Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Inspired by Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn. A walk through Stepney and Poplar in East London following some of the architecture featured in Ian Nairn’s book, Modern Buildings in London first published in 1964. Our walking tour starts on Mile End Road and heads down White Horse Lane, once the main street of medieval Stepney. We then visit St Dunstan’s Church Stepney, originally built in 952 by Dunstan Bishop of London and further expanded in the 14th and 15th Century. We look inside the church, and marvel at the Saxon stone rood. Continuing down White Horse Lane we look at the Stepney Meeting churchyard and then turn in to Salmon Lane and Flamborough Street to the first of the buildings described by Nairn in his book.
Our walk takes in: The Danish Seaman’s Church on Commercial Road (1958), St. Paul’s Bow Common (1958-60), Flats and Maisonettes in Pekin Close (1951), Old People’s Home in Grundy Street (1951), and the Lansbury Neighbourhood and Chrisp Street Market (1950 onwards).
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Of Virtue - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Quiet Steps - Kasper Schill
Rent Out My Heart - Zorro
The Burdens We Carry - Gavin Luke
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Inspired by Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn. A walk through Stepney and Poplar in East London following some of the architecture featured in Ian Nairn’s book, Modern Buildings in London first published in 1964. Our walking tour starts on Mile End Road and heads down White Horse Lane, once the main street of medieval Stepney. We then visit St Dunstan’s Church Stepney, originally built in 952 by Dunstan Bishop of London and further expanded in the 14th and 15th Century. We look inside the church, and marvel at the Saxon stone rood. Continuing down White Horse Lane we look at the Stepney Meeting churchyard and then turn in to Salmon Lane and Flamborough Street to the first of the buildings described by Nairn in his book.
Our walk takes in: The Danish Seaman’s Church on Commercial Road (1958), St. Paul’s Bow Common (1958-60), Flats and Maisonettes in Pekin Close (1951), Old People’s Home in Grundy Street (1951), and the Lansbury Neighbourhood and Chrisp Street Market (1950 onwards).
Music
Of Virtue - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Quiet Steps - Kasper Schill
Rent Out My Heart - Zorro
The Burdens We Carry - Gavin Luke
Thanks to my supporters on Patreon patreon.com/JohnRogers
Please subscribe for regular videos: bit.ly/1EJjIB8
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCk1qvhkPMbF703QHR8qj8og/join
Maps:
Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence
_________________________________________________________________________________
Patreon patreon.com/JohnRogers
My shop: teespring.com/stores/the-lost-byway
My Book: This Other London amzn.to/2zbFmTd
Audiobook & Kindle: amzn.to/2xLGb8s
Blog: The Lost Byway: thelostbyway.com
Twitter: twitter.com/fugueur
Instagram instagram.com/thelostbyway
Make a donation to help support the channel paypal.me/JohnRogersLondon - many thanks!
Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO
My Walking kit (amazon affiliate link - I earn a small commission on purchases)
amzn.to/2Xky2UA
