Whitechapel

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ335815
Administration
London borough:	Tower Hamlets
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Media
ITV franchise:	ITV London
BBC region:	BBC London
BBC Local Radio:	BBC London 94.9
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:	E1
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:
London Assembly:	City and East London
European Parliament:	London

Whitechapel is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom. It is a built-up inner city district located 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Hanbury Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and Commercial Road on the south. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... The region (also known as Government Office region) is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland - collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ... Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... There are a number of police forces in the United Kingdom. ... The Standard of the Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) (commonly referred to by its former official name of the Metropolitan Police, or colloquially as The Met; often referred to in legislation as the Police of the Metropolis) is the Home Office (territorial) police force responsible for Greater London... Fire brigades in the United Kingdom are organised on a territorial basis. ... The London Fire Brigade (LFB) provides fire fighting and rescue services in London, UK. It is the third largest fire department in the world with nearly 7000 staff. ... This is a list of ambulance services in England : ... The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... ITV London is the brand name used by ITV plc in London. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... The BBC London logo used from December 2005 The BBC London logo as seen at the end of its title sequence Emily Maitlis presenting a BBC London bulletin BBC London is the brand for the BBCs tri-media radio, television and online service for London and the South... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... BBC London 94. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... E1 is the London East Head Postal District. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Summary Remade LCC/GLC crest. ... The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

History

Whitechapel's heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small chapel of ease dedicated to St. Mary: its earliest known rector was Hugh de Fulbourne in 1329. Events Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy. ...

By the late 16th century Whitechapel and the surrounding area had started becoming 'the other half' of London. Located downwind of the genteel sections of west London which were to see the expansion of Westminster Abbey and construction of Buckingham Palace, it naturally attracted the more fragrant activities of the city, particularly tanneries, breweries, foundries (including the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which later cast Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and London's Big Ben), slaughterhouses and, close by to the south, the gigantic Billingsgate fish market, famous in its day for the ornately foul language of the extremely Cockney fishwomen who worked there. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... The Abbeys western facade The Collegiate Church of St John, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry based in the Whitechapel district of east London. ... The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American bell of great historic significance. ... The Clock Tower, colloquially known as Big Ben Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. ... Billingsgate is a ward in the south-east of the City of London, lying on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. ... A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. ...

Population shifts from rural areas to London from the 17th century to the mid 19th century resulted in great numbers of more or less destitute people taking up residence amidst the industries and mercantile interests that had attracted them. By the 1840s Whitechapel, along with the enclaves of Wapping, Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Mile End, Limehouse and Stepney (collectively known today as "the East End"), had evolved, or devolved, into classic "dickensian" London, rivalled in the western world for grinding poverty only by the Manhattan slum of Five Points and, later, Manhattan's Lower East Side. Whitechapel Rd. itself was not particularly squalid through most of this period—it was the warren of small dark streets branching from it that contained the greatest suffering, filth and danger, especially Dorset St. (now a private alley), Thrawl St., Berners St. (renamed Henriques St.), Wentworth St. and others. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Wapping Old Stairs, one of many points of access to the foreshore in the area. ... Aldgate was a gateway through London Wall to the City of London, located by the East End. ... Bethnal Green is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the heart of Londons East End. ... Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. ... Limehouse Town Hall in 2004 Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The East End of London (known locally as just the East End) is part of London in the United Kingdom. ... Five Points (or The Five Points) was a notorious slum centered on the intersection of Worth St. ... The corner of Orchard and Rivington Streets, Lower East Side (2005) The Lower East Side is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

Plaque remembering King Edward VII

In the Victorian era the basal population of poor English country stock was swelled by immigrants from all over, particularly Irish and Jewish. 1888 saw the depredations of the Whitechapel Murderer, later known as Jack the Ripper. In 1902, American author Jack London, looking to write a counterpart to Jacob Riis's seminal book How the Other Half Lives, donned ragged clothes and boarded in Whitechapel, detailing his experiences in The People of the Abyss. Riis had recently documented the astoundingly bad conditions in the leading city of the United States. Jack London, a socialist, thought it worthwhile to explore conditions in the leading city of the nation that had created modern capitalism. He concluded that English poverty was far rougher than the American variety. The juxtaposition of the poverty, homelessness, exploitive work conditions, prostitution, and infant mortality of Whitechapel and other East End locales with some of the greatest personal wealth the world has ever seen made it a focal point for leftist reformers of all kinds, from George Bernard Shaw, whose Fabian Society met regularly in Whitechapel, to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who boarded and led rallies in Whitechapel during his exile from Russia. Download high resolution version (1200x900, 448 KB) Edward VII plaque at Whitechapel Market, London Image by Atelier Joly 12th February 2005 Sony Cybershot 3. ... Download high resolution version (1200x900, 448 KB) Edward VII plaque at Whitechapel Market, London Image by Atelier Joly 12th February 2005 Sony Cybershot 3. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that Oyster pirate be merged into this article or section. ... Jacob Riis Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - March 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist and slum and school reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. ... How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant reporter, published in 1890, in which he documented the squalid living conditions in the slums of New York City. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Capitalism Capitalism has been defined in various ways. ... George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ... The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by social democratic, rather than revolutionary, means. ... Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ...

Whitechapel Street Market and Underground (Tube) station

Whitechapel remained poor (and colourful) through the first half of the 20th century, though somewhat less desperately so. It suffered great damage in the V2 German rocket attacks and the Blitz of World War II. Since then, Whitechapel has lost its notoriety, though it is still thoroughly working class. The Bangladeshis are the most visible migrant group there today and it is home to many aspiring artists and shoestring entrepreneurs. Download high resolution version (1200x900, 471 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1200x900, 471 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... German test launch. ... German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940–1941. ...

Future

Business interest is expected to escalate when the East London line of the tube is extended northwards to Dalston and southwards to West Croydon. The East London Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. ... Croydon is a major suburban town and commercial centre situated 9. ...

Culture

The distinctive tiled frontage of Whitechapel's renowned art gallery, currently under refurbishment. (November 2005)

Since at least the 1970s, Whitechapel and other nearby parts of East London have figured prominently in London's art scene. Probably the area's most prominent art venue is the Whitechapel Art Gallery, founded in 1901 and long an outpost of high culture in a poor neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood has gentrified, it has gained citywide, and even international, visibility and support. As of 2005, the gallery is undergoing a major expansion, with the support of £3.26 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The expanded facility is due to open in 2007/8. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x640, 189 KB) Summary The Whitechapel Art Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets, London (closed for refurbishment). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x640, 189 KB) Summary The Whitechapel Art Gallery, Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets, London (closed for refurbishment). ... The Whitechapel Gallery, founded 1901, was one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ...

Trivia

• Whitechapel is a location on the London version of the Monopoly boardgame.
• The Royal London Hospital, home to Joseph Carey Merrick ("the Elephant Man") in his final years, is situated opposite Whitechapel tube station and is a prominent local landmark.
• The roof of the Royal London Hospital is the base for the London Air Ambulance.

Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. ... Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... Joseph Carey Merrick Joseph Carey Merrick (August 5, 1862 - April 11, 1890), known as The Elephant Man, is a man who gained the sympathy of Victorian Britain because of his grotesque deformity. ... Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... HEMS having landed in a park. ...

Nearest places

Districts

• Aldgate
• Bethnal Green
• Shadwell
• Stepney
• Shoreditch
• Wapping

Aldgate was a gateway through London Wall to the City of London, located by the East End. ... Bethnal Green is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the heart of Londons East End. ... Shadwell is a district of Stepney in Tower Hamlets, London. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... Wapping Old Stairs, one of many points of access to the foreshore in the area. ...

Nearest Underground stations

Aldgate East tube emerges from the (currently disused) Whitechapel public library. (November 2005)

• Aldgate East tube station
• Aldgate tube station
• Bank tube station also a DLR terminus
• Liverpool Street station
• Shadwell station
• Tower Gateway DLR station
• Tower Hill tube station
• Whitechapel tube station

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (628x640, 269 KB) Summary Whitechapel Public Library, Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets, London (closed for refurbishment). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (628x640, 269 KB) Summary Whitechapel Public Library, Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets, London (closed for refurbishment). ... Aldgate East is a London Underground station located in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Trains at Aldgate tube station Entrance to Aldgate tube station Aldgate tube station is a London Underground station located at Aldgate in the City of London. ... Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground stations, spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. ... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of eastern London, England. ... Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, in the heart of the financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... Shadwell is the name of a London Underground station and a Docklands Light Railway station in Shadwell in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Tower Gateway DLR station Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station near the Tower of London on Tower Hill. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Whitechapel is a London Underground station in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. ...

Nearest railway stations

• Fenchurch Street railway station
• Liverpool Street station

Main entrance and Fenchurch Place Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3. ... Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, in the heart of the financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ...

External links

• Official web site for the ward of Whitechapel
• Primary source articles
• Tower Hamlets History Online
• The People of the Abyss
• The Whitechapel Gallery