23 Facts About Stepney

Stepney is a district in the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Stepney Green is a remnant of a larger area of Common Land formerly known as Mile End Green.

Stepney'storically, Stepney was a very large manor and Ancient Parish which covered most of what would become the East End.

Hundreds of years the term Stepney referred to the Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney, with the first contemporary record of the Manor around the year 1000.

In 1720 the historian John Strype wrote that Stepney should be esteemed a province rather than a parish, due to its large population, area and the diversity of urban, rural and maritime industries.

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Stepney formed a large Ancient Parish in the Tower division of the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex.

Manor of Stepney was held by the Bishop of London, but the Constable of the Tower of London had important rights and responsibilities in the area.

St Dunstan's has a long association with the sea, with the parish of Stepney being responsible for registration of British maritime births, marriages and deaths until the 19th century.

Stepney's additional responsibility for those born at sea was something of a burden.

From 1819 the rump of Stepney consisted of three hamlets; Mile End New Town, Ratcliffe and Mile End Old Town .

In 1866 the rump civil parish of Stepney came to an end when its three component hamlets became independent civil parishes.

Leonard Montefiore memorial fountain on Stepney Green is named for a young writer and philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore, who at the time of his death in 1879 was known for his philanthropic work in the East End of London.

Stepney enlisted the help of local amateurs, and the Russian Jewish Operatic Company made their debut at the Beaumont Hall, close to Stepney Green tube station.

On 31 July 1987 the Docklands Light Railway, which operated over the old LBR line, commenced operations, with new platforms built on the site of the old LBR platforms; at East Stepney which had been renamed Limehouse on 11 May that year.

Stepney has no political role and holds no office in any political party.

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.

Stepney has local councillors from three wards, St Dunstan's, Bethnal Green and Stepney Green.

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.

Stepney City Farm is a city farm which provides a number of community services, such as guided tours, workshops and other activities.

Stepney All Saints School is a Church of England voluntary aided school that was opened in 1710 by Sir John Cass as the Sir John Cass School.

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.

Stepney F C is a non-league association football team which currently plays in the Tower Hamlets-based Inner London Football League.

Musicians Monty Norman and Lionel Bart, were born in Stepney, as was musician Wiley, widely considered to be the founding father of grime music.