Where was Bishopsgate police station?

[Roy Corduroy]

1 City Police find Catherine Eddowes inebriated in the afternoon
2 She is detained at Bishopsgate Police Station
3 Mitre Square, site of murder
4 Apron piece found here

from a 1940 map (click)

[Rosella]

Thank you Frank. Any maps are useful and handy for me as I have no sense of direction whatever!

[FrankO]

I'm having trouble finding a map that shows Catherine's possible route after she left the police station. A good map that shows Aldgate High street, Billingsgate police Station in 1888 and the Houndsditch direction Catherine turned to when leaving the police station would be a great help.

Hi Rosella,

I know other maps have been post, but below a very map/site that I use from time to time. You can give a location or just zoom in.

https://mapsengine.google.com/075509...ew/?authuser=0

All the best,
Frank

[All4One]

Thank you for the help everyone. The maps are very useful

[DJA]

Mistakenly thought of the one Jack would have passed if he went up Aldgate Street before entering Goulston Street.

[Rosella]

Thanks very much for the maps DJA, but which police station were you after?

[DJA]

The original Bishopsgate Police Station was opened in 1861 at 182 Bishopsgate, its current address. In 1866 a Police Hospital opened behind it. In 1936 both buildings were demolished and a new five storey police station was built on the site. It incorporated a small police infirmary and a station house as well.

I know the police station was only about 8 minutes walk away from Mitre Square. However, Kate Eddowes was MIA for about 30 minutes between being released and being seen at Church Passage entry to Mitre Square.

I'm having trouble finding a map that shows Catherine's possible route after she left the police station. A good map that shows Aldgate High street, Billingsgate police Station in 1888 and the Houndsditch direction Catherine turned to when leaving the police station would be a great help.

Oops!My bad.Wrong police station.

http://www.frencon.co.uk/wp-content/...s/DSC03181.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._7_murders.JPG

Google Earth is a handy tool for trip measurements,etc.PS now on the corner of Victoria Avenue,just above Rose Alley.

Edit. Better res map

http://www.casebook.org/official_doc...d_map_full.jpg

[Rosella]

The original Bishopsgate Police Station was opened in 1861 at 182 Bishopsgate, its current address. In 1866 a Police Hospital opened behind it. In 1936 both buildings were demolished and a new five storey police station was built on the site. It incorporated a small police infirmary and a station house as well.

I know the police station was only about 8 minutes walk away from Mitre Square. However, Kate Eddowes was MIA for about 30 minutes between being released and being seen at Church Passage entry to Mitre Square.

I'm having trouble finding a map that shows Catherine's possible route after she left the police station. A good map that shows Aldgate High street, Billingsgate police Station in 1888 and the Houndsditch direction Catherine turned to when leaving the police station would be a great help.

[DJA]

Does anyone know where the original police station was that Catherine Eddowes left shortly before her death?

By memory, it was near Goulston Street.

[Sleuth1888]

I think it has always been located there even since it was rebuilt in the 30's.

Interesting to see how close on google maps Spital Square is to Bishopsgate, it's an off turn from the road, where George Bagster Phillips lived.

[All4One]

Hello everyone

First time poster so apologies if this has been asked before.

Does anyone know where the original Bishopsgate police station was that Catherine Eddowes left shortly before her death? I know the current station is on Bishopsgate Street but that was built in 1939. Was the original on the same site or anywhere near?

Thank you.