London’s area Limehouse takes its name from the limekilns that were in operation from the middle of the 14th century, converting Kentish chalk into quicklime for the capital’s building industry. From the late 16th century, ships were built in Limehouse...
London’s area Limehouse takes its name from the limekilns that were in operation from the middle of the 14th century, converting Kentish chalk into quicklime for the capital’s building industry.
From the late 16th century, ships were built in Limehouse and merchants supplied provisions for the voyages. The wealthy merchants built fine houses on Narrow Street, especially at the beginning of the 18th century. In the year 1730, Nicholas Hawksmoor built St. Anne’s Church to the south of Commercial Road. It is considered one of the architect’s finest works and has the tallest church clock in London.
In the 1740s, a short-lived pottery produced the first English soft-paste porcelain, which became known as Limehouse Ware. The Limehouse Cut, which is London’s oldest canal, was built around the year 1770 to connect the River Lea at Bow with the Thames, avoiding a trip around the Isle of Dogs.
As the docks grew, so did the number of immigrants in Limehouse and it became London’s first Chinatown. The Chinese community was never very large, but it gained a reputation for gambling and opium smoking, and Limehouse served as the setting for the Dr. Fu Manchu films. Its creator claimed that the character was modelled on a Chinese man with an unusual appearance that he had seen on the Limehouse Causeway one foggy night in 1911.
In spite of the decline and closure of London’s docks in the 20th century, the heart of old Limehouse survived the post-war municipal redevelopment that transformed so many parts of the East End. In the early 1990s, the Limehouse Link was routed under the town, connecting Canary Wharf with the Highway leading to the City of London.
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