The Great Place

In 1299 a parliament was held at the Great Place and the Magna Carta was ratified by Edward I there at the home of his friend Henry de Waley who was Lord Mayor of London.

The place was called the Great Place and it stood (where White Horse Lane and Salmon Lane join) near St Dunstan's church on Stepney Green. Later Sir Henry Colet lived there.

Sometime during the 17th century the "Great Place" became Spring Gardens Coffee House and in 1780 a pleasure resort, known as Spring Gardens Coffee House existed to the west of Globe Road.