Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
| Stepney | |
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 The former Town Hall in Commercial Road |
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 Stepney within the County of London |
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| Area | |
| • 1911/1931 | 1,766 acres (7.15 km2) |
| • 1961 | 1,771 acres (7.17 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1911 | 279,804 |
| • 1931 | 225,238 |
| • 1961 | 92,000 |
| Density | |
| • 1911 | 158/acre |
| • 1931 | 127/acre |
| • 1961 | 52/acre |
| History | |
| • Created | 1900 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Status |
Metropolitan borough (1900—1965) Civil parish (1927—1965) |
| Government | Stepney Borough Council |
| • HQ | 227-233 Commercial Road |
| • Motto | A Magnis Ad Maiora (From great things to greater) |
 Coat of arms of the borough council |
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 Borough seal |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Stepney was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London created in 1900. In 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The borough was formed from thirteen civil parishes and extra-parochial places: Christchurch Spitalfields, Liberty of Norton Folgate (part), Mile End New Town, Mile End Old Town, Old Artillery Ground, Ratcliff, St Anne Limehouse, St Botolph without Aldgate, St George in the East, St John of Wapping, St Mary Whitechapel, St Paul Shadwell and Tower of London.
In 1901 Tower of London was merged with St Botolph without Aldgate. In 1921 Ratcliff, St John of Wapping and St Paul Shadwell were merged with St Anne Limehouse; and Christchurch Spitalfields, Liberty of Norton Folgate, Mile End New Town, Old Artillery Ground and St Botolph without Aldgate were merged with St Mary Whitechapel. In 1927 the remaining four civil parishes were combined into a single civil parish called Stepney, which was conterminous with the metropolitan borough.
Previous to the borough's formation it had been administered by four separate local bodies: Limehouse Board of Works, Whitechapel Board of Works, Mile End Old Town Vestry and St George in the East Vestry.
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