Hi everyone.
I came across this 1879 auction notice stating that a large number of East End properties belonging to Abraham Batty were up for sale. Apparently 'Batty Street' (of ‘Batty Street Lodger’ and 'Lipski Murder' fame) was named after this man's family, though I’m not sure if it was named directly after Abraham Batty or after one of his forebears.
I was surprised by how many properties Abraham Batty owned- dozens of them, comprising large stretches of Batty Street,
Berner Street, Christian Street, Sander Street, and Commercial Road East.
Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to have owned #40 Berner Street, site of Dutfield’s Yard, but some of his other properties are described in this auction notice as including stable yards.
Abraham Batty is listed as the owner of #1-#19 (odd numbers) and #2-#18 (even numbers) Batty Street. The famous Lipski murder occurred at #16 Batty Street in 1887, a year before the Ripper murders, so it appears that this address belonged to Abraham Batty up to the year 1879.
Abraham also owned properties on Berner St., which runs parallel to Batty Street. In 1888 “Broad-Shouldered Man” is supposed to have manhandled Liz Stride at #40 Berner Street shortly before her murder, yelling “Lipski!” to scare off witness Israel Schwarz.
‘The Batty Street Lodger’ is said to have lived at #22 Batty Street, which would have been quite close to Batty’s swathe of properties that included #18.
Thanks and best regards,
Archaic
I came across this 1879 auction notice stating that a large number of East End properties belonging to Abraham Batty were up for sale. Apparently 'Batty Street' (of ‘Batty Street Lodger’ and 'Lipski Murder' fame) was named after this man's family, though I’m not sure if it was named directly after Abraham Batty or after one of his forebears.
I was surprised by how many properties Abraham Batty owned- dozens of them, comprising large stretches of Batty Street,
Berner Street, Christian Street, Sander Street, and Commercial Road East.
Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to have owned #40 Berner Street, site of Dutfield’s Yard, but some of his other properties are described in this auction notice as including stable yards.
Abraham Batty is listed as the owner of #1-#19 (odd numbers) and #2-#18 (even numbers) Batty Street. The famous Lipski murder occurred at #16 Batty Street in 1887, a year before the Ripper murders, so it appears that this address belonged to Abraham Batty up to the year 1879.
Abraham also owned properties on Berner St., which runs parallel to Batty Street. In 1888 “Broad-Shouldered Man” is supposed to have manhandled Liz Stride at #40 Berner Street shortly before her murder, yelling “Lipski!” to scare off witness Israel Schwarz.
‘The Batty Street Lodger’ is said to have lived at #22 Batty Street, which would have been quite close to Batty’s swathe of properties that included #18.
Thanks and best regards,
Archaic
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