Narrow Street is just that, a narrow street running parallel to the River Thames through the Limehouse area of east London (51°30′32″N, 0°2′1″W). The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ... Limehouse Town Hall Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Narrow Street 1827

Narrow Street 1993

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History

A combination of tides and currents made this point on the Thames a natural landfall for ships, the first wharf being completed in 1348. Lime (mineral) kilns or 'Lymehostes' used in the production of mortar and pottery were built at this location in the fourteenth century. The area grew rapidly in Elizabethan times as a center for world trade. River workers gravitated to the area to offload imported goods from ships to the then new Limehouse Bridge Dock now Limehouse Basin. By the reign of James I nearly half of the area's 2,000 population were mariners. Ships Chandlers settled here building wooden houses and wharves in the cramped space between street and river, indeed Narrow Street may take its name from the closeness of the original buildings, now demolished, which stood barely a few meters apart on each side of the street. In 1661 Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary about a visit to a porcelain factory in Narrow Street alighting via Duke Shore Stairs[[1]]while en route to view work on boats being built for Herring fishing. The Limehouse area fitted out, repaired and resupplied ships. In 1823 Taylor Walker & Co Ltd started brewing at the site of today's Narrow Street Pub and Dining Room (formerly "The Barley Mow"). Limehouse Basin was one of the first docks to close in the late 1960s. Nicholas Hawksmoors’ Church St Anne's Limehouse was designated a conservation area by the London Docklands Development Corporation in the 1980s and in 1993 the 1.8 km Limehouse Link tunnel was completed moving heavy traffic away from Narrow street. This article is about tides in the ocean. ... Landfall has two meanings: Landfall, Minnesota the place or time at which a hurricane or waterspout, or even a boat hits land Landfall is also the title of New Zealands most important literary journal. ... Metung Wharf on Bancroft Bay, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... Events April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ... Lime is a general term for various naturally occurring minerals and materials derived from them in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides of calcium predominate. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. ... The Limehouse Basin in east London provides a navigable link between the Regents Canal and the River Thames. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland. ... This article is about naval crewpeople; for other meanings, see sailor (disambiguation). ... == chandlerLink title == may refer to many different meanings: Profession: A chandlerBold textItalic text is someone who makes or sells wax or tallow candles, and also usually soap. ... A wharf (plural wharfs, or (especially in American English) wharves, collectively wharfing or wharfage) is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... 1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. ... Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Barley Mow is a traditional drinking game song. ... The Limehouse Basin in east London provides a navigable link between the Regents Canal and the River Thames. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The career of Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) formed the brilliant middle link in Britains trio of great baroque architects. ... St. ... The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango set up in 1981 to regenerate the Docklands area of east London. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The western portal of the Limehouse Link tunnel. ...

Chinatown

In the eighteenth century a small group of Chinese sailors from Canton and Southern China settled along the old Limehouse Causeway creating the original London Chinatown. The Chinese community later moved to Soho following heavy bombing of the area during World War II often referred to as the Blitz. Guangdong, often spelt as Kwangtung, is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... This article is about sections of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities. ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Blitz, the German word for lightning, and often used figuratively as in blitzschnell (as fast as lightning), may mean any of a number of things in English: Blitzkrieg, the lightning war strategy of WWII Germany The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII Baedeker Blitz, the reprisal bombing...

Historic buildings

Early Georgian terrace on Narrow Street, with The Grapes public house. (January 2006)

A number of historic buildings remain, including The Grapes public house. Next to The Grapes is a rare example of an early Georgian brick terrace. Early Georgian houses can be distinguished from late ones in the way that the windows are not set back from the brick frontage. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x606, 214 KB) Summary Early Georgian terrace and Grapes pub, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x606, 214 KB) Summary Early Georgian terrace and Grapes pub, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London. ... The Grapes is a public house located at 76 Narrow Street, London E14 8BP. It was built in 1720, on the site of a previous pub and was a working class tavern, serving the workers of the Limehouse Basin. ... A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England The Kings Arms Pub in Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. ...

Redevelopment

The late twentieth century brought much development to the area, with the erection of the Canary Wharf tower close by. Since the 1990s, many new apartment complexes have been built around the Limehouse Basin as well as Victorian warehouse conversions, with Limehouse now being one of the most sought after property sites in London. Its close proximity to the River Thames has made property prices around Limehouse and the Docklands soar over the last decade. HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, England, is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... Docklands can refer to: Melbourne Docklands London Docklands Dublin Docklands Category: ...

The street is home to a number of good pubs and restaurants, and in September 2006 The Narrow Street Pub and Dining Room was purchased by Gordon Ramsay with the intention of developing it into a gastropub. Gordon James Ramsay OBE (born 8 November 1966, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland) is a British celebrity chef and currently one of only three chefs in the UK whose restaurant is rated at three Michelin stars. ... A gastropub is a British term for a public house (pub) which specializes in high-quality food a step above the more basic pub grub. The name is derived from gastronomy and was coined in 1991 when David Eyre and Mike Belben opened a pub called The Eagle in Clerkenwell...

Famous residents include the actors Sir Ian McKellen and Steven Berkoff, and politicians Lord David Owen and Matthew Parris. It was also the home of the iconic film director Sir David Lean, whose Narrow Street house (regarded as one of the best riverside houses in London) is still owned by his family. Sir Ian Murray McKellen CBE, (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Steven Berkoff (born August 3, 1937) is an actor, writer and director. ... The Right Honourable David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, CH, PC (born July 2, 1938) is a British politician and one of the founders of the British Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... Matthew Parris (born August 7, 1949 in Johannesburg) is a journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... Sir David Lean, KBE (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago . ...

Art and literature

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Narrow Street's harsh conditions and extreme poverty attracted the attention of early social reformers and latter political agitation for better working conditions led to the creation of some of Londons earliest trade unions. [[2]] Agitation may have the following special meanings Agitation, an emotional state Agitation, putting into motion (by shaking or stirring) Agitation, a term from the lexicon of Communists: political activities aimed at urging people to do something This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...

Its picturesque buildings and atmospheric location abutting onto the River Thames also attracted artists and writers. In property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and up against each others borders. ...

• Charles Dickens’ godfather ran his sail-making business from Limehouse.
• James McNeill Whistler and Charles Napier Hemy sketched and painted at locations on Narrow Streets' river waterfront.
• Arthur Conan Doyles’ fictional detective Sherlock Holmes visits an opium den in Limehouse looking for clues.
• George Orwells’ book Down and Out in Paris and London features a Limehouse lodging house.

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Transport

Nearest stations:

• Limehouse station
• Westferry DLR station
• Stepney Green tube station

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Notes

The Anglo-Saxon word tirl, means 'narrow street' or a 'gate' to keep horses and other cattle out of the city. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

Related links

• Henry Mayhew
• George Robert Sims
• Sir Walter Besant
• Clement Attlee
• LDDC
• Chinatown
• Ratcliffe
• Limehouse Cut
• Mudlark

Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English journalist and one of the founders of the humorous magazine Punch, and the magazines editor for its beginning days. ... George Robert Sims (September 2, 1847 - 1922), English journalist and dramatic author, was born on the 2nd of September 1847. ... Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) was a novelist and historian from London. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1951. ... Ratcliffe is a former hamlet which now is a section of the contemporary city of Greater London, England, and is located in Stepney near the River Thames. ... Looking North East along the Limehouse Cut The Limehouse Cut is a canal in the East End of London. ... A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the Industrial Revolution. ...

References

• Taylor & Walker http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/746
• Limehouse http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/limehouse.htm
• Early history http://www.mernick.co.uk/thhol/limehouse.html
• Early history http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/data/discover/data/Poplar/index.cfm
• Duke Shore stairs http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/sitepages/lwallindex.asp
• Image reference: Greenwood's Map of London 1827 http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/imagemap.html
• Image reference: Limehouse Link 1993