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For other places with the same name, see Stepney (disambiguation).
Stepney
Stepney (Greater London)
Stepney

Stepney shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ355814
London borough Tower Hamlets
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district E1
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Bethnal Green and Bow
London Assembly City and East
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°30′55″N 0°02′46″W / 51.5152, -0.0462

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The area consists of mostly post-war high density housing and a few streets of terraced housing that were not demolished during the slum-clearances.

Commercial Road, part of the A13, passes through the area east to west. Commercial Road (part of the A13) 2 miles (325km in length is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is served by Stepney Green tube station which takes its name from the open space Stepney Green. Stepney Green is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines located on the junction of Globe Road and Mile End Road in Stepney Green is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines located on the junction of Globe Road and Mile End Road in

The area has not yet experienced the levels of gentrification seen in nearby Bow, Wapping and Limehouse but some redevelopment has taken place, notably with the Roger Black scheme Stepney City. Wapping (pronounced 'Wopping' is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff


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History

St Dunstan's Church, Stepney
St Dunstan's Church, Stepney

In 1085 Stepney was listed in the Domesday Book survey of England which was recorded in Old French, and whose translation includes:

III. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium The land of the Bishop of London
In 'Ossulstone' hundred the Bishop of London holds Stepney 32 hides. The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to " Geld " or land tax in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries There is land for 25 ploughs. To the demesne belong 14 hides, and there are 3 ploughs; and 22 ploughs among the villeins. In the Feudal system demesne (also spelled desmesne pronounced /dəmeɪn/ or /dəmiːn/; via Old French demeine from Latin dominium) was all the land There are 44 villans each on 1 virgate, and 7 villans each on half a hide, and 9 villeins each on half a virgate, and 46 cottars on 1 hide: they pay 30s a year. There are 4 mills rendering £4. 16s less 4d, meadow for 25 ploughs, pasture for the livestock of the vill and 15s, woodland for 500 pigs and 40s. In all it is worth £48: and when received, the same: £50. This manor belonged and belongs to the bishopric.
Bishop William held this land in demesne, in the manor of Stepney, on the day on which King Edward was alive and dead.
In the same vill Ranulph Flambard holds 3½ hides of the bishop. Ranulf Flambard, also known as Ralph Flambard or Ranulph Flambard and sometimes Ranulf Passiflamme, (c [1]

St Dunstan's is Stepney's oldest church, founded in 923, but the present building dates principally from the 1400s. Located in Stepney High Street St Dunstan's Stepney is an Anglican Church which stands on a site which has been used for Christian worship for St Dunstan's has a long association with the sea, being responsible for registration of British maritime births, deaths and marriages until the 19th century. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar

In the early 1900s, Stepney was one of the most Jewish neighborhoods in England; it was eventually replaced by Stamford Hill. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Stamford Hill is a place in the north of the London Borough of Hackney, England near the border with Haringey. [2]

The Siege of Sidney Street took place in Stepney in 1911. The Siege of Sidney Street, popularly known as the "Battle of Stepney", was a notorious gunfight in London's East End in 1911

Education

For details of education in Stepney see the List of schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Nearest stations

Notable residents

Notable fictional appearances

The BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart was set in Stepney. Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC Sitcom that ran for six series between 1993 and 1999

The Rolling Stones' song "Play with Fire" references Stepney: "Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore. Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. "

In Blackadder II Episode 6, Lord Percy explains the disappearance of his Uncle Bertram's old oak table thus: "'twas on the night of the great Stepney fire. Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments And on that same, terrible night, his house and all his other things completely vanished too. So did he, in fact. It was a most perplexing mystery. "

In the film Help!, Alfie Bass has a cameo where he portrays a doorman of an Indian restaurant. Help! is a 1965 film starring The Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Alfred Bass (born Abraham Basalinksy; 8 April 1921 &ndash 15 July 1987 was an English Actor. When Ringo Starr discovers Alfie Bass is not an actual Indian, he exclaims "He's from the West!" Bass replies "Nah, east. Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor . . Stepney. "

The English Nursery Rhyme Oranges and Lemons refers to the ". Oranges and Lemons is an English Nursery rhyme which refers to the bells of several churches all within or close to the City of London. . . bells of Stepney. "

In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, set in England, he writes about rocket bombs killing many people: "One fell on a crowded film theater in Stepney, burying several hundred victims among the ruins. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel " This is in Chapter 5, Part 2.

See also

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References

  1. ^ Domesday Book - A Complete Translation Folio 127V: MIDDLESEX. Penguin Books. Nov 2002. ISBN 0-14-100523-8
  2. ^ Kosher in the country The Economist 01 Jun 2006 accessed 14 August 2007
  3. ^ Dec O'Connor at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Steven Berkoff: The real East Enders The Independent 04 Jan 2007 accessed 10 May 2007
  5. ^ small faces the young mods' forgotten story Acid Jazz ISBN0952393506 p. The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. 58
  6. ^ The hoppers of Kent (BBC Kent) accessed 21 Dec 2007
  7. ^ Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine (vol 18 of The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
  8. ^ Stepney Episcopal Areaaccessed 10 May 2007
  9. ^ Martin Hinds and El Said-Badawi, A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic. We know how exciting this is but WPTHOMAS/FAQ explains WikiProject Thomas' Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, ( 15 June 1911 &ndash 21 March 1997) better known as the Reverend W Beirut: Librarie du Liban, 1986
  10. ^ BBC Wales Bio of Walter Daies accessed 10 May 2007
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