List of illustrations
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56 Artillery Lane, Spitalfields

Drawing of the shop front.

 

All Saints Church, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Anglo-Saxon incised stone (about 1000 A.D.) from St. Dunstan's, Stepney

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Artillery Passage

Photograph, ca. 1890.

 

The auditorium of the Royalty Theatre, Well Close, in 1785

Print.

 

A Back Garden in Nichol Street, Bethnal Green

Illustration from an article in "The Illustrated London News", 24^th October 1863, on housing conditions in Bethnal Green.

 

Blackwall Tunnel entrance, East India Dock Road, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Blossom Place

Photograph, ca. 1890.

 

Bow Bridge

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Bow Church, Bow Road

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

The boxing ring below Holy Trinity Church, Bethnal Green

Photograph, ca. 1896.

 

The Broadway, Bromley St. Leonard, in 1840

Illustration.

 

Bromley Hall

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Bromley Library, Brunswick Road

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Cellar dwelling in Nichol Street

Illustration from an article in "The Illustrated London News", 24^th October 1863, on housing conditions in Bethnal Green.

 

The Chapel of St. Katharine in the early nineteenth century.

Print.

 

Christ Church, Spitalfields, in the early nineteenth century

Looking east along Brushfield Street.

 

Church of St. Matthias, High Street, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Commercial Road in 1851

Illustration of Stepney Station and the Bow Spring Bridge over Commercial Road from the "Illustrated London News," 15th November 1851.

 

Council offices, High Street, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

The courtyard of Toynbee Hall, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

A curious gate at Stepney

Illustration from Lyson's Environs of London, published 1791, showing the gateway to a large mansion that stood on Stepney Green.

 

Danish Church formerly in Wellclose Square

Print.

 

Dean Colet House and the workhouse

Nineteenth century print.

 

The East India Company's Hospital, Poplar, 1799

Print.

 

East India Dock Road, showing the dock gateway in the distance

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

East India Export Dock, ca. 1842

Black and white print.

 

East India Import Dock, ca. 1842

Black and white print.

 

The Eastern Suburbs of London in 1543

Detail from the Panorama of London, Westminster and Southwark by Anthony Van de Wyngaerde, showing the Thames, the Tower of London and the borough as open country.

 

Entrance porch and front door of Howard House, 14 Fournier Street

Line drawing, ca. 1931. The house was built in 1726 by a master weaver in Spitalfields.

 

Gateway to an old building at Old Ford known as King John's Palace

Illustration, ca. 1793.

 

George Green's School, East India Dock Road, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Gun Street, Spitalfields

Photograph, ca. 1890.

 

Hackney Station, and watercress plantation

Illustration from the "Illustrated London News," 15th November 1851.

 

High Street, Bromley St. Leonard, (nos 2 to 12)

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

High Street, Whitechapel, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

Holy Trinity Church, Bethnal Green, ca. 1896

Photograph.

 

Homerton parsonage and church

Illustration from the "Illustrated London News," 15th November 1851.

 

Jackman House (and shops), from Old Gravel Lane

Photograph of part of the Wapping Housing Estate, ca. 1932.

 

Jamrach (Charles) rescuing a boy seized by a tiger

Article from "The Boy's Own Paper" of 1879.

 

Jewish girls coming out of school, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

King Edward VII Memorial Park, Shadwell

Photograph of Shadwell Park taken in the 1920's or 1930's.

 

The London Docks - The Mast House, 1852

Wood engraving from Picturesque Sketches of London, published in 1852.

 

The Maltings, Bromley, in the first stage of demolition.

Photograph by William Whiffin, 1934.

 

Map of Whitechapel High Street and surrounding area, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

Meggs' almshouses in the nineteenth century.

Illustration. The almshouses were situated on the south side of Whitechapel Road.

 

The Mico's almshouses opposite St. Dunstan's churchyard

Photograph.

 

Mile End Road, June 1899.

Photograph showing the site where Stepney Green station now stands.

 

Minories Viaduct, 1851.

Print of viaduct on the London and Blackwall Railway, taken from the "Illustrated London News," 15 November 1851.

 

The old Bow Bridge

Shown just before it was demolished in 1837.

 

Old Ford at the end of Wick Lane

Illustration, ca. 1872.

 

Old Shadwell Church (St. Paul)

Print of the church which was built in 1656 and demolished in 1817.

 

Open-air pulpit, St. Mary's, Whitechapel, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

Open-air swimming bath, Millwall Recreation Ground

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Poplar Baths and Wash-Houses, East India Dock Road

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Poplar Hospital for Accidents, East India Dock Road

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Poplar Recreation Ground

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

Poplar Town Hall

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

The proscenium & stage of the Royalty Theatre, Well Close, in 1785

Print.

 

Ralph Davenant's school in the nineteenth century

Illustration.

 

Ralph Davenant's school in the nineteenth century

Illustration.

 

Ratcliff Causeway

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

The Rev. G. C. Daw

Photograph of the vicar of St. Mary, Spital Square, 1894-1900.

 

The Rev. H. F. Mercer

Photograph of the curate of St Mary, Spital Square, circa 1895.

 

The Rev. Osborne Jay

Picture of the famous vicar of the Holy Trinity Church in the Old Nichol area of Bethnal Green, ca. 1896.

 

A room in the "Old Palace" at Bromley-by-Bow

Photograph showing the interior of the room recreated at the V&A Museum in the 1930's using the original fittings. The "Old Palace" itself was demolished in the 1890's.

 

The ruins of Ratcliff

Illustration showing Ratcliff from the river after the great fire of 1794.

 

St.Anne, Limehouse, before the making of Commercial Road in 1803

Print.

 

St. Dunstan's, Stepney, ca. 1935

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

St. Dunstan's, Stepney, in 1753

Print.

 

St. Dunstan's, Stepney, in 1797

Print.

 

St. Dunstan's, Stepney, in 1805

Print.

 

St. John's Church, Wapping. Demolished in 1790

From an old print.

 

St. Mary's Church, Bromley St. Leonard

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

St. Mary's, Whitechapel, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

St. Matthias Church, Poplar

Line drawing

 

Shadwell Church, demolished in 1817

Print.

 

Shadwell Fish Market

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Ship Alley, Wellclose Square

Black and white photograph.

 

Slatternly women loafing at the doors of dark, forbidding-looking houses in Whitechapel.

Illustration from "Off the track in London" by George R. Sims. Published in 1911 by Jarrold & Sons.

 

The Spire of St. Paul's Church, Shadwell

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Spitalfields Market in 1841

Drawing from "The Copartnership Herald", 1931.

 

Spitalfields Market today

Drawing from "The Copartnership Herald", 1931.

 

A Sunday morning group on Whitechapel High Street, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

Sunday morning in Petticoat-lane

Drawing of the market in 1877.

 

A visit to "Tiger Bay"

Drawing of the inter of a "Tiger Bay" Tavern.

 

Toll House on Commercial Road

Photograph of the road toll house which stood by White Horse Street and was removed in 1871.

 

The tomb of Sir Henry Colet in St. Dunstan's, Stepney

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Viaduct across the Great Northern Railway

Illustration from the "Illustrated London News," 15th November 1851.

 

The view from the boxing ring beneath Holy Trinity Church, Bethnal Green, ca. 1896

Photograph.

 

A view near Bromley Mill on the River Lee in 1826

Illustration.

 

A view of Limehouse in 1751

Illustration.

 

View of the south aisle of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, ca. 1935

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

The village of Bow in 1826

View along Bow Road towards the church.

 

The Vine Tavern on Mile End Road.

Turn of the century photograph showing a now demolished pub.

 

Wapping House Estate, ca. 1932

Photograph showing part of Parry House, Beechey House, Chancellor House, and Frobisher House.

 

Wapping Housing Estate seen from Watts Street, ca. 1932

Photograph showing Fenner House, Franklin House, and part of Jackman House.

 

Wesleyan Church, Woodstock Road, Poplar

Photograph taken by William Whiffin in the 1920s.

 

White Horse Street in the 1930's

Photograph by William Whiffin.

 

Whitechapel Butchers Shops, in 1852

Wood engraving from Picturesque Sketches of London, published in 1852.

 

Whitechapel High Street, ca. 1894

Illustration from "East London", published in 1896.

 

The window of a cellar dwelling

Illustration from an article in "The Illustrated London News", 24^th October 1863, on housing conditions in Bethnal Green.

 

Wooden cottage in Wellclose Square

Black and white photograph.