Metropolitan Borough of Stepney

The Metropolitan Borough of Stepney was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It existed from 1900 to 1965 and was in the eastern part of the former county of County of London.

History

Stepney originated from several previously separate areas in the county of Middlesex. These were the Civil parishes Mile End Old Town and St George in the East and the Limehouse District and the Whitechapel District. In the districts it was management communities following civil parishes and community- free areas:

  • Limehouse District: Limehouse, Ratcliff, Shadwell, Wapping
  • Whitechapel District: Mile End New Town, Liberty of Norton Folgate, Old Artillery Ground, St Botolph without Aldgate, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Liberties of the Tower

All areas were originally in the county of Middlesex and belonged from 1855 to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889, she came to the County of London, eleven years later, they were combined into one metropolitan borough. At the foundation of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Statistics

The area was 1771 acres ( 7.17 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough:

Civil parishes in England Whitechapel District (Metropolis) Liberties of the Tower of London Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough of Poplar Metropolitan Borough of Battersea Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea Metropolitan Borough of Deptford Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury Metropolitan Borough of Fulham Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough of Hackney Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough of Holborn Metropolitan Borough of Islington Metropolitan Borough of Kensington Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough of Paddington Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough of Southwark Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough of Westminster Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Essex Municipal Borough of Acton Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick Municipal Borough of Ealing Municipal Borough of Edmonton Municipal Borough of Enfield Feltham Urban District Friern Barnet Hayes and Harlington Urban District Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth Municipal Borough of Hornsey Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Municipal Borough of Southall Municipal Borough of Southgate Municipal Borough of Tottenham Municipal Borough of Twickenham Municipal Borough of Uxbridge Municipal Borough of Wood Green Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District
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