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Background to Worship Street:
In 1827 Worship Street ran from the junction of Paul Street to Curtain Road.
From Curtain Road to Norton Folgate was known as Hogs Lane,
From Paul Street to City Road was known as Providence Row.
By 1859 Hogs Lane had been absorbed into Worship Street.
In 1861 when we know the family were in Worship Street, Number 30 was at the East end on the South side [what was Hogs Lane].
Due to the development of Broad Street Station the land on which number 30 stood was needed for the track approach to the station and the family moved to Number 75.
At the same time of the railway development Providence Row was absorbed into Worship Street and the renumbering of the street took place.
Information from Wikipedia re Broad Street Station:
The extension of the North London Railway (NLR) to Broad Street (via the Kingsland Viaduct) was authorised by the North London Railway Act of 22 July 1861.
The station was opened on 1 November 1865.
A fourth approach line was added in 1874, a further (eighth) platform in 1891, and a final (ninth) platform in 1913.
At its peak, Broad Street was the third-busiest station in London (after Liverpool Street and Victoria)
It is virtually impossible to find the exact location, much less an image of the building/s where they were. As Henry Charles Emmanuel is listed in some directories as at 75 & 81 there must have been at least two different premises occupied by the family.
There has a lot of development in the area over the years and despite the Bishopsgate Institute being just across the road, I was unable to find any images of Worship Street in the old days in their collection.
The Family are recorded in Worship Street as follows:
No. 30 1861 - birth cert of Alice
No. 30 1864 - Post Office Directory
No. 30 1866 - birth cert of Henrietta
No. 75 1879 - death cert of Robert - 1881 census family were living at 13 Stamford Road Hackney
No. 75 1891 - census
No. 81 1901 - census
No. 81 1907 - death cert of Henry Charles Emmanuel
Directory Listings: 1890
1895
1898
1902
1900 Electoral Roll - next to the Brown Bear Pub.
From Shoreditch Observer - Death of Worship St. Tradesman:
Dr. Wynn Westcott held an inquest on Tuesday, at the Shoreditch Coroner’s Court, on the body of Henry Charles Emanuel Ackland Snow, 52, coppersmith, lately carrying on business at 81, Worship street. The deceased, it will be remembered, had been a Progressive candidate on one or two occasions for the Borough Council and Guardians. The sister of the deceased, Euphemia Snow, said her brother was in the habit of taking Epsom salts, and on Saturday evening he asked her to mix him some. While doing so witness was called downstairs, and deceased, said he would finish mixing it himself. The shop-boy went upstairs to speak to his master about his work, and shortly afterwards deceased came down to the back shop to see how some work was progressing. On returning to the front shop he exclaimed, “Oh Effie!” and fell back unconscious, expiring before a doctor could be procured. Deceased had been using cyanide of potassium that morning for experimental purposes, and she thought he had mistaken the glass containing the poison for the one containing the Epsom salts. The two glasses were close to each other, but the glass containing the salts had a foot to it, while the other had not. The Coroner: Had he ever threatened to take his life? Witness: No, he was always disgusted with anybody who spoke of that sort of thing. Dr. Chetwood, of Christopher street, said death was due to poisoning by cyanide of potassium. The jury returned a verdict of “death from misadventure.” A brother of the deceased arrived just as the court rose. He had come up from Croydon, having only heard of the death that morning. He said his brother was too good a man to take his own life.