Place Name Commemorating the life of the great dockers’ union leader Benjamin (Ben) Tillett (September 11, 1860 – January 27,…
Place Name Historically this was called Water Lane, and was recorded as such in 1388. But by the early 19thCentury…
Place Name A former field name. This road was laid out along the old route that ran alongside Swan Fields,…
Place Name A post-war development, this street celebrates the principle industry that the protestant Huguenots brought to the area as they…
Place Name Like nearby Pollard Row, it is named after the fact that it was lined with pollarded trees, the…
Place Name This road once marked the eastern edge of Bethnal Green village. The name is a corruption of Rushy…
Place Name Previously called Willow Walk it was renamed in 1905 to revive the name of a 16thCentury landowner.
Place Name Thought to be named after Joseph F Padbury who served as Catholic priest of St Mary’s and St…
Place Name Named after Thomas Talbot Gorsuch, surgeon and local benefactor, who in 1820 left £9 per year for the…
Place Name This road leads to the former church of Saint James the Great, on Bethnal Green Road. St James’s,…