Mansell Street

Bus heading northwards up Mansell Street
Location	City of London, Tower Hamlets, London
Postal code	E1
Nearest Tube station
Coordinates	51°30′52.1″N 0°4′26.12″W / 51.514472°N 0.0739222°W / 51.514472; -0.0739222
North end	Aldgate
South end	East Smithfield
Construction
Construction start	17th Century
Completion	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]