STEPNEY  , an eastern See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, bounded N. by Bethnal See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, E. by See also:

• POPLAR
• POPLAR (Lat. Populus)

Poplar, S. by the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• THAMES

Thames, and W. by the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of London and See also:

• SHOREDITCH

Shoreditch . Pop . (1901), 298,600 . It forms See also:

• PART

part of the " See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East End " of London; the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, indeed, formerly covered practically the whole See also:

• AREA

area so termed . Here are squalid streets and mean houses typical of the poorest class of inhabitants . The thoroughfares of Mile End Road and Whitechapel Road and that of Commercial Road East See also:

• TRAVERSE

traverse the borough from the east and converge near the City boundary, where stood the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Aldgate . In the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north Stepney includes the districts of See also:

• SPITALFIELDS

Spitalfields, Whitechapel and Mile End; and in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Wapping, See also:

• SHADWELL, THOMAS (c. 1642-1692)

Shadwell, Ratcliff and Limehouse . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern districts are occupied by sailors and labourers in the St Katherine and London Docks and the wharves and factories lining the river-See also:

• BANK

bank . The parish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• DUNSTAN, SAINT (924 or 925-g88)

Dunstan, Stepney, is a perpendicular See also:

• BUILDING

building, much restored, containing many monuments and curious See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions . The church of St See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, Limehouse (1730) is by See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• HAWKS, FRANCIS LISTER (1798-1866)

Hawks-See also:

• MOOR

moor . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Spitalfields has an old association with the See also:

• SILK

silk-See also:

• WEAVING

weaving See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in singing birds is also characteristic of this district; and in Ratcliff the well-known naturalist's See also:

• FIRM

firm of Jamrach is situated . In the extreme See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west the borough includes within its See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds the historic See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of London, the Royal See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

Mint and the See also:

• FINE

fine Tower See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge over the Thames .

There is no bridge below this, but the construction of the Rotherhithe See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

Tunnel was authorized in 1900 . The Thames Tunnel is used by the East London railway . Among institutions the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal is the See also:

• PEOPLE

People's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace, Mile End Road, opened by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria in 1887 as a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of intellectual and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical recreation and See also:

• EDUCATION

education . The Drapers' See also:

• COMPANY

Company contributed largely to the cost of erection . See also:

• TOYNBEE, ARNOLD (1852-1883)

Toynbee See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, Commercial See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, was founded in 1884 under the trusteeship of the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

Universities Settlements Association and named after See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold Toynbee (d.1883), a philanthropist who devoted himself to See also:

• WORK

work in this part of London . Other institutions are the London See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, Whitechapel, the East London See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's hospital, the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-quarters of Dr See also:

• BARNARDO, THOMAS JOHN (1845-1905)

Barnardo's Homes, Stepney See also:

• CAUSEWAY

Causeway, and Her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's Hospital for waifs connected therewith; the Stepney training See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of the Society for Promoting See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Know-ledge, and the Spitalfields trade and technical school . There is a See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market in Shadwell, and a See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable market in Spitalfields . Stepney is a See also:

• SUFFRAGAN (Med. Lat. suffraganeus suffragator, one who assists, from suffragari, to vote in favour of, to support)

suffragan bishopric in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of London . The municipal borough comprises the Stepney, Whitechapel, Mile End, Limehouse and St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George divisions of the Tower Hamlets See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary borough, each See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division returning one member . The borough See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council consists of a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 10 aldermen, and 6o councillors . Area, 1765.6 acres . The name appears in Domesday and later as Stevenhethe .

The suffix is thus the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• HYTHE

hythe, a haven; but for the prefix no certain derivation is offered . At Mile End, so called from its distance from the City (Aldgate), the rebels from See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex under the leadership of Wat See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler assembled (1381), and here See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. first met them in parley . See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys records the See also:

• VILLAGE

village as a favourite place of resort .