Spitalfields Collection

Busy street scene at Spitalfields, East End of London
A busy street scene at Spitalfields in the East End of London. The location is the junction of Commercial Street and Brushfield Street. The building at the right is Spitalfields Market

Spitalfields / Church
Christ Church, Spitalfields

Peabody Buildings / 1866
Residential housing: flats in the Peabody Buildings in Spitalfields, London Date: 1866

Home of a Spitalfields weaver
Interior of a Huguenot silk weavers home in Spitalfields, London, showing the weaver hard at work at his loom, while other members of the family work on frames and spools

Electric Tram London
A tram running from Bloomsbury in the west to Whitechapel and Poplar in the east, by way of Londons famous Spitalfields Market

Silk Weaver 1855
A Spitalfields weaver at work

Thomas Topham, Strongman
Thomas Topham, the strong man, performing one of his astonishing feats of strength in Spitalfields on 28 May 1741, by lifting barrels weighing 1386 lbs (!)

Spitalfields Market / 1841
Spitalfields Market

Photograph of Duke Of Wellington PH, Spitalfields, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Commercial Tavern, Spitalfields, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Spitalfields Market, East London, showing the names of several traders, including Bradley & Sons, Potter Oyler, George Isles, James Ruane and A May. Date: circa 1910

Weaving at Spitalfields, England, Industry and Idleness
Industry and Idleness by William Hogarth, showing weaving at Spitalfields, England, contrasting the discipline of one apprentice with the slovenly behaviour of another. Date: First published 1747

Palm Sunday Procession in Spitalfields, London, 1844
Palm Sunday procession in Spitalfields, London, 1844. On Palm Sundays, at that time, members of the weaving trade (then flourishing in Spitalfields) would walk out to the Essex fields

Single womens lodging house 1900
London : Lodging house for single women at Spitalfields, the kitchen Date: 1900

March of the archers
Great marches of archers took place as thousands went out into the fields of Finsbury, Moorfields, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

Photograph of Alma PH, Spitalfields, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1928

Brick Lane Market, London, 1902
Illustration showing the Sunday morning market in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, in 1902. This market, selling a wide variety of goods including clothing and livestock

Skull showing bullet hole in right temple
Skull of adult male suicide case. Taken during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Frying Pan Alley, East End of London
A view of Frying Pan Alley, a narrow thoroughfare in the Spitalfields area of Londons East End

House to Let, Chapel Street, Spitalfields, East London
A run-down building described as a House to Let on Chapel Street, Spital Square, Spitalfields, in the East End of London. A line of children watch the photographer

A silk weaver of Spitalfields, 1840
A silk weaver of Spitalfields, sporting a top hat and churchwarden pipe. Date: 1840

Bonnet
Collected during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields
Picture taken during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Medicine bottle found in a childs coffin during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

A gold lower denture
A lower denture formed from a sheet of gold whith was cut and folded around the lower molars. The upper component is lost

Shroud
Collected during the archaeological excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Ragged School Union - Dressmakers at Spitalfields
Dressmakers at the Spitalfields home run by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Spitalfields Lodging
London : Common lodging house at Spitalfields, the kitchen Date: 1900

Spitalfields Annual Festival
A basket race at the annual fair at Spitalfields Market, London. mid 1970s

Royal wedding 1893 - weaving the wedding dress
The weaving of the wedding dress for the marriage of Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) to George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936)

Working mens homes, Spitalfields, East End of London
A block of working mens homes, near Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, East London. A number of organisations such as the Peabody Donation Fund

Women vagrants sleeping, Spitalfields, East End of London
A group of women vagrants sleeping on benches at the churchyard of Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London

Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London
A view of Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London - sometimes referred to as The Worst Street in London. Women and children sit or stand on the pavements and the road is strewn with rubbish

The Ghetto Market, East End of London
Part of the Ghetto Market at the junction of Spital Square and Fort Street, Spitalfields, East London - an area once having a concentration of Jewish residents. The grocery shop of D

The kitchen of a common lodging house, Spitalfields, London. Men and women sit together under the laundry hanging out to dry. This scene was sketched from life

The Spitalfields Ball, 1848
Costumes on show at the ball for the Spitalfields School of Design. From left: Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard as Queen Adeliza of Louvaine, The Hon, Miss Campbell, Queen Elizabeth and Mr Graham Vivian

Spitalfields Brocade 2
A stunning floral design in silk brocade by Vanner of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace

Spitalfields Brocade
A fine floral design in silk brocade by Campbell, Harrison and Lloyd of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace exhibition

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