Some Pictures

 The connection between my family and the eastern parts of London has more than one vector.

I recently came across this picture of Ashford Street in Hackney.  The image shows houses after the war, including damage that may have been caused during the conflict.  They were demolished shortly afterwards.  The houses had been built by the Haberdasher's Company as part of their development of buildings in the Area related to their charities (note Aske Street, named after a famous Haberdasher, Robert Aske).  My 3 x Great Grandfather, Joseph TRENDALL (c1770-1838),  died at number 14 (which according to the photograph description is within this image).   He had previously lived in Whetstone, Marylebone and Covent Garden.  The house was leased for a period of 53 1/4 years from 1819 by Thomas TRENDALL - probably this was Joseph's brother who was a businessman in Oxfordshire, although no mention is made of it in Thomas's Will (D1832).

Ashford Street 1948 (Copyright London Picture Archive)

The next picture is of Cremer Street.  It does not show the pub associated with the TRENDALL/BARKER/WILSON families for many years.  My Father, Frederick Alfred TRENDALL (1914-1983), moved into the Marquis of Lansdowne almost exactly 100 years after his Great Great Grandfather's death in Ashford Street.  The two locations are about 10 minutes walk apart.  The picture was taken in the post war period and before the shops were demolished.

Cremer Street Shops 1946 (Copyright London Picture Archive)

The last picture is of Geffrye Street looking towards the junction with Cremer Street.  The pub is just visible on the right.  The people walking down the street are unidentified.  I do not remember the houses which has been demolished by the early 1960s. 

Geffrye Street 1946 (Copyright  London Picture Archive)

Larger (zoomable) copies of the images, and others, can be found on the website of the London Picture Archive:

Ashford Street

https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/quick-search?q=ashford%20street&WINID=1725123244606

Cremer Street

https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/quick-search?q=cremer%20street&WINID=1725123244606

Geffrye Street

https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/quick-search?q=geffyre%20street&WINID=1725123244606

Philip Trendall

August 2024