Prescot Street, City of London (39915598391)

Prescot Street is a street in

Whitechapel Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the historic county of Middlesex, the area formed ...

in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It runs between Goodman's Yard and

Mansell Street Mansell Street is a street in East London, which is part of the London Inner Ring Road. For most of its length from the north, this street marks the boundary between the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. However, the southern ...

in the west and

Leman Street Leman Street, once known as Lemon Street, is a street in Tower Hamlets. It was built in the seventeenth century as part of the development of Goodman's Fields. It is named after John Leman who was responsible for this development, which also in ...

in the east. The area, including Ayliff Street, Leman Street and Mansell Street as well as Prescot Street, was built up in the seventeenth century as part of the development of Goodman's Fields by William Leman. Prescot was the maiden name of Leman's mother Rebecca.St George-in-the-East Church History, Goodman's Fields 2
/ref> In the early 2000s, the street was part of a large archaeological dig which uncovered large quantities of remains from the Roman period. The finds were on the site where the Leonardo Royal Hotel now stands, and formed part of the East London Roman Cemetery. Roman funeral urns were first discovered here in 1678. Goodman's fields on Roque's map 1746

Of the original 18th Century housing only one has survived, at number 23. The London Infirmary was on the south side of Prescot Street, and the north side of

Chamber Street Chamber Street, once known as Chambers Street,Laxton, Paul & Joseph Wisdom. (1985) ''The A to Z of Regency London''. London: London Topographical Society. p. 33. is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. It runs between Mansell ...

, until it moved to

Whitechapel Road Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. It is named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary and connects Whitechapel High Street to the west with Mile End Road to the east. ...

in 1757 and became the London Hospital. The Magdalen House for Reception of Penitent Prostitutes which opened in 1758, took over the building. An old alleyway, Magdalen Passage, survives to commemorate the name, just west of number 16. In the

Regency era The Regency era of British history officially spanned the years 1811 to 1820, though the term is commonly applied to the longer period between and 1837. King George III succumbed to mental illness in late 1810 and, by the Regency Act 1811, h ...

(by 1800) the street was known as Great Prescott Street and there was an adjoining Little Prescott Street.Laxton, Paul & Joseph Wisdom. (1985) ''The A to Z of Regency London''. London:

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English Martyrs Church, designed by

Edward Welby Pugin Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton and part of the Pugin & Pugin family of church architects. His father was an architect an ...

and built between 1873 and 1876, is at number 30. At number 15 is a Victorian pub, The Princess of Prussia, built around 1880. It is adjoined to another Victorian building, number 16, once the Whitechapel County Court, built in

Italianate style The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

in red brick on the site of the old hospital. At number 1 Prescot Street (on the corner of Leman Street) is the Grade II listed former

Cooperative Wholesale Society Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including food retail, wholesale, e-pharmacy, insurance and legal services, and funeral care. The Co-operative Group has over ...

building, once known as The Tea House (1930–33). Designed by L G Ekins, the building is "..an unusual example in Britain of the German Expressionist style." During World War II, the area was severely damaged during

The Blitz The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term , the German word meaning 'lightning war'. The Germa ...

(a bomb site can still be seen in Magdalen Passage). All of the buildings on the north side are modern. On the south side (at number 21) is the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which moved from its previous location in

Belgrave Square Belgrave Square is a large 19th-century garden square in London. It is the centrepiece of Belgravia, and its architecture resembles the original scheme of property contractor Thomas Cubitt who engaged George Basevi for all of the terraces fo ...

to the new building in October 2013.21 Prescot Street: The final countdown to RCPsych's big move
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