Alie Street

Alie Street is a street located in Aldgate, East London. It links Mansell Street with Commercial Road.

Alie Street
Disused factory, Alie Street, 2010
Shown within Central London
Former name(s)Ayliff Street, Great Alie Street and Little Alie Street
LocationTower Hamlets, London
Postal codeE1
Nearest Tube station Aldgate; Aldgate East
Coordinates51°30′48.96″N 0°4′17.66″W
West endMansell Street
East endCommercial Road
Construction
Construction start17th Century
Completion17th Century

History
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] In the 1800s this section of Alie Street was also known as Great Alie Street, with the extension which went east from Leman Street to Commercial Road being known as Little Alie Street.[3]


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References
  1. "Alie Street Blog Post – July 2015". www.rcpath.org. Royal College of Pathologists. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  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.


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