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Stepney had a number of well-defined subdivisions which were eventually constituted parishes in their own right. The vestries of these parishes were entrusted with a number of purely local government or "civil" functions such as highway maintenance and relief of the poor. Until 1837, when a number of
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England parishes were identical. By 1890 the ancient parish was divided between 67 Anglican parishes (a number later greatly reduced) which had little relation to the civil boundaries and are not listed here.
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until 1589. It was replaced with a select vestry of 32 members, eight from each of
Ratcliffe, Limehouse, Poplar, and Mile End with Bethnal Green. Elections took place every five years, with the number of members increased to 40.
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Later included reclaimed land between the medieval river wall and the low water mark and known as "Wapping-Whitechapel" to distinguish it from "Wapping-Stepney". This later became the parish of
Wapping in 1694.
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and the suburban expansion of London. This led to the various parts of
Stepney gradually being constituted as separate parishes. The final division of the parish of Stepney took place in 1866.
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Hamlet adjacent to
Spitalfields and Whitechapel. Was detached from the remainder of the parish of Stepney in 1743 by the separation of Bethnal Green.
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The area formerly known as
Wapping-Stepney. The church was begun in 1715 by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. Became a parish in 1729.
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responsible for an area of East London approximating to the ancient parish. The name was revived for local government in 1900 when the
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Chapel of ease built by
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The Mile End area formed the centre of the parish of
Stepney, and included St Dunstan's Church.
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Hamlet of Ratcliff (or Ratcliffe) formed the remaining riverside portion of Stepney
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The area of reclaimed land known as "Wapping-Whitechapel" (see Whitechapel above)
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Chapel of ease of St Mary built in the 14th century. Made a parish in 1719.
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in 1656, became parish church of St Paul Shadwell in 1670.
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St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Quantico, Maryland)
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772:"Ecclesiastical Intelligence".
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539:London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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833:Bills of mortality parishes
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673:The Parish Clerks of London
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332:Whitechapel High Street
249:, and was centred on a
467:St Matthias Old Church
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18:St Dunstan's, Stepney
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410:St Anne's Limehouse
129: • Origin
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328:Colchester
276:Governance
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792:51°30.8′N
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722:19 August
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364:Wapping
255:Dunstan
239:Hackney
225:Origins
209:in the
196:Stepney
121:History
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458:Poplar
306:Notes
251:church
207:parish
172:Status
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