East London
von tellME_Media · London · 12 Stationen · 26:11 min · 3.52 km · Zu Fuß
1. Liverpool St Station
0:58 min · From Liverpool Street Station, the tour takes in key historical sites, figures and events that shaped the history of the East End. Start at the Bis...
244 m
2. Artillery Passage
2:04 min · Dr Alastair Owens describes the labyrinth of narrow alleys and streets, which mark the boundary between the wealth of the City and the East End - a...
408 m
3. Petticoat Lane
1:37 min · Petticoat Lane Market is one of the oldest retail experiences in Britain, dating back to the seventeenth century. Dr Nadia Valman discusses the mar...
296 m
4. Jewish Soup Kitchen
1:17 min · Dr Alastair Owens discusses the Jewish Soup Kitchen, on Brune Street in east London. The Kitchen opened in 1902 to provide food and work skills for...
224 m
5. Christ Church Spitalfields
2:20 min · Miles Ogborn is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. He talks about the architectural gem of Christ Church, Spitalfields. Co...
208 m
6. Huguenot history
2:35 min
198 m
7. Brick Lane
3:08 min · Dr Nadia Valman tells the story of the Brick Lane Mosque - a building that embodies the immigrant history of the East End. It started life as a Hug...
450 m
8. Atab ALi Park
2:51 min · Altab Ali Park on Whitechapel Road is named in memory of a 25-year-old Bangladeshi man who was murdered in 1978. Shortly after his death, 7,000 peo...
600 m
9. Fulbourne Street
2:17 min · On 31 August 1888 the body of Mary Jane Kelly, a victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered on a street behind what is now Whitechapel Tube Station....
441 m
10. Mile End Waste
2:44 min · Mile End Waste was the East End version of Speakers’ Corner in Victorian times. In the 1860s William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army preached ...
76 m
11. Trinity Almshouses
1:24 min · Professor Miles Ogborn talks about the Trinity Alms Houses, built in 1695 on Mile End Road. These were charitable homes for retired sea captains, a...
379 m
12. Genesis Cinema
2:56 min · Popular entertainment is at the heart of East End history, as Dr Alastair Owens explains. What is now the Genesis Cinema started life as the Eagle ...
6. Huguenot history
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