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Schoolhouse Lane, E1W

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Place Name Commemorating the school established by Nicholas Gibson, Prime Warden of the Grocers’ Company 1536 – 1537 and Sheriff…

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Raine Street, E1W

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Place Name Named in honour of local brewer and devout churchgoer Henry Raine (1679 – 1738) who in 1719 used…

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Mansell Street, E1W

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Place Name One of a small cluster of streets commemorating the Leman family and their spouses. This is most likely…

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Hermitage Wall, E1W

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Place Name In the 14thCentury this was home to hermit Friar John Ingram, an anchorite or religious recluse,  who lived…

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Heckford Street, E1W

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Place Name Remembering Dr Nathaniel Heckford (1842 – 1871), a Victorian paediatrician who founded the East London Hospital for Children…

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Glasshouse Fields, E1W

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Place Name Site of a former glassworks. The industry remained in the area until the 1960s. Glassworks tended to be…

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Elf Row, E1W

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Place Name Once the far more prosaically named Elm Row. The minor name change may have been something of a…

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East Smithfield, E1W

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Place Name First recorded as Smethefeld in the 12thCentury when it was a large open area neighbouring Tower Hill, used…

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Crowder Street, E1W

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Place Name Previously Denmark Street. The current name commemorates Augustus George Crowder, a member of the vestry of the Parish of St…

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Clave Street, E1W

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Place Name Previously called King Edward Street, the name commemorates haberdasher Thomas Clave from Wapping who left £50 to the parish…

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