Stepney
Stepney (or Stepney Green) is a district of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The district grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century Mile End Road.
The area built up rapidly in the 19th century. It was mainly for immigrant workers and displaced poor people. It had a reputation for poverty, overcrowding, violence and political dissent.[1] It was severely damaged during the Blitz in World War II. Over one third of the housing was totally destroyed. In the 1960s, slum clearance and development replaced most old residential streets with tower blocks and modern housing estates. Some Georgian architecture and Victorian era terraced housing survive. Examples include Arbour Square, the eastern side of Stepney Green, and the streets around Matlock Street.[1][2]
Stepney Media
A map showing the 1870 boundaries of parishes which had been split from Stepney (excluding Hackney)
Sheet 4 (Mile End, Stepney, Shadwell, Limehouse) from the east half of the- 'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house' RMG K0929
Stepney Area, part of Cross's New Plan Of London, 1853
The former Stepney Town Hall, completed in 1860
Stepney Green, Stepney Green Court, E1 - geograph.org.uk - 786319
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher Hibbert & Ben Weinreb 2000 The London Encyclopaedia, p 877. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 1-4050-4924-3
- ↑ "Hot neighbourhoods: Stepney, E1 – Time Out London". www.timeout.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
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