Narrow Street

[2] A combination of tides and currents made this[citation needed] point on the Thames a natural landfall for ships, the first wharf being completed in 1348.

Lime kilns or oasts ("lymehostes") used in the production of mortar and pottery were built here[citation needed] in the fourteenth century.

Ship chandlers settled here building wooden houses and wharves in the cramped space between street and river.

In 1661, Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary of a visit to a porcelain factory in Narrow Street alighting via Duke Shore Stairs[4][5] while en route to view work on boats being built for herring fishing.

Nicholas Hawksmoors' Church St Anne's Limehouse was designated a conservation area by the London Docklands Development Corporation in the 1980s.

For much of the 20th century the area was dominated by the tall chimney of Stepney Power Station at Blyth Wharf, which has since been demolished.

[7] In the eighteenth century a small group of Chinese sailors from Canton and Southern China settled along the old Limehouse Causeway creating the original London Chinatown.

[10] The late twentieth century brought much development to the area, with the erection of the Canary Wharf tower close by.

Its close proximity to the River Thames has made property prices around Limehouse and the Docklands soar over the last decade.

[11] The street is home to a number of pubs and restaurants, including The Narrow, a gastropub run by Gordon Ramsay.

[16] The National Trail Thames Path for walkers runs along Narrow Street and it is also included in the London Marathon course.