This is a short article giving some of the history of the Abbey of St Clare from its founding to the dissolution of the monasteries.
This blog gives some of Guy’s reactions to the digital project and to the open evenings.
Images from Tower Hamlets Local History and Archive Library of the Prescot Street site and South Tenter Street in 1941 after being destroyed during the Blitz
Archive research into the inhabitants of South Tenter Street
This article is about Goodmans Fields Theatre, a famous and notoriously wild theatre opened in 1729 on the outskirts of the City of London.
Article about Minories Station near the Prescot Street site in E1
This article is about the Magedelen Asylum for Prostitutes that stood on Prescot Street in the 18th century.
This article discusses the Old Infirmary that stood on Prescot Street during the mid 18th century.
This article discusses the first Sunday Schools, which were established in the Particular Baptist Church in Prescot Street.
This is a short article covering what we know about South Tenter Street from documentary and archaeological sources.
Lorna is looking at archive evidence for who lived in the houses at South Tenter Street and Prescot Street before they were destroyed in the Second World War.
An article about the work being done at Prescot Street and how this fits into the planning process.
This article explains how archaeologists know where to look. It explains in more depth how sites are found and the process of desk based research.
Glossary definition of desk-based assessment
This article discusses the development of the Prescot Street site illustrated through documentary sources.