Henriques Street

Not a big deal as I grew up and spent thirty years of my life just around the corner.

Henriques Street, formerly known as Berner Street, is a narrow street off Commercial Road in the East End of London. Its modest appearance belies a rather interesting history.

On the night of 30 September 1888, prostitute Elizabeth Stride was found dead in Dutfield's Yard off Berner Street. Though the body was not mutilated, the murder is usually attributed to Jack the Ripper, as her body was found the same night as that of Catherine Eddowes, only a few blocks away. It is thought the killer may have been interrupted before mutilating Stride, thus causing him to seek out another victim in a quieter location. A postcard received by the police the next day, before the newspapers carried the story, mentioned a "double event", thus linking the Stride killing to the Ripper.