St Dunstan's and Stepney Green Ward), This page was last edited on 30 December 2020, at 12:45. The ancient parish included the hamlets of Mile End Old Town, Mile End New 25) An inquiry in 1324 on Other factors included the development of London's docks and railways, combined with slum clearance, which pushed the displaced poor and various immigrants looking for work into cheap housing being built in the area. 4) but on the There were over 100 serfs, split between villeins who ploughed the land, and cottars who assisted the villeins in return for a hut or cottage. 14) The those of fields or estates, apart possibly from the line along Back Church Lane, Town, and Ratcliff, which remained part of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, and the 33), More permanent solutions were found in the 16th century: after the whole of Local residents, schools, churches and community groups were consulted and wasteland left after a World War II bomb destroyed the Stepney Congregational Church in 1941 was secured for the farm's use. [40], Jewish Care was created in 1990 by the merger of two previous charities to care for the community needs cost-effectively. Stepney covered almost all the area between the suburbs of the City of London and the river Lea, the eastern boundary of Middlesex, until the early 14th century when the first of several daughter parishes was created. [22] The Jewish Encyclopedia[23] says "Montefiore was associated with many philanthropic movements, especially with the movement for women's emancipation." The origins of the Manor are not known, but its large size, relatively rich soils and position adjacent to the walls of London have led to suggestions that the manor was the foundation grant of land made to the Bishop of London to support the creation of the new diocese of London (the East Saxon see) at the time of the establishment of St Paul's Cathedral in 604 AD.[8]. Brief History of Stepney, England. 28) In 1429 ordinances were to be made for The Stepney family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. stretches suggest that its course had already been modified. Although a 16th-century plan shows it running from East Smithfield, it was more Stepney formed a large Ancient Parish in the Tower division of the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex; bounded by Bromley (almost certainly part of Stepney until the Reformation) and West Ham to the east, the River Thames to the south, Shoreditch and Hackney (after its probable early split from Stepney) to the north and the City of London and the Liberties of the Tower of London to the west. History of Stepney, CT. Stepney, CT. The bells of the church, cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, appear in the nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons, "When will that be? By the time … (fn. This maritime association is remembered in the old rhyme: "He who sails on the wide sea, is a parishioner of Stepney", The rapid growth in population meant that over time the parish was broken up. The proto-parish of Stepney will therefore have covered the same area as the manor. [8], The ecclesiastic system of copyhold, whereby land was leased to tenants for terms as short as seven years, prevailed throughout the manor. well, by the site of St. Paul's Shadwell, and was still known to residents in 1684. [29], The Lord-Lieutenant Ken Olisa is Her Majesty's representative for Greater London, including Stepney. Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Stepney. parish with the associated activities and docks, Stepney was also closely involved in London's [57], An automatic air monitoring site in nearby Mile End recorded a 2017 annual average of 48 μg/m3. The area of Stepney has had no local government definition since 1965, but is used to refer to the whole former parish and also to a relatively small area within it. [12], The earliest record of the Bishop's Manor house is for Bishopswood (later known as Bonner Hall) in 1207, this was sited in the Bethnal Green area. STEPNEY. (fn. ), Mile End New Town (42 a. bank may even have been farther north, possibly as far as Cable Street. (fn. 1900-1902 … The entertainer Des O'Connor was born in Stepney,[58] as were actors Steven Berkoff,[59] Terence Stamp and Craig Fairbrass, playwright Arnold Wesker, gardener and television presenter Rachel De Thame, television executive, presenter and former BBC1 and BBC2 controller Alan Yentob, artist Frank Paton, drummer Kenney Jones, musician and writer Jah Wobble,[60] singer/record producer Kenny Lynch and his sister, also a singer, Maxine Daniels, also singer Charles Coborn. top of London Clay, the area north-west of a line from the north-west corner of Victoria 3) The Within two years they were able to establish their own theatre in Brick Lane. of John Malte of London by Joan, da. 27), The high tidal range made necessary repeated reclamation work until adequate 6), Stepney's land boundaries were not natural: that with Bromley followed the The early history of East London . Stepney Green, Tower Hamlets A station, road and park located in north-central Stepney. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11, Stepney, Bethnal Green. where the Crash mills stood, but by the 16th century it included a narrow tongue (fn. [42], Due to the availability of cheap housing, the East End of London and London Borough of Stepney has been home to various immigrants who have contributed to the culture and history of the area, such as the French Huguenots in the 17th century,[43] the Irish in the 18th century,[44] Ashkenazi Jews fleeing pogroms in Eastern Europe towards the end of the 19th century,[45] and the Bangladeshi community settling in the East End from the 1960s onwards. 42), In the 20th century a concealed stream arose at the junction of Devons Road and Weston [51], The district's Senrab Street gave its name to Senrab F.C., a youth team now based in Wanstead Flats and notable for producing many future professional players. the southern end of West India Dock Road, along Poplar High Street, and then to the (fn. It took its current name in 2020. (fn. Stepney grew out of a medieval village called Stepney Green.This was located around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road. In 1965, it was abolished and a newly created London Borough of Tower Hamlets was created, which covered much of the same administrative area. between 1354 and 1381, and five between 1395 and 1407. Many bishops lived in the manor and Dunstan may have done the same. Park to the south-west corner of Bethnal Green parish consists of brickearth, patches without Bishopsgate and St. Botolph without Aldgate respectively; the second also Both the road and its neigh­bouring common land were formerly called Mile End Green. a. with banks and ditches; when they had fallen into disrepair he had granted the marsh through neglect by the freeholder John Harpur, presumably as lord of In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Stepney like this: Stepney .-- par. precinct of the Minoresses' abbey of St. Clare), just north of the Tower, and Old [3] Steb being Saxon and Hede or hyth being stump or timber landing. For over thirty years I have been researching London's eastern parishes in the eighteenth century.Broadly, I am interested in the parishes and hamlets between the north bank of the River Thames and the Whitechapel Road and the Mile End Road. 35), A watercourse, probably rising near Spitalfields, ran south-eastward through walls. A spirit on flame with love for man, The vill included Hackney, and probably at one time also Bromley, a parish created The Lord Lieutenancy is purely an honorary titular position. [30], Stepney is in the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Rushanara Ali of the Labour Party.[31]. 29) The large number of (fn. Stepney gave its name to the vill it is assumed it was a Saxon parochia, (fn. of one Digneley, 1da. This severely limited scope for improvement of the land and new building until the estate was broken up in the 19th century. Whilst at Balliol he became a friend of Oscar Wilde, who after Montefiore's death allegedly proposed to his sister Charlotte.[21]. bor. Part of the boundary and by the late 18th century, when it was known as the Black Ditch, was clearly This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. 30), Flooding in Stepney or Poplar marsh hastened the transition from arable to It is also known as "The Church of the High Seas" due to its traditional maritime connections. Dogs, the land around the Limehouse basin, and the southern parts of St. George-inthe-East and Whitechapel, lying on London Clay or on Woolwich and Reading Beds. Long straight "[24] The memorial fountain has the following poem engraved on its side: "Clear brain and sympathetic heart, The English physician Richard Mead, responsible for advances in understanding transmissible diseases, was born in Stepney. In subsequent centuries daughterparishes were created and the area of the parish of Stepney gradually re… (fn. Limehouse (244 a. Street, in Bromley, and ran erratically southward to cross Poplar High Street and then (fn. 40) Another stream rose in the gravel near Shadwell Footballers Ledley King, Ashley Cole, Mark Lazarus, and Darren Purse were born in Stepney, Heavyweight boxer "Bombardier" Billy Wells and former armed robber, bare-knuckle boxer and businessman Roy Shaw were born in Stepney, as was former British featherweight boxing champion Sammy McCarthy, and sportswriter and author Norman Giller, whilst clergymen John Sentamu, formerly Bishop of Stepney, and Father Richard Wilson, founder of the Hoppers' Hospitals at Five Oak Green, Kent, lived in the borough at one time.[61]. Stepney covered almost all the area between the suburbs of the City of London and the river A similar commission was appointed Christ Church, Spitalfields (73 a. From the 1100s, the development and improvement in enforcement of Canon law made it difficult to form new parishes,[10] so Hackney seems likely to have formed a independent parish in the 12th century, with the district remaining a sub-manor of Stepney. 13) The Manor of Stepney was held by the Bishop of London in compensation for his duties in maintaining and garrisoning the Tower of London; the extents of the Manor, and the association with the Tower make it likely that the Tower division, also known as the Tower Hamlets was based on Stepney.[16]. The land for the almshouses was donated by a Captain Henry Mudd and they consist of two rows of cottages either side of a green, with a chapel at the far end of the green. Danny Shea, the first footballer to be transferred for £2,000, was born in Wapping in 1887. end of the Isle of Dogs. Ironically, when the Communists of Stepney enjoyed their finest moment, at the 1945 election, the borough’s most notable local politician, Clement Atlee, entered No.10 as the country’s new Prime Minister. [37], was founded in 1979 by Lynne Bennett; at that time it was called Stepping Stones. London overall has a directly elected executive Mayor of London, currently Sadiq Khan, and the City and East seat in the London Assembly is held by the Labour Party's Unmesh Desai. 1570, the site of the roads called Greenbank and Wapping Wall, and gradual The termination is a well known Saxon word, signifying a haven or wharf. (fn. economy, especially in housing the latter's industries. was named in 1324 after major flooding, and they later became frequent, with nine From 1900 to 1965 the place-name was applied to the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, which in 1965 became the south-west part of the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets which currently administers the area. The parochial jurisdiction devolved from the much larger vill of Stepney belonging Poplar to enter the Thames at Limehouse dock. St. Dunstan and all Saints, Stepney is the earliest church in this part of East London. Lea, the eastern boundary of Middlesex, until the early 14th century when the first of several In 1840 there was 1 Stepney family living in Maryland. [32], Stepney Green developed as a street of residential housing off the Mile End Road in the 15th century, and now refers to the area in north Stepney. summoned to repair their stretches of wall. 23), The marshes provided sites for medieval tidal mills. [38], The Stepney Historical Trust was set up in 1989 to advance the public's education on the history of Stepney and the surrounding areas. The urbanisation of the area was driven by the maritime trades along the river, as well as ribbon development along the Mile End Road. (fn. Hands quick to labour, slow to part, Bishop William held this land in demesne, in the manor of Stepney, on the day on which King Edward was alive and dead. answerable to the manor court. unassarted, probably woodland, and before any man-made features were available. It was usual for one or more manors to form a parish, but the manor of Stepney's great size meant that this was reversed with two parishes (Stepney and Hackney) serving the single manor of Stepney. ), in 1730, and St. Matthew, Bethnal Green (755 a.) 32) Sixteen In the 18th century most London-regis­tered ships sailed from docks in the parish of Stepney, which then took in much of east London’s riverside. The area was common ground and known as Mile End Waste. It was made of rough hewn timber before electricity, telephones, cars, much less the world wide web. [50], Stepney F.C. (fn. The new arrivals took the title Cockney as including them and past that onto their children. The ancient name of Stepney takes its shape and appears in history in the eleventh century around 1080. (fn. Not necessarily in that order. to the bishop of London and covering east, north-east, and part of north London. junction of Butcher Row with White Horse and Cable streets. The History behind Sir John Cass Red Coat School. History of Ship Alley and Princes Square, Stepney, East London. [8] Edward VI passed the land to the Wentworth family, and thence to their descendants, the Earls of Cleveland. ), and Ratcliff (111 a.). The Manors of Stepney and Hackney were linked, until they passed into separate ownership in the 1660s. The world can ill afford to lose men of such deep thought and energetic action. [36], Stepney City Farm is a city farm which provides a number of community services, such as guided tours, workshops and other activities. which may have been the medieval Chapel Street. responsibility for that important highway. weather or exceptionally high tides had left the tenants in need of financial help. The parish includes also the hamlets of Mile-End New Town, Mile-End Old Town, and Ratcliffe. of reclaimed land running eastward between Wapping's medieval river wall and [41], The City Gateway Women Programmes were established to provide opportunities for local women in Stepney to gain independence, grow in confidence and access employment and develop skills in a supportive community environment. b. by 1517, s. of Alexander Harington (d.1539) of Stepney m. (1) by 1554, Audrey (d. by 1559), illegit. John Cass was born on 20th February 1661 in Rosemary Lane, East Smithfield – a site later occupied by the Royal Mint. north-east to south-west, but has not been traced to the Thames. in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney: Mile End The new parish took the western Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. The vicar of St Paul’s then was Fr Joe Williamson, who had achieved considerable local fame as a reformer and crusader against vice, prevalent in the area because of the proximity of the docks. [4] The 2011 UK Census revealed that 47% of the population was Bengali; the highest percentage of Bengalis in Southern England. It is an area of exceptional architectural and historic interest, with a character and appearance worthy of protection and enhancement. Londoners' jurisdiction. 8) By 1320 it had lost c. 211 a. to form the parish Michael was a welfare officer – for Stepney Council, I believe. The parish of Stebbing in Essex also appears to have taken its name from an individual called Stybba. of Sir John Markham of Cotham, Notts., 2s.1 pasture in the 15th century and saw the abandonment of a settlement at the south 19) Deposits since Roman times have The parish lies on the North London and the G.E. ends at a line which runs from the northern half of St. Katharine's docks, north of the 39) was possibly the stream that ran along Nightingale Lane to the Crash 15) There remained three [53][54], The area overall is covered by London Buses services, mostly west–east by the 25, 205, N25, N205 on Mile End Road[55]and 15, 115, 135 and N550 on Commercial Road[56], the 309 and 339 via Ben Johnson Road. An estated house, Stepney Lodge was built in around the end of the 18th century, by 1817 housing had been built along Stepney Lane. He was also influenced by Arnold Toynbee and Benjamin Jowett. da. [28], On 31 July 1987 the Docklands Light Railway, which operated over the old LBR line, commenced operations, with new platforms (platforms 3 and 4) built on the site of the old LBR platforms;[citation needed] at East Stepney which had been renamed Limehouse on 11 May that year. It is based at the Brenner Centre in Raine House. other hand, because of its closeness to London it may have remained part of the According to the Women's rights activist Emily Faithfull in her book "Three Visits to America" published in 1884 Montefiore died "While he was visiting the United States, in order to see for himself what could be learned from the political and social condition of the people, must ever be deplored. 26) supervision and spread the financial burden more widely. Stepney has local councillors from three wards, St Dunstan's, Bethnal Green and Stepney Green. with Shoreditch followed a highway from Shoreditch church to Cambridge Heath; The Domesday Book survey of 1086 gives the name as Stibanhede and says that the land was held by the Bishop of London and was 32 hides large, mainly used for ploughing, meadows, woodland for 500 pigs, and 4 mills. The name was later changed to Stepney Community Trust. Our History Stepney Greencoat School was founded in 1710 by leading community members from the Hamlet of Ratcliff, to educate 110 local children. The Stepney Green Conservation Area was designated in January 1973, covering the area previously known as Mile End Old Town. (fn. (1,679.5 ha. Wapping marsh had been flooded, building was encouraged on top of the wall c. The station passed to London Underground in 1950. were also born in Stepney. The hithe itself is thought to have been at Ratcliff, just under half a mile south of St Dunstans Church. Brokestreet, near the church, by the 14th century. Cambridge Heath Road, passing north of the parish church, and curving round into The ancient name of this place was Stibenhede, Stebenhythe, or Stebunhethe. the area between St. Katharine's marsh and the vill of Shadwell (that is, Walmarsh) followed in 1729, St. Mary, Stratford Bow (565 a. The edge of the gravel formed a steep bank home for generations of immigrants, while farther east it was largely suburban in character. for presentations in the king's courts, as in 1369-70, when landholders were manors. (fn. In the same vill Ranulph Flambard holds 3½ hides of the bishop. 41) A stream Description and History from 1868 Gazetteer STEPNEY, a parish and populous district of the metropolis, in the Tower division of Ossulstone hundred, and borough of the Tower Hamlets, county Middlesex, 2½ miles E. of St. Paul's Cathedral. 7), At its greatest extent Stepney parish covered c. 4,150 a. The urbanisation of the area was driven by the maritime trades along the river, as well as ribbon development along the Mile End Road. embanking and drainage had created much cultivated land: arable adjoined the To the west the City of London's suburban [47] White British people comprise just over a quarter of the ward of St. Dunstan's and Stepney Green. which runs through a valley of alluvium lying over London Clay, which provided an Further All rights reserved. commissions to inspect and repair stretches of riverbank from the City eastward, For many years after construction, the almshouses were in a very rural Mile End. In her 2002 memoir Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth writes a graphic account of 1950s Stepney at the height of its urban decay describing bombsites, condemned buildings, filth, and rampant prostitution. 43). [34], The Stepney Community Trust, a community-led charity with a long history of local action, was set up in 1982 as the St Mary's Centre to respond to the severe housing and social deprivation in the area. Hackney appears to have been an early daughter parish of Stepney; a church at Hackney is first mentioned in 1275 but is likely to have been in place before then. Some Georgian architecture and Victorian era terraced housing survive in patches: for example Arbour Square, the eastern side of Stepney Green, and the streets around Matlock Street. Stepney Green is a remnant of a larger area of Common Land formerly known as Mile End Green. Stepney, a parish and a parliamentary borough in Middlesex. (335.9 ha.) The following extract fr… Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1998. (fn. important area of meadows and grazing. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, the Connexion of the Countess of Huntingdon, Calvinistic Methodists, and Roman Catholics, and three meeting-houses for Independents. The church was dedicated to Dunstan after he was canonised in 1029. [49], Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College is a community school for boys, the curriculum is broad, there is a wide range of extra-curricular activities offered before, during and after school. The western part provided the first English It is situated just north of the medieval village of Stepney, which was clustered around St. Dunstan's Church. included the precinct of St. Katharine by the Tower and East Smithfield. bounds of an estate given with the foundation of St. Leonard's priory, and a small St Dunstan's church is recorded as being founded (or more likely rebuilt[9]) by Dunstan himself in 952, and as the first church in the manor, will have served the whole of that landholding. 12) St. Paul, Shadwell (68 a. including Stratford Bow and Bromley; and Stepney, including all the remaining ), Middlesex, in E. of London and in parl. It is based in the London Dockers Athletic and Social Club[39] and has installed a series of plaques on sites of historic interest. Commer­cial Road lived up to its name by filling with shops and other busi­nesses. Fields, in Whitechapel, and ran south to the Thames at Tower Bridge. (fn. The only other known 20th-century date at which the three achieved separate parochial status is not known: since All the parish, save the western part of Bethnal Green and a patch near the area of meadow on the east side of the Lea lay in Stepney. The brewery building, the Anchor Brewery, was on the north side of Mile End Road, opposite Stepney Green; and is now the site of the Anchor Retail Unit, owned by Henderson Global Investors,[35] though the Brewery Offices still remain on the corner of Mile End Road and Cephas Avenue. Some have taken Stiben, or Steben, for a corruption of Steven. [26], In the early 20th century, Stepney was one of the most Jewish neighbourhoods in England;[27] it was eventually superseded as such by Stamford Hill. He has no political role and holds no office in any political party. 11), STEPNEY AND TOWER HAMLETS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES. [11] The Hamlets were territorial sub-divisions (as opposed to small villages), which ultimately became independent daughter parishes. Tower Hamlets London Borough Council is the local authority and also has a directly elected executive mayor, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs. alluvial belt, joining the alluvium of the Lea valley, includes the whole of the Isle of This free content was digitised by double rekeying. [citation needed]. It merged with the Redcoat Secondary School in 1966 and took the name of Sir John Cass's Foundation and Red Coat School that year. This was about 20% of all the recorded Stepney's in the USA. Montefiore was chief assistant to Samuel Barnett in his work regarding the extension of Oxford University to London, and was secretary of the Tower Hamlets branch of the Society for the Extension of University Teaching. 'S houses independent daughter parishes a corruption of Steven a brewery was founded in 1710 by leading members. 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