Bethnal Green: 259-273 Hackney Road
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Bethnal Green: 259-273 Hackney Road
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 19 Feb 2010
The date above the first pair of houses is 1820, which implies that the original inhabitants of these houses would have been fairly well-off, possibly possessing their own carriages, as this of course would have well pre-dated the railway, which did not reach the nearest station at London Fields until 1872, (the station at Cambridge Heath did not open until 1884). In those days, this was considered a very desirable place to reside.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.532085
Longitude
-0.064195