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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… in east London Bethnal Green 2. BETHNAL GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The Borough of Bethnal Green consists of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church … 33, on the N. side of Austin Street, 50 yards N.E. of St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, were originally of two storeys …
Old and New London
… NameThe Ballad of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal GreenKirby's CastleThe Bethnal Green MuseumSir Richard Wallace's … to the fund. In 1716, a piece of ground in Old Street, St. Luke's, was purchased of the Ironmongers' Company, and a … the Rev. Philip Menard, minister of the French chapel of St. James's, conducting the service on the occasion. "From …
The Environs of London
… of land and foil. Brick. Fields. Land-tax. The parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-Green 2, extends over a considerable … Hackney; on the east by Stratford-Bow; on the west by St. Leonard's, Shoreditch; and on the south by Christ-church, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hutments or mobile homes, 'prefabs', of which the L.C.C.'s first in East London were in Florida and Squirries streets. … bordered northeast by the canal and Victoria Park, west by St. James's Avenue, and south by Old Ford Road. Bandon Road … 51 Extensions to Greenways were built on the site of St. Simon Zelotes (Jowitt House with 8 flats) and fronting …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FROM 1837 TO 1875. 11 At Victoria's accession tradesmen's houses lined all the main roads in … continued to decline socially. In 1858 the incumbent of St. John's commented that soon there would be no residents of … when the Church acquired the eastern 3½ a., primarily for St. Jude's church and school but with the roads later named …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… missioners. In 1881, of the 16.5 per cent of Bethnal Green's population who were not London born, the largest category, … in the furniture trade or regular labourers. Although St. George-in-the-East possessed the poorest district, … Nov. 1883, 10 f. Section based on R. V. Steffel, 'Boundary St. est.', Town Planning Rev. xlvii. 161-73; L.C.C. Opening …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… as skilled and unskilled artisans, compared with Booth's 51 per cent. At the ends of the social scale, only 2 per … Queen Margaret Flats designed by Ian Hamilton, in St. Jude's Road. It also built in Hackney and Poplar and by … i. 83; iii. 345. Jewish E. End, ed. Newman, 37. Vicar of St. Jas. the Gt., quoted in Morning Post, 1918 (G.L.R.O., …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1703 or 1720. 98 In 1722 the trustees of Parmiter's charity purchased 4½ a. of waste on the west side of … Map; Stow, Survey (1720), map between pp. 46 & 47. 1 st Rep. Com. Char. for Educ. of Poor, H.C. 83, pp. 196-7, … 277. M.L.R. 1729/5/392. Northants. R.O., X 1075 (22). 1 st Rep. Com. Char. for Educ. of Poor, 196-7, 322-5. Horwood, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of early Stepney charities, 31 including Prisca Coburn's (1701) and Dame Sarah Pritchard's (1718), and shared in … vestry. In 1720 they leased a site at the eastern end of St. John Street from Elizabeth Carter for 600 years at a … of Christ Church Spitalfields, Mile End New Town, St. Leonard Shoreditch, and Bethnal Green. In 1893 Bethnal Green …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… highway from Shoreditch to Mare Street 21 and, as Collier's Lane, dated from 1439 or earlier. 22 An Iron-Age coin was … (high level). Brick Lane goods station opened south of St. John Street, 3 was enlarged under an Act of 1854, and … Local Bus Map (Spring 1987). 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c. 106. A. Leonard, Chronology of Passenger Stations in Gtr. Lond. …