| DISTRICT | ||
| Cambridge Heath | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Population | ||
| PostCode District | E2, E8 | |
| Borough | Tower Hamlets | |
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| Longditude | {{{longitude}}} | |
Cambridge Heath is an area in East London and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and is considered to be a part of the East End.
Toponymy[]
The earliest written use of the name was to the heath was probably called Centbeorht, which might as easily have been corrupted to Canterbury as Cambridge.[1]
History[]
In the 1200s, the pastureland known today as London Fields was recorded as being as Cambridge Heath and was used by farmers to pasture their livestock before taking them off to Smithfield Meat Market, with Cambridge Heath being one of the last official livestock grazing sites before entering the City of London. Since the mid-16th Century, Cambridge Heath has been referred to as London Fields.[2]
There may have been a settlement on the boundary at Cambridge Heath to give its name to the stretch of Mare Street south of the Triangle which until 1868 was called Cambridge Heath.[3]
James Hoyle and Son, one of London only remaining iron foundry,[4] was established in 1880.[5]