Mansell Street Explained

Mansell Street
Metro System:	Tube
Location:	City of London, Tower Hamlets, London
Direction A:	North
Terminus A:	Aldgate
Direction B:	South
Terminus B:	East Smithfield
Construction Start Date:	17th Century
Completion Date:	17th Century

Mansell Street is a street in Central London, which is part of the London Inner Ring Road. For most of its length from the north, this street marks the boundary between the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. However, the southernmost part is entirely in Tower Hamlets.

History

Mansell Street 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 western side, with Leman Street to the east, Prescot Street to the south, and Alie Street to the North. These new streets were developed in the late seventeenth century while Goodman's Fields was used as a tenterground.^[2]

Mansell Street estate

This estate was built in 1977 by the Guinness Trust.^[3] It consists of 194 homes and in 2019 there were plans for its redevelopment.^[4]

See also

• R v Incedal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alie Street Blog Post – July 2015. www.rcpath.org. Royal College of Pathologists. 19 March 2017.
2. Web site: Archaeology at 31-33 Prescot Street & 99 Mansell Street. marldon.net. Marldon. 19 March 2017.
3. Web site: Mansell Street, City of London - The Guinness Partnership. The Guinness Partnership. 20 March 2017.
4. News: Brown . Ben . Mansell Street Estate residents must have final say . 9 September 2022 . City Matters . 11 June 2019.