Wellclose Square lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, between Cable Street to the north and The Highway to the south.
The western edge, now called Ensign Street, was previously called Well Street. The southern edge was called Neptune street. On the north side is Graces Alley, home to Wilton's Music Hall. The centre of the square is occupied by St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School. On the western edge is another primary school.
Read more about Wellclose Square: Early History, A Playwright, Two Mystics and A Poet, Two Scientists, Two Theatres and A Prison, The Billy and Charley Forgeries, The Red Ensign Club, Unreliable References
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