Hitchcock Chronology: 1900s

Sometime around 1907, the Hitchcock family moves from Leytonstone to a fishmongery at 175 Salmon Lane, Limehouse, Stepney, London E14. William Hitchcock also takes over a fish frying shop at 130 Salmon Lane, running both shops until his death in 1914.

1904

• William Hitchcock appears listed in the London Telephone Directory for the first time, as a greengrocer living at 517 Leytonstone High Road, and contactable on telephone number Wanstead 569.

1905

July

• The Strand magazine publishes an article about the Limehouse district of London, describing Salmon Lane as the "great market street of the district, which is densely packed from end to end with a Saturday marketing crowd. Here are soldiers and sailors in plenty, a few Lascars and Chinamen, Irish hawkers, and a sprinkling of foreign Jews."

1906

• The July 1906 London Telephone Directory is the final time William Hitchcock and family are listed as living at 517 Leytonstone High Road.

December

• 1st - The first electric tram service runs through Leytonstone.

1907

• It is likely the Hitchcocks moved from 517 Leytonstone High Road to 175 Salmon Lane during 1907.

1908

• The July 1908 London Telephone Directory lists the Hitchcock family as now residing at 175 Salmon Lane, Limehouse, and contactable on telephone number East 3332.
• In later years, Hitchcock would recall seeing A Ride on a Runaway Train (produced by Lyman H. Howe) during the summer of 1908 at the local picture palace cinema.

Notes & References

Hitchcock Chronology
1890s	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
1900s	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
1910s	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
1920s	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1930s	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940s	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1950s	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960s	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970s	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000s	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2010s	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
months	-	-	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	-	-
months	-	-	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	-	-