EAW000638 ENGLAND (1946). A cityscape over Limehouse and Mile End including St Anne's Church, Limehouse, from the south, 1946

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Title [EAW000638] A cityscape over Limehouse and Mile End including St Anne's Church, Limehouse, from the south, 1946
Reference EAW000638
Date 10-May-1946
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Place name LIMEHOUSE
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Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 536709, 181138
Longitude / Latitude -0.029692158995666, 51.512124194255
National Grid Reference TQ367811

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Copperfield Road Ragged School, opened by Thomas Barnato in 1877, closed 1908. Now the Ragged School Museum, see: https://raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk/history/ 'The Ragged School Museum is housed in a group of three canalside buildings which once formed the largest “ragged” or free school in London. When Thomas Barnardo came to London from his home city of Dublin in 1866, intending to train as a doctor and then become a missionary in China, he was confronted by a city where disease was rife, poverty and overcrowding endemic and educational opportunities for the poor were non-existent. He watched helplessly as a cholera epidemic swept through the East End, leaving over 3,000 Londoners dead and many destitute. He gave up his medical training to pursue his local missionary works and in 1867 opened his first “ragged school” where children could gain a free basic education. Ten years later, Barnardo’s Copperfield Road Free School opened its doors to children and for the next thirty-one years educated tens of thousands of children. It closed in 1908 by which time enough government schools had opened in the area to serve the needs of local families. The buildings, originally warehouses for goods transported along the Regent’s Canal, then went through a variety of industrial uses until, in the early 1980s, they were threatened with demolition. It was then that a group of local people joined together to save them and reclaim their unique heritage. The Ragged School Museum Trust was set up and the museum opened in 1990.' from The Ragged School Museum.

Kentishman
Saturday 11th of October 2025 05:04:37 PM
95 Burdett Road. Greengrocer's shop.

Jenny Wren
Wednesday 3rd of January 2024 11:06:29 AM
Freemason's Arms Public House. A Taylor Walker pub, demolished in 2005.

Leslie B
Tuesday 24th of May 2022 04:52:14 PM
The Vulcan, Address was 178 Rhodeswell Street , Limehouse E14. At this time only licenced for Beer and Wine, becoming a full Public House in 1958.

Leslie B
Tuesday 24th of May 2022 04:40:23 PM
Remains of Limehouse Station. It closed on 4th May 1926.

Leslie B
Tuesday 24th of May 2022 04:18:44 PM

Dajode
Tuesday 12th of May 2020 03:44:21 PM
St. Lukes Church.

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 08:25:21 AM
The Edinburgh Castle. (Bible Mission).

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:59:14 AM
The Salisbury Arms pub.

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:54:51 AM
The Earl of Zetland Pub.

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:53:59 AM
Burdett Road Fire Station.

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:52:57 AM
Mile End Odeon.

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:49:29 AM
St. Pauls C of E school (Seager Place School).

ray Glenister
Friday 17th of April 2020 07:46:31 AM
Copenhagen Tavern, 183 Salmon Lane, E14. 1851 to 1967. Demolished.

MandrakeMan
Thursday 6th of June 2019 02:30:36 PM
The Victoria Hotel. Corner of Burdett and Bede Road.

ray Glenister
Saturday 14th of July 2018 12:15:11 PM
Leopold House Boys Home. Opened in 1883 and mostly destroyed during WW2 in 1941.

ray Glenister
Saturday 14th of July 2018 12:12:53 PM
St. Pauls Church actually stood where the present modern church stands, on the corner of St. Paul's Way and Burdett Road. The steeple was removed before 1952.

ray Glenister
Saturday 14th of July 2018 12:06:48 PM
The Albion Pub in St. Pauls Way Road.

ray Glenister
Saturday 14th of July 2018 11:48:22 AM
Prince Regent pub on Salmon Lane (occasionally still open 2018)

MandrakeMan
Wednesday 11th of April 2018 04:07:24 PM
St. John's Church (seats for 700)

MandrakeMan
Wednesday 11th of April 2018 04:06:08 PM
St. Paul's House in Timothy Road (formerly St. Dunstan;s Road). Next door was a small Public House all the locals knew as Shackladys, but I think its actual name was The St. Dunstan's Arms.

DEG
Sunday 25th of June 2017 09:31:11 AM
Commercial Road, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:37:56 AM
Prince Alfred pub (still standing)

David Posnett
Monday 2nd of March 2015 08:21:01 PM

Ian
Monday 5th of January 2015 09:09:11 PM

hammer
Friday 7th of November 2014 10:04:09 PM
Tower hamlets Cemetery

S00Z
Thursday 9th of October 2014 11:20:12 AM

S00Z
Thursday 9th of October 2014 11:19:33 AM
Limehouse Basin

S00Z
Thursday 9th of October 2014 11:18:22 AM

S00Z
Thursday 9th of October 2014 11:17:52 AM
St Annes Church

S00Z
Thursday 9th of October 2014 11:16:51 AM
These houses remain today. Situated on Salmon lane they fall within the York Sqare Consevation Area.

Grollo
Monday 10th of March 2014 09:39:44 AM
RC Church of Our Lady Immaculate & St Frederick. Situated on Commercial Road

Grollo
Monday 10th of March 2014 09:34:36 AM
Aston Street. These houses still exist and fall within the York Square Conservation area.

Grollo
Monday 10th of March 2014 09:25:59 AM
This row of houses still remain today

Grollo
Monday 10th of March 2014 09:13:07 AM

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:52:36 AM
The Pigott Arms public house.

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:48:30 AM
The Pigott Arms public house.

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:48:27 AM
Labour Exchange

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:33:29 AM
Thomas Road formally Thomas Street

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:30:55 AM
Ben Johnson Road

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:23:11 AM

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:19:54 AM

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:06:50 AM
Caird and Rayner Ltd warehouse. C&R made evaporators and seawater distilling plants for ships. More information on the link below http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-485834-former-caird-and-rayner-ltd-warehouse-gr

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 07:05:53 AM
Star of the East public house. 805a Commercial Road. Still exists but may now be a restaurant.

Grollo
Sunday 9th of March 2014 06:54:43 AM
Limehouse Town Hall. Still survives.

Grollo
Saturday 8th of March 2014 11:48:20 AM
Originally built as the London and Blackwall Railway this now carries the Dockland Light Railway (DLR) Built around 1840 it now performs it's original function once again

Grollo
Saturday 8th of March 2014 11:46:12 AM
The Eastern Hotel later to become the Londoner. I always knew this major junction an the Eastern.

Grollo
Saturday 8th of March 2014 11:38:50 AM
Cayley Primary School, Aston Street. Still survives March 2014

Grollo
Saturday 8th of March 2014 11:35:06 AM
THE AUNT SALLY PUB

Ian
Monday 3rd of February 2014 09:04:43 PM

Ian
Monday 3rd of February 2014 09:03:47 PM
ST.ANNS RD CHANGED TO MIDLOTHIAN RD

Ian
Monday 3rd of February 2014 09:03:01 PM
Regents Canal - Sewer Ventilation Stack

Hermann the German
Sunday 13th of October 2013 05:53:31 PM

Hermann the German
Sunday 13th of October 2013 05:10:25 PM
Site of the former Burdett Road railway station. (Closed on the 21st April 1941 and never re-opened).

Hermann the German
Sunday 13th of October 2013 05:06:16 PM
Saint Paul's, Bow Common

Hermann the German
Sunday 13th of October 2013 05:04:32 PM

User Comment Contributions

Caird & Rayner warehouse, Commercial Road, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:40:51 AM
Limehouse Basin, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:38:55 AM
The Mission, Commercial Road, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:37:14 AM
Limehouse Town Hall, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:36:19 AM
St. Anne's Church, Limehouse, 30/09/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 10:35:40 AM