Mansell Street is a street in

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, which is part of the

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. For most of its length from the north, this street marks the boundary between the

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and the

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. 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 Sir John Leman (1544–1632) was a tradesman from Beccles, England who became Lord Mayor of London. Career Leman's business interests grew across the district of Waveney, which spans the Norfolk–Suffolk border. In the 1580s he moved to London ...

had bought Goodman's Fields earlier in the seventeenth century. Alie Street ran along the western side, with Leman Street to the east,

Prescot Street Prescot Street is a street in Aldgate in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Central London. It runs between Goodman's Yard and Mansell Street in the west and Leman Street in the east. The area, including Ayliff Street, Leman Street and Mansel ...

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.

Mansell Street estate

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

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{{reflist Streets in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

History

Mansell Street estate

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