East End Photographs and Drawings

[WARSPITE]

Thanks Mark.Apologies for posting anything youve all seen before.Imtrying to catch up! You may have seen these, but just incase you havent:

Nice summers night at Christchurch.Itchy Parks surprisingly devoid of life. Love the old horse trough infront of the war memorial.

The others Whites Row,presumably taken from its eastern end? I guess Dorset St might have looked similar once.

[WARSPITE]

Whitechapel Nights:very dreamy, looks more like a street from a provincial northern town.And the folk look a bit too well dressed.

Others are from a street 'somewhere in Whitechapel', anyone recognise where?

[AdamWalsh]

I just bought an Ordnance Survery Map from 1873 and noticed that Fournier Street (where the The Ten Bells dwells) is called Church Street - I thought it was Fournier at the time - sorry for being a noob - when did it change?

[George Hutchinson]

Hi Adam.

7th November 1893. It's been renumbered too.

PHILIP

[Rob Clack]

Some photos I got yesterday.

Goulston Street 1974, New Goulston Street is to the left.


This is the back of Brunswick Buildings, Goulston Street in 1975


Houndsditch in the 1920s. There was a fire at number 55.


Kings Bench Walk in the 1950s


and again from 1959


This is a close up of George Yard Buildings from the improvement scheme map of 1876.


And this is a map of Durward Street from 1968. It was drawn up as part of the clearance program for Durward Street area. The red areas are the buildings that were to be demolished in the program.


As a side note. The majority of the houses were vacated by the 29 December 1970 (the note in the file said 1971, but this must be an error). On the 5 July 1971 all the houses were vacant except 44 Durward Street. On the 20 September 1971 all houses were vacant and demolition was in progress on January 3 1971. By 17 January 1971 all houses were demolished.

Rob

[George Hutchinson]

Rob, this may elicit nothing further than theorising but I am curious about the unbuilt niche on the north-eastern side of GYB. Today, of course, a short section of wall clearly from a building extends southwards from the building on the north-west junction with Wentworth Street but, according to this plan, there's nothing there. Any thoughts?

PHILIP

[Rob Clack]

Hi Philip,

The South side of Wentworth Street between Commercial Street and George Yard was demolished to widen the street between those points. So the new house on the George Yard corner would have been built on the vacant ground. If you compare the 1873 and 1894 you'll see what I mean. I think the new houses were built 1883/84??

Rob

[John Bennett]

Here are the notes mentioned by Rob in his post above.


And while I'm at it, here's a document relating to the demolition of George Yard Buildings.

[Sam Flynn]

"... on a recent visit I noticed that this house had been demolished also"

He makes it sound like an accident!

[John Bennett]

And here's map for all Mitre Square fans. It's c.1841. You even get the layout of Mr Taylor's picture-framing shop.

[Septic Blue]

I think the new houses were built 1883/84??

Including, of course: The 'new' Princess Alice


Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel 1884

Marking the boundary between the parishes of St. Mary Whitechapel & Christ Church Spitalfields, which ran the entire length of Wentworth Street
(Click to View in flickr)


Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel 1884

The Princess Alice: Southeast corner of Commercial Street & Wentworth Street; Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel
(Click to View in flickr)

[Andrew Firth]

John,

The image on page 60 of this thread, posted by Philip Hutchinson of St James Church presumably is from the same era as your Mitre Square map here?

http://forum.casebook.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2892&d=1218587088

The church juts out into the modern day square considerably, meaning the original square was more of a wide lane.

All the best
Andrew

[George Hutchinson]

Hi Andrew.

With the Square having originally been the cloister of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, I rather think that St James' Church intruded on the Square, rather than it having been a lane.

PHILIP

[Andrew Firth]

Hi Philip,

I was just making a comparison between the modern day square and the "court" as shown in John's map. When I referred to a lane, I was thinking more about the width of the square as seen on this map.


It looks more like a lane here, than a square!

All the best
Andrew

[Rob Clack]

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Including, of course: The 'new' Princess Alice

Thanks Colin. I knew the date had something to do with The Princess Alice.

Some Photos I took yesterday:


Two photos of the demolition of the Christian Street School. Steven Berkoff wont be happy but then I don't think he ever is.




Bell Lane, as you can see they have demolished all but the facade of the Tenter Street Warehouses.


Wentworth Model Dwellings.


Henriques Street with not 1 but 3 new gates.


This is the back of the Harry Gosling School. You might just be able to make out LCC and 1910.



Sandys Row and The Kings Stores. Where the conference will be held later this year.


The Bell, Middlesex Street.


Whitechurch Lane, formally Church Lane


and again Whitchurch Lane. The pub 'Bar One' was formally 'The Horse and Groom'


Rob