The Development of Telecoms - London East Region

The areas covered by the E1 postcode are Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Shadwell, Stepney, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Mile End, Brick Lane,

Wapping and Whitechapel.

The London E1 district is steeped in history. The unsolved murders of the notorious 'Jack the Ripper', the bustling maritime industry

which served the Royal Navy, German wartime bombings , the infamous Ronnie and Reggie Kray and the famous Spitalfields market.

This area was traditionally the home of the true Londoner or Cockney, someone said to have been born within the sound of the Bow

Bells from St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside. Nowadays this area is rich with diversity and the home of many of the different cultures

that now make up the capital city.

The East telephone area, reaching from the edge of the City of London in an easterly direction along the north bank of the Thames

beyond Tilbury and northwards into Epping Forest is an area of sharp contrasts.

Along the Thames it covers the dock areas of the East India Group and Royal Group of Docks; the Ford Works at Dagenham, Tilbury

Docks and the oil depots of Thames Haven.

It contains the bomb devastated areas of East London, north of the river and large and rapidly developing residential areas in the

County of Essex. It also serves a busy industrial area, embracing light and heavy industry of all kinds.

There are 117,000 connections on 30 Exchanges and 3,200 staff. The area covers 200 square miles.