Alie Street

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Alie Street
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Disused factory, Alie Street, 2010
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Shown within Central London
Former name(s)Ayliff Street, Great Alie Street and Little Alie Street
Location Tower Hamlets, London
Postal code E1
Nearest Tube station Underground no-text.svg Aldgate; Aldgate East
Coordinates 51°30′48.96″N0°4′17.66″W / 51.5136000°N 0.0715722°W / 51.5136000; -0.0715722
West end Mansell Street
East end Commercial Road
Construction
Construction start17th Century
Completion17th Century

Alie Street is a 400-metre-long street located in Whitechapel, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It links Mansell Street with Commercial Road in the East End of London. For much of its history, the western part was known as Great Alie Street, with the eastern part called Little Alie Street.

History

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Detail from John Rocque's Map of London, 1746

Originally called Ayliff Street, it was named after a relative of William Leman, whose great-uncle, John Leman had bought Goodman's Fields earlier in the seventeenth century. [1] Alie Street ran along the northern side, with Leman Street to the east, Prescot Street to the south, and Mansell Street to the West. These new streets developed in the late seventeenth century while Goodman's Fields was used as a tenterground. [2]

From the 1800s to the late 20th century, the western section from Mansell Street to Leman Street was known as Great Alie Street, with an extension going east from Leman Street to Commercial Road being known as Little Alie Street. [3]

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References

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  2. "Archaeology at 31-33 Prescot Street & 99 Mansell Street" (PDF). marldon.net. Marldon. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Hollings page one". freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.