HOPTON STREET, HOLLAND STREET, BANKSIDE.

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1957

2016

61 HOPTON STREET, 1949.

Hopton's Alms-houses, Hopton Street, give a glimpse into life on Bankside over 250 years ago.
The alms-houses were built in 1752 with money left for this purpose by Charles Hopton. 26 poor men were selected to live in the alms-houses who also received £6 per annum, which increased to 21s 8d per month, together with a cauldron of coals
The cottages have been continuously occupied and after modernisation in 1988, and further renovation in 2013, 20 1-bedroomed units have been available for Southwark residents over 60 who have lived in the borough for at least three years
Hopton’s Alms-houses are managed by the United St Saviour’s Charity, a long-established charity that has its roots in the 16th century.

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Hopton Street,1932 (left) 2004 (right) still there in 2019.

Hopton Street School, c1943. >>>>>>

The 1977 view shows two dominant activities. In the background is Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's Bankside Power Station, built in 1957 to 1960 on the site of an earlier station, and before that a gas works, now the Tate Modern.

1977.

Hopton Street (Left)Holland Street (right) 2020,same location as the 1977 picture. Holland Street now ends just to the right.

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This part of Holland Street is now Hopton Street.
Epps & Co was the largest cocoa powder producer in Britain by 1878, with an output of nearly five million pounds (2.3 million kg) a year. To accommodate increasing production, a new steam-powered works was established at Holland Street, Blackfriars from 1878. At its peak, the firm processed half of all cocoa imports into Britain.

On the far right you can see the Hopton's Alms-house. Pictures above.

Hopton Street 2020, this is all that is left of the Epps’s Cocoa Building.

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Sennet Bros, Castle Yard Factory, Holland St, Southwark, 1978.The official address of the company, liquidated in 1963 was in Hopton St.

HATTERS FURRIERS & SKIN MERCHANTS.

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This (eastern) part of Hopton Street was renamed in the 1980s to Holland Street. The buildings were demolished c.1978.

Hopton Street SE1. Renny's Dining Rooms at no. 41 on the corner with Castle Yard c.1976.

Hopton Street behind 2020, Holland Street left, Castle Yard right. Cafe was on the corner where the signs are.

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I think this was called Falcon Glass.

Hopton Street, c1840.

Hopton Street, Southwark, Glass Manufacture.