Jack the Ripper Sites, page 2

 

One last shot from Mitre Square. This one is looking northeast towards what was then called Church Passage. The murder site is in the foreground.

 

Duke Street looking northwest, with the entrance to St. James's Passage (formerly Church Passage) and Mitre Square to the left in the photo. This is the spot where Lawende, Levy, and Harris saw Eddowes quietly speaking with a man who was without a doubt Jack the Ripper.

 

This shot looks north along Toynbee Street and was taken from Wentworth street. I mainly took this shot because I like the look of old abandoned buildings. It is also likely that the Ripper may have passed near here after committing the Eddowes murder. Toynbee is one street east of Goulston Street.

 

Goulston Street. In this doorway, just to the left of the Happy Days Restaurant, is where PC Alfred Long discovered the infamous graffito, along with a bloody piece of Eddowes apron.

 

A closer shot of the Goulston Street graffito site, and the entrance of what was Wentworth Model Dwellings. Written in white chalk: "The Juwes are the men That Will not be Blamed for nothing".

 

This is a somewhat unsuccessful montage of Commercial Street, taken from the intersection with Dorset Street (no longer extant). To the left is Christchurch, and to the right is Commercial Street looking south. Again this photo is distorted (curved) and not one of my best.

 

Formerly Dorset Street, looking west from Commercial St. The approximate location of Miller's Court is indicated by the arrow. In the background can be seen the Providence Row Night Refuge and Convent where Mary Kelly stayed at one time.

 

Panorama of the Dorset Street location. This one has a rather severe distortion... the road is actually straight.

 

The entrance to Batty Street looking south. This was taken from the end of Greenfield Rd.

 

Another shot of Batty Street, this time looking north. The Lipski murder took place in the building with the white front, and I think the "Lodger" location is just out of the frame to the left.

 

Brick Lane looking south. This was taken just south of Hanbury Street.

 

Christchurch on Commercial St, with the Ten Bells Pub to the left.

 

This is Fashion Street, which still retains some of its old character. Looking west from Brick Lane.

 

Fournier Street looking west. This street is one of the few that is somewhat original to the period... ie. the old buildings are still there.

 

Another shot of Fournier Street, this time looking east from Commercial Street. The Ten Bells is at the left. One can almost imagine what is was like in 1888... the dark, gaslit, foggy streets.

 

Greenfield Rd looking north. This street has none of the old buildings still standing. It was on this street (at #16) that Morris Lubnowski lived with his wife Matilda (nee Kosminski) and their children. It is also likely that Aaron Kosminski lived at the same address for some time.

 

This is the old Whitechapel Bell Foundry on the corner of Plummer's Row... Whitechapel Road is in the Background. It is probably somewhere near here that the Ripper encountered Polly Nichols staggering drunk down the road. Just to the rear of these buildings was Sion Square, where Aaron Kosminski lived.

 

Sion Square, which no longer exists, was located here... now a parking lot. It was here that Aaron Kosminski lived with Woolf and Betsy Abrahams. Anyone who knows my theory will know that I strongly suspect Kosminski was the Ripper. Thus I present this photo: is this where Jack the Ripper lived?

 

Another shot of the former Sion Square location.

 

All over London, you see historic plaques that say so-and-so lived here, Charles Dickens lived here, etc. I took the liberty of writing "Jack the Ripper lived here" on this wall, just where the arrow is pointing. My addition to London's sites of historic interest.

 

OK, this is Winthrop Street, near the Polly Nichols site, looking west. This is no longer really a street, it is more-or-less a driveway to some sort of parking lot or something.

 

Spitalfields Market, just across from the Ten Bells on Commercial St. The building was constructed in 1887. When I went inside I found it to be a rather vibrant market, sort of a flea market, with booths selling used clothes, art, food, trinkets, etc. It was pretty cool.

 

The Ten Bells again, with Christchurch in the background.

 

This is the interior of the Ten Bells. I spoke with a guy there who told me that they decided to no longer cater to the "Ripper Tours" crowd, and now it is a different sort of atmosphere... sort of a hip, artsy hang-out spot. He also told me the whole area is now very hip and expensive place to live. They were playing the Rolling Stones Under My Thumb when I took this photo.

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