pemell Close, E1 Pemell Close marks one of the names - chosen by lot - of Stepney residents killed in Second World War air raids (Stepney Green)

Pemell Close, E1

Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close (Stepney Green)

Pemell 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

Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)

Portelet Road, E1

Portman Place, E1 Portman Place crosses Globe Road north of the railway tracks (Stepney Green)

Portman Place, 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

Rahere Court, E1 Rahere Court is a block on Toby Lane (Mile End)

Rahere Court, E1

Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)

Raynham House, 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

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

Rickman House, E1

Rickman Street, E1 Rickman Street was a street from the immediate post-war period (Stepney Green)

Rickman 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

Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)

Ryder House, E1

Sandalwood Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)

Sandalwood Close, E1

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

Sceptre House, E1

Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street (Stepney Green)

Sceptre Street, E1

Selincourt House, E1 Selincourt House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Selincourt House, E1

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

Shandy Street, E1

Shelley House, E2 Shelley House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)

Shelley House, E2

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

Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street predated the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)

Skidmore Street, E1

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

Sligo House, E1

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

Smithy Street, E1

Solebay Street, E1 Solebay Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)

Solebay Street, E1

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

Solway House, E1

St Faith’s House, E1 St Faith’s House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)

St Faith’s House, E1

St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street (Stepney Green)

St Peters Court, 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

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

Stepney Green Court, E1

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

Stocks Court, E1

Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)

Stothard House, E1

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

Stothard Street, E1

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

Sydney House, E1

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

Textile House, E1

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

Timor House, E1

Toby Lane, E1 Toby Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)

Toby Lane, E1

Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)

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

Trinity Mews, E1

Upper John Street, E1 Upper John Street existed between the 1820s and 1871 (Stepney Green)

Upper John Street, E1

Varey House, E1 Varey House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)

Varey House, E1

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

Waley Street, E1

Waterfall House, E1 Waterfall House is a building on Toby Lane (Mile End)

Waterfall House, E1

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

Weddell House, E1

Wessex Street, E2 Wessex Street was one of the renamings of the many Essex Streets of London (Bethnal Green)

Wessex Street, E2

Westfield Way, E1 Westfield Way is a newer road which replaced a coal depot in the area (Mile End)

Westfield Way, 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

White Tower Way, E1 White Tower Way was built in the area formerly occupied by gas works (Stepney Green)

White Tower Way, E1

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

Whitehead Street, E1

Whitman Road, E1 Whitman Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area (Mile End)

Whitman Road, E1

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

Willow Street, 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 Novo Cemetery is England’s second largest Sephardic cemetery, first used for Jewish burials in 1733, now surrounded by a university campus. Credit: Flickr/diamond geezer TUM image id: 1722333874 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:	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:	17-21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green (2019) Built in 1753 by Anthony Natt Senior, No 21 to the right had, by 1815, become a girls school for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, by 1873 it was an asylum for "fallen women". Since 1900 it has been occupied by St Margaret’s House a womens Settlement associated with Oxford House. Credit: Wiki Commons/Reading Tom TUM image id: 1620383266 Licence:	Children wait outside a hall in Salmon Lane in the East End for free meals (1912) Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images TUM image id: 1685032383 Licence:	The Siege of Sidney Street of January 1911 was a gunfight in the East End between a combined police and army force and two revolutionaries. The siege was the culmination of a series of events that began in December 1910, with an attempted jewellery robbery at Houndsditch which resulted in the murder of three policemen, the wounding of two others, and the death of George Gardstein, the leader of a Latvian gang. TUM image id: 1721205890 Licence:	The corner of Roman Road and Vivian Road (1937) TUM image id: 1605036182 Licence: