Leman Street

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Leman Street on a rainy day in October 2013 Cycle hire, Leman Street.jpg
Leman Street on a rainy day in October 2013
Leman Street (right), marked as Lemon Street, on John Rocque's Map of London, 1746 Goodman's fields on Roque's map 1746.png
Leman Street (right), marked as Lemon Street, on John Rocque's Map of London, 1746

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 included Ayliff Street, Mansell Street, and Prescot Street. [1]

Over the years the street has been the location of various notable buildings and organisations:

In 2002, Trees for Cities, the national urban tree charity, planted over a dozen silver birch, rowan and ornamental pear trees along Leman Street as part of the Whitechapel Street Tree project, which sought to increase tree canopy cover in this area of Tower Hamlets.

References

  1. "Alie Street Blog Post – July 2015". www.rcpath.org. Royal College of Pathologists. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. Music Hall and Theatre History
  3. Music Hall and Theatre History

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