Professor Miles Ogborn talks about the Trinity Alms Houses, built in 1695 on Mile End Road. These were charitable homes for retired sea captains, and a quiet haven away from the busy Thames docks.
Trinity Almshouses
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Other stops on this audio tour:
Liverpool St Station (0:58 min) • Artillery Passage (2:04 min) • Petticoat Lane (1:37 min) • Jewish Soup Kitchen (1:17 min) • Christ Church Spitalfields (2:20 min) • Huguenot history (2:35 min) • Brick Lane (3:08 min) • Atab ALi Park (2:51 min) • Fulbourne Street (2:17 min) • Mile End Waste (2:44 min) • Genesis Cinema (2:56 min)