Spitalfields, London, England

E31954

area of London district neighbourhood

Spitalfields, London, England is a historic East End district known for its diverse immigrant communities, textile and weaving heritage, and the famous Old Spitalfields Market.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spitalfields	0
Shadwell, London	1
Whitechapel, London, England	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	area of London ⓘ district ⓘ neighbourhood ⓘ
borderedBy	Bishopsgate ⓘ Clerkenwell ⓘ surface form: Shoreditch Whitechapel ⓘ
contains	Brick Lane ⓘ Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields Old Spitalfields Market ⓘ Spitalfields City Farm ⓘ Old Spitalfields Market ⓘ surface form: Spitalfields Market
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
developedFrom	medieval hospital and priory of St Mary Spital ⓘ
economicActivity	creative industries ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ retail ⓘ
etymology	derived from "hospital fields" ⓘ
governedBy	Tower Hamlets London Borough Council ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
hasConservationArea	Spitalfields Conservation Area ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Bangladeshi curry houses on Brick Lane ⓘ Jack the Ripper tours ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	ethnically diverse population ⓘ
hasHeritage	Huguenot weaving community ⓘ silk weaving ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Spitalfields Riots ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse	weaving workshops ⓘ
hasLandmark	Christ Church, Spitalfields ⓘ surface form: Christ Church Spitalfields Old Truman Brewery (nearby Brick Lane complex) ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Bangladeshi community ⓘ French Huguenot immigrants ⓘ Jewish immigrant community ⓘ
knownFor	diverse immigrant communities ⓘ food and clothing markets ⓘ historic streets and Georgian houses ⓘ
locatedEastOf	City of London ⓘ
locatedIn	East End of London ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
near	Liverpool Street station ⓘ
notableFor	Old Spitalfields Market ⓘ
partOf	Central London ⓘ
postalCode	E1 ⓘ
timeZone	Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	British Summer Time ⓘ
transportZone	London fare zone 1 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shadwell, Virginia Colony → namedAfter → Spitalfields, London, England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shadwell, London

Mary Wollstonecraft → placeOfBirth → Spitalfields, London, England ⓘ

Roger Delgado → placeOfBirth → Spitalfields, London, England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whitechapel, London, England