East End Photographs and Drawings

[Archaic]

Essex Wharf & Limekiln

Hi Robert, how are you?

I found an old photo that shows an actual London wharf titled "Essex Wharf" located between 'Limekiln Dock' and 'Duke Shore Wharf'. Apparently as recently as last year there was talk of tearing up the old Essex Wharf site for a large development of modern flats. (Not sure if it's been done.)

Maybe this Essex Wharf was the origin of the Buck's Row building's name?

Best regards,
Archaic

[Robert]

Hi Bunny

I don't know about Essex Wharf, but the gentrification or domestication or whatever you want to call it, seems to have begun already with some of the others :

http://search.knightfrank.com/waq86225

[Robert]

Remarkably, in 1883 a man called Everest of Essex Wharf, Whitechapel, announced the birth of his daughter in the Times. A few years later, a man called Blomfield of Essex Wharf was the treasurer for the Whitechapel Picture Exhibition.

[Robert]

Brown and Blomfield were in partnership as builders.

[Archaic]

East End History Society's ''Virtual Tours'' of London Hospital, Mile End, etc

The East End History Society has an interesting feature on its website called Virtual Tours. They've created these virtual tours of the old East End using period postcards and photographs. You can also toggle between c.1900 views and modern views.

The locations featured in the virtual tours are the London Hospital, a walk to Mile End, and Victoria Park.

http://www.mernick.org.uk/elhs/ELHS.htm

Best regards,
Archaic

[Rob Clack]

Essex Wharf from the 1889 Directory.



And the whole of the Essex Wharf site from 1899



Rob

[Archaic]

Hi Rob, thanks for the Goad map.

It makes sense that they'd want their bricks stored as close as possible to the railway.

Best regards,
Archaic

[Beowulf]

Essex Wharf from the 1889 Directory.

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And the whole of the Essex Wharf site from 1899

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Rob

Wharf? Where is the water?

[Cogidubnus]

Wharf? Where is the water?

Historically you don't need water for a wharf right-pond Barbara...a railway will do just as well...

All the best

Dave

[Archaic]

Getty Images Collection: The East End

This link has some wonderful photos of the East End.

The one of little nursery-school children using a linen cupboard as an air raid shelter during WWII really got me.

There's another photo of the Blitz, this one showing women sheltering in the underground, and if you look you'll see that the upper shelf is packed solid with a row of babies swaddled in their blankets.

Getty Images Collection: The East End: http://blog.londonconnection.com/201...st-exhibition/

Best regards,
Archaic

[yen_powell]

Hey Bun,

Here in the UK we use the word Quay with regards shipping. Wharves are usually linked with canals and latterly railways with regards the loading and unloading of goods.

As Essex Wharf sat next to the East London Railway line (which ran to Essex) and near yards, I assume it was used as a storage facility of sorts.

I believe Essex Wharf is connected to the land on which the building stands as opposed to the building on its own.

Monty

According to my work colleague's street name history, Essex Wharf was the eastern part of the Great Eastern Railway coal depot, the name dating from 1864.

[Archaic]

Thanks, Yen.

Well, we cleared up the 'Essex Wharf' issue. What other odd East End building name should we tackle now?

Thanks everybody,
Archaic

[Beowulf]

Historically you don't need water for a wharf right-pond Barbara...a railway will do just as well...

All the best

Dave

?! England is a whole different country

[Archaic]

'Origins of London Street Names, A-Z'

Origins of London Street Names, A-Z, at London Online:

http://www.londononline.co.uk/streetorigins/

Archaic

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Rob, thanks for that. Any chance that the James Brown from the 1889 directory is the same James Brown from Stride inquest fame?

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott