Brick Lane

Question 1

Where is BL located?

Answer 1

London

Question 1

What was BL home to?

Answer 1

British curry industry

Question 2

Who were associated with BL?

Answer 2

Kray Twins and Jack the ripper

Question 3

What did BL suffer of?

Answer 3

High crime rates

Question 4

What was the street originally called?

Answer 4

White chapel lane

Question 5

Why was BL renamed from white chapel?

Answer 5

Because of the brick and tile manufacturing in the area in 15th century.

Question 6

What did the mosque and synagogues target?

Answer 6

Jewish community

Question 7

What are 3 qualitative data sources of Brick Lane?

Answer 7

The Killers
Brick Lane film and book
Art

Question 8

What is a quantitative sources of Brick Lane?

Answer 8

2011 and 2021 Census

Question 9

What did the 2011 census show?

Answer 9

41% Bangladeshi
27% White
5% Black

Question 10

What did the 2021 census show?

Answer 10

39% Bangladeshi
31% White
4% Black

Question 11

What did the census show in terms of deprivation?

Answer 11

Tower Hamlets - most deprived

Question 12

When did the Huguenots Christians come to BL?

Answer 12

18th century

Question 13

When did the Irish migrants come to BL?

Answer 13

19th century

Question 14

When did the Jewish migrants come to BL?

Answer 14

19th century

Question 15

When did the Bengalis come to BL?

Answer 15

20th century

Question 16

When did the rich young people come to BL?

Answer 16

21st century

Question 17

What effects did the Huguenots have on BL?

Answer 17

Large houses with large windows to give light for textile-making

Question 18

What effects did the Jewish migrants have on BL?

Answer 18

Shops e.g Beigel and synagogue on Sandys row

Question 19

What effect did the Bengalis have on BL?

Answer 19

Mosque and Bengali restaurants and shops

Question 20

What effect did the young people have on BL?

Answer 20

Cafes replacing Bengali restaurants

Question 21

What is the physical environment of BL?

Answer 21

Originally home to a silk-weaving industry - largest industry in 18th century London

Question 22

What is the location of BL?

Answer 22

Street in Spitalfields area of East London borough of Tower Hamlets - most deprived

Question 23

What was the population of Tower Hamlets in 2021?

Answer 23

310,000 people

Question 24

What was the largest age group in TH in 2021?

Answer 24

25-34

Question 25

What were the demographics of TH in 2021?

Answer 25

47% born outside the UK
22% born Middle East or Asia

Question 26

As a percentage, how many people did not speak English as their first language?

Answer 26

30%

Question 27

What was the crime rate in TH in 2021?

Answer 27

12% higher than London’s overall rate

Question 28

What was the population of Brick Lane/Spitalfields area in 2021?

Answer 28

12,000 people

Question 29

What was the largest age group in BL/SF in 2021?

Answer 29

25-34

Question 30

As a percentage, how many of Spitalfields households were deprived in at least one dimension?

Answer 30

52%

Question 31

What did the 1890 stats show about BL? Compare to 2021

Answer 31

Having mixed fortunes but now in 2021, index of multiple deprivation shows to the east of BL are among 20% most deprived and to the west is 40% most deprived.

Question 32

What was the Bangladeshi ethnicity in 2021?

Answer 32

39%

Question 33

What was the White ethnicity in 2021?

Answer 33

31%

Question 34

What was the Black ethnicity in 2021?

Answer 34

4%

Question 35

What was the land use and built environment like in BL?

Answer 35

Became BL due to brick and tile manufacturing and in 17th century, was a popular location for breweries

Question 36

What was the largest brewery in London and where was it located?
What is the building now?

Answer 36

Old Truman Brewery - Located in BL but closed in 1989 and now is a trendy, art exhibition space

Question 37

What did the synagogue turn into in 1988?

Answer 37

Mosque - Bangladeshi