Mansell Street

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox street 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

Detail from John Rocque's Map of London, 1746

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.<ref name="rcpath">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="Marldon">Template:Cite web</ref>

Mansell Street estate

This estate was built in 1977 by the Guinness Trust.<ref name="GP">Template:Cite web</ref> It consists of 194 homes and in 2019 there were plans for its redevelopment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• R v Incedal