Postal area WC1E

Postal area in/near Bloomsbury, existing between 1917 and now

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Fumblina   
Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT   

Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street
The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91.

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P Cash   
Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT   

Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place
The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe).

19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals

The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor.

The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts).

Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets.

Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door.
The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy.

First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members.

Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants.

Third Floor - other tennants

Fourth Floor - other tennants

Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen.

Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept.

Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts.

Eighth Floor - other tennants.


The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005.






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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
Adam and Eve Tearooms The Adam and Eve Tearooms were a fashionable Georgian watering hole.
Fairyland During the period leading up to and during the First World War, 92 Tottenham Court Road was the location of a shooting range called Fairyland.
Russell Square Russell Square station, now on London’s Piccadilly Line, was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.
Scala Theatre Scala Theatre was a theatre in London, sited on Charlotte Street, off Tottenham Court Road. The first theatre on the site opened in 1772, and was demolished in 1969, after being destroyed by fire.
The Horse Hospital Built as stabling for the sick horses of cabbies, The Horse Hospital is now a unique Grade II listed arts venue in Bloomsbury.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbey Place, WC1H Abbey Place was in the centre of Bloomsbury, off what was originally the west side of Little Coram Street and directly behind the Russell Institution on Great Coram Street (Bloomsbury)
Alfred Mews, WC1E Alfred Mews is situated off Tottenham Court Road, running behind the gardens of North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Alfred Place, WC1E Alfred Place was built in 1806 by a Marylebone stonemason called John Waddilove who named it after his son Alfred (Bloomsbury)
Arthur Stanley House, W1T Arthur Stanley House is located on Tottenham Street (Fitzrovia)
Arthur Tattersall House, WC1E Arthur Tattersall House is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
Bayley Street, WC1B Bayley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Avenue, WC1B Bedford Avenue is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Place, WC1B Bedford Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Square, WC1B Bedford Square was designed as a unified architectural composition in 1775-6 by Thomas Leverton (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Way, WC1H Bedford Way is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bernard Street, WC1N Bernard Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bird Street, W1T Bird Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Bloomsbury House, WC1B Bloomsbury House is a block on Bedford Square (Bloomsbury)
Bromley Place, W1T Bromley Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Brook House, WC1E Brook House is a block on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Bury Place, WC1A Bury Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Byng Place, WC1E Byng Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Cambria House, WC1H Cambria House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Capper Street, WC1E Capper Street was named after the Capper farmer, tenant farmers on this land in the 17th and 18th centuries (Bloomsbury)
Charlotte Mews, W1T Charlotte Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Charlotte Place, W1T Charlotte Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Charlotte Street, W1T Charlotte Street was laid out in the mid 18th century on open fields (Fitzrovia)
Chenies Mews, WC1E Chenies Mews is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Chenies Street, WC1E Chenies Street takes its name from the Buckinghamshire village where since 1556 members of the Russell family have been buried. (Bloomsbury)
Chitty Street, W1T Chitty Street runs between Charlotte Street and Whitfield Street (Fitzrovia)
Coach Road, W1T Coach Road is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Colonnade, WC1N Colonnade is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Colville Place, W1T Colville Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Tottenham Court Road)
Coram Street, WC1N Coram Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Darwin Walk, WC1E Darwin Walk is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Egmont House, WC1H Egmont House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Elisa Court, W1T Elisa Court is a block on Chitty Street (Fitzrovia)
Endsleigh Place, WC1H Endsleigh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endsleigh Street, WC1H Endsleigh Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Faber Building, WC1H Faber Building is a block on Russell Square (Russell Square)
First Floor, W1T First Floor is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Fitzroy Street, W1T Henry Fitzroy was an illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Barbara Villiers - hence the family name Fitzroy: ‘King’s son’. (Fitzrovia)
Foundling Court, WC1N Foundling Court is sited on Marchmont Street (Bloomsbury)
Galen Place, WC1A Galen Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gilbert Place, WC1A Gilbert Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Goodge Place, W1T Goodge Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Goodge Street, W1T Goodge Street was named after John Goodge a carpenter who along with his two nephews developed Crab Tree Fields to form Goodge Street in 1740 (Fitzrovia)
Gordon Mansions, WC1E Gordon Mansions is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Square, WC1H The completion of Thomas Cubitt’s Gordon Square in 1860 marked the final development of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Gordon Street, WC1H Gordon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gower Court, WC1E Gower Court is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Gower Place, WC1E Gower Place runs from Gordon Street to Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
Gower Street, WC1E Gower Street is named after Gertrude Leveson-Gower, the wife of John Russell, the 4th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Grafton Way, W1T Grafton Way is named for the second Duke of Grafton (Fitzrovia)
Grafton Way, WC1E Grafton Way was formerly Grafton Street (Bloomsbury)
Great Russell Street, WC1A Great Russell Street commemorates the marriage of the daughter of the 4th Earl of Southampton to William Russell in 1669 (Bloomsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1B Guilford Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Herbrand Street, WC1N Herbrand Street is in the east of Bloomsbury, running south from Tavistock Place to Guilford Street (Bloomsbury)
Howland Street, W1T Howland Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Hunter House, WC1N Hunter House can be found on Hunter Street (Bloomsbury)
Huntley Street, WC1E Huntley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Jenner House, WC1N Residential block (Bloomsbury)
Julian House, W1T Julian House is a building on Windmill Street (Fitzrovia)
Kenton Street, WC1H Kenton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Keppel Street, WC1E Keppel Street links Store Street and Gower Street in the west to Malet Street in the east (Bloomsbury)
King Regent’s House, W1T King Regent’s House is a building on Fitzroy Street (Fitzrovia)
Kingsgate Est, WC1B A street within the WC1B postcode (Bloomsbury)
Kirkman House, W1T Kirkman House is a building on Whitfield Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Leverton House, WC1B Leverton House is a block on Bedford Square (Bloomsbury)
Little Guildford Street, WC1N Little Guildford Street was the middle part of what is now Herbrand Street, between Great Coram Street and Bernard Street, on the western edge of the Foundling estate (Bloomsbury)
Little Russel Street, WC1A Little Russel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Little Russell Street, WC1A Little Russell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Lynton House, WC1H Lynton House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Malet Place, WC1E Malet Place is a road in the WC1E postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Malet Street, WC1E Sir Edward Malet was married to Lady Ermyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Russell who owned much of the surrounding area (Bloomsbury)
Maple Place, W1T Maple Place is a mews, previously called London Mews (Tottenham Court Road)
Maple Street, W1T Maple Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Marchmont Street, WC1N Marchmont Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mary Ward House, WC1H Mary Ward House is a block on Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
Maxclif House, W1T Maxclif House is a block on Tottenham Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Met Building, W1T Met Building is a block on Percy Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Middlesex House, W1T Middlesex House is sited on Cleveland Street (Fitzrovia)
Midford Place, W1T Midford Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Tottenham Court Road)
Minerva House, WC1E Minerva House is a block on North Crescent (Bloomsbury)
Montague Place, WC1E Montague Place was developed in the decade after 1800 (Russell Square)
Montague Street, WC1B Montague Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mortimer Market, WC1E Mortimer Market is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Mortimer Street, W1T Mortimer Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Morwell Street, WC1B Morwell Street is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Mottram House, W1T Mottram House is located on Whitfield Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Nassau Street, W1T Nassau Street runs north from Mortimer Street (Fitzrovia)
Network Building, W1T Network Building is a block on Tottenham Court Road (Tottenham Court Road)
Newlands House, W1T Newlands House is sited on Berners Street (Fitzrovia)
Nicolas Cooper House, WC1E Nicolas Cooper House is a block on Chenies Street (Bloomsbury)
North Crescent, WC1E North Crescent is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Odonnell Court, WC1N Odonnell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Paul O’Gorman Building, WC1E Paul O’Gorman Building is a building on Huntley Street (Bloomsbury)
Peabody Buildings, WC1N Peabody Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Percy Street, W1T Francis and William Goodge issued building leases for land on Percy Street’s south side in 1764 and north side in 1766. (Tottenham Court Road)
Phillips House, W1T Phillips House is a block on Goodge Street (Fitzrovia)
Pied Bull Court, WC1A Pied Bull Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Queen’s Yard, W1T Queen’s Yard is a road in the W1T postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Rathbone Street, W1T Rathbone Street is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Ridgmount Gardens, WC1E Ridgmount Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ridgmount Street, WC1E Ridgmount Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Roberts Engineering Building, WC1E Roberts Engineering Building is sited on Torrington Place (Bloomsbury)
Russell Court, WC1B Russell Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Russell Square House, WC1B Residential block (Russell Square)
Russell Square, WC1B Russell Square was laid out from 1800 by James Burton following the demolition of Bedford House, which originally stood on the site surrounded by gardens and fields (Russell Square)
Salt Yard, W1T A street within the W1T postcode (Fitzrovia)
Scala Street, W1T Scala Street is named after the Scala theatre which formerly stood here (Goodge Street)
Shropshire House, WC1E Shropshire House is a block on Capper Street (Bloomsbury)
South Cloisters, WC1H South Cloisters is a road in the WC1H postcode area (Bloomsbury)
St. Georges Road, WC1H A street within the WC1H postcode (Bloomsbury)
Stewart House, WC1B Stewart House can be found on Russell Square (Russell Square)
Store Street, WC1E Store Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tailor House, WC1N Tailor House is a block on Colonnade (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock House North, WC1H Tavistock House North is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Tavistock Square, WC1H Tavistock Square was built by property developer James Burton and the master builder Thomas Cubitt for Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (Bloomsbury)
Taviton Street, WC1H Taviton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
The Cruciform Building, WC1E The Cruciform Building is a block on Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
The Wellcome Building, NW1 The Wellcome Building is a block on Euston Road (Bloomsbury)
Third Floor, WC1E Third Floor is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Thornhaugh Street, WC1B Thornhaugh Street is a street in London (Russell Square)
Torrington Place, WC1E Torrington Place was developed by James Sim in partnership with his two sons (Bloomsbury)
Torrington Square, WC1H Torrington Square was originally laid out as part of the Bedford Estate development in 1821-25 (Bloomsbury)
Tottenham Court Road, W1T Tottenham Court Road is a major road running from the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, north to Euston Road - a distance of about three-quarters of a mile (Tottenham Court Road)
Tottenham Mews, W1T Tottenham Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Tottenham Street, W1T Tottenham Street is so-named as it is a turning out of Tottenham Court Road (Fitzrovia)
University Street, WC1E University Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1E postal area (Bloomsbury)
Warren Court, NW1 Warren Court is a street in Camden Town (Tottenham Court Road)
Warren Court, W1T Warren Court is a block on Warren Street (Tottenham Court Road)
Whitfield Place, W1T Whitfield Place is one of the streets of London in the W1T postal area (Fitzrovia)
Whitfield Street, W1T Whitfield Street runs from Warren Street in the north to Windmill Street in the south. (Fitzrovia)
Windmill Street, W1T Windmill Street appears on the John Roque map from the 1750s (Tottenham Court Road)
Witley Court, WC1H Witley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Woburn House, WC1H Woburn House is a block on Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Mews, WC1H Woburn Mews ran parallel between Woburn Place and Upper Bedford Place to the west of Woburn Place (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Place, WC1H Woburn Place is situated on the Bedford estate, running north from the east of Russell Square to the east of Tavistock Square (Bloomsbury)
Woburn Square, WC1H Woburn Square is just north of the centre of Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury)
Yeomanry House, WC1N Yeomanry House is a building on Handel Street (Bloomsbury)


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The Prince of Wales Theatre in 1903 shortly before its demolition for the building of the Scala Theatre in 1904.
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Fairyland, 92 Tottenham Court Road (1905) Fairyland was an amusement arcade with a shooting range, owned and run by Henry Stanton Morley (1875-1916) during the period leading up to and during the First World War. It was closed after (unintentionally according to its owners), it was used to practice political assassinations. Notably, attempts on the life of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (planned but not carried out) and Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (carried out).
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Tottenham Court Road (1927)
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St Patrick’s Church Soho Square- entrance to the nave
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St. James Gardens
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The Champion in Fitzrovia is a fine Grade II listed pub with Victorian-style fittings. Its most notable feature is the splendid stained glass windows of the ground floor bar, featuring British historical characters, including David Livingstone, Florence Nightingale, and cricketer W.G. Grace. The windows look old but were installed in 1989 and are the work of Ann Sotheran.
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Centre Point, a controversial building in New Oxford Street comprising a 34-storey tower (2005) Constructed from 1963 to 1966, it was one of the first skyscrapers in London, and as of 2009 was the city’s joint 27th-tallest building. It stood empty from the time of its completion until 1975. In 2015 it was converted from office space to luxury flats.
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Taste of India restaurant, Drummond Street, NW1 (2022)
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View of the centre of Gordon Square (2008) The square was developed by master builder Thomas Cubitt in the 1820s, as one of a pair with Tavistock Square, which is a block away and has the same dimensions.
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