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Former warehouse
Key Words :- warehouse
Address :- Tenter Ground, London, Greater London, E1
Grid Ref :- TQ 33591 81644
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.517928 , Long -0.076024
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Description and History of Site:-
Tenter Ground is named after an open space used by Huguenot weavers from the 17th century to dry silk cloths on frames called tenters. These had hooks to pull cloth tightly so that it dried evenly and without creasing. This gave us the phrase 'on tenterhooks' - very tense and pulled tightly.
The initials TKE up high refer to former owner, the artist Tracey Karima Emin.
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Grid Ref :- TQ 33591 81644
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.517928 , Long -0.076024
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Tenter Ground is named after an open space used by Huguenot weavers from the 17th century to dry silk cloths on frames called tenters. These had hooks to pull cloth tightly so that it dried evenly and without creasing. This gave us the phrase 'on tenterhooks' - very tense and pulled tightly.
The initials TKE up high refer to former owner, the artist Tracey Karima Emin.
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