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The parish of Whitechapel formed three of the wards, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, which was created in 1900. The area became an independent parish around 1338. At that time parish areas only had an ecclesiastical (church) function, with parallel civil parishes being formed in the Tudor period.
Jul 5, 2022 · That did not last. Estimates of the population of Whitechapel rise from 23,666 in 1801 to 64,141 in the late 1830s, dramatic growth even by the standards of early nineteenth-century London. It continued up to about 1851 to a measured peak of 79,959, with a density of 220 persons per acre (544 per hectare).
WHITECHAPEL, a parish and a district in Middlesex.The parish lies 1½ mile E of St. Paul's, London: forms all a compact portion of the metropolis; was part of Stepney parish till 1329; is bisected by the main thoroughfare of Whitechapel High-street, and Whitechapel-road; includes Goodmans-Fields, and part of Wellclose-square; enjoys ready access to several r. ...
May 10, 2023 · Whitechapel has been home to Jewish people since the 17th century. In the 19th century, the area became a major centre for Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe. By 1900, Whitechapel was home to over 100,000 Jews, making it the largest Jewish community in the United Kingdom.
Jun 11, 2019 · Whitechapel High Street’s obelisk Contributed by Survey of London on Aug. 26, 2020. A distinctive feature of Whitechapel High Street for sixty years was a stone obelisk. Purchased by ‘the people of Whitechapel’, that is the parish, in 1853, it had been on display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, and is probably identifiable as the ‘granite obelisk and base, 20ft high ...
Apr 14, 2023 · Whitechapel: is it really named after a white chapel? And if so, is it still there? The church as it was before it was rebuilt in the 1870s (from the British Newspaper Archives)
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Historical Description. Whitechapel, a parish and a parliamentary borough in Middlesex. It lies 1¼ mile E from St Paul's, London, and forms a compact, busy, and densely crowded portion of the metropolis. It is crossed by a main road known as Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road, which was formerly part of the road traversed by the ...
