William Lewin (1747–1795) was an English naturalist and illustrator.
53-461: Lewin grew up in Stepney , the son of a rate mariner. In 1776 he was earning a living as a pattern drawer, and by 1783 was describing himself as a painter. He specialised in natural history subjects. In 1789 he began to issue his The Birds of Great Britain, with Their Eggs, Accurately Figured , which he had been working on for the previous twenty years. It included 323 watercolour sketches of each of
106-570: A World War II bomb destroyed the Stepney Congregational Church in 1941 was secured for the farm's use. The Stepney Historical Trust was set up in 1989 to advance the public's education on the history of Stepney and the surrounding areas. It is based in the London Dockers Athletic and Social Club and has installed a series of plaques on sites of historic interest. Jewish Care was created in 1990 by
159-460: A "bishop for church plants" would go ahead. Ric Thorpe was consecrated bishop suffragan of Islington on 29 September 2015. Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which do not accept the ordination of women as priests) is provided by a fifth suffragan bishop, Jonathan Baker , Bishop of Fulham , who has the same ministry in the Southwark and Rochester dioceses. During
212-571: A lengthy vacancy in that see, alternative episcopal oversight was offered by the then-area Bishop of Edmonton. There are also several retired bishops living in the diocese, some of whom are licensed as honorary assistant bishops : The London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS) has responsibility for 155 Church of England schools within the London diocese, across 18 local authorities. In December 2022, Martin Sargeant, formerly Head of Operations in
265-572: A long history of local action, was set up in 1982 as the St Mary's Centre to respond to the severe housing and social deprivation in the area. The name was later changed to Stepney Community Trust. Stepney City Farm is a city farm which provides a number of community services, such as guided tours, workshops and other activities., was founded in 1979 by Lynne Bennett; at that time it was called Stepping Stones. Local residents, schools, churches and community groups were consulted and wasteland left after
318-574: A part of the Manor of Stepney. The parish church, St Leonard's, Shoreditch , was built on land that was part of the Manor of Stepney. The manor of Hoxton , or a manor called Hoxton, was in Shoreditch, yet in 1352 is recorded as part of the parish of Hackney. It is not clear if or how these links led to the inclusion of the parish of Shoreditch in the Tower Division . The Manor of Stepney
371-755: A troupe of refugee professional actors. He 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 . Within two years they were able to establish their own theatre in Brick Lane . Stepney Green railway station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway , a joint venture between the District Railway and
424-467: 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. Montefiore attended Balliol College, Oxford , where his posthumous memoir reports that he was a devotee of John Ruskin . Whilst at Balliol he became a friend of Oscar Wilde , who after Montefiore's death allegedly proposed to his sister Charlotte. He
477-469: Is an area of exceptional architectural and historic interest, with a character and appearance worthy of protection and enhancement. It is situated just north of the medieval village of Stepney, which was clustered around St. Dunstan's Church. 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. A brewery
530-513: Is not known whether this naming came from the Jewish widow of the London merchant, who made his living selling war salvage, or from a later resident, the military surgeon Edward Lee. It was home to a variety of small businesses including a bookmaker and a printer, before being occupied in 1910 by the Union of Stepney Ratepayers. The Leonard Montefiore memorial fountain on Stepney Green is named for
583-539: Is thought to be much older, with varying estimates in the post-Norman medieval period. These arrangements evolved into the creation of the Tower Division, also known as the Tower Hamlets . The manor was unusual in practising the gavelkind method of inheritance, a custom largely limited to Kent . 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
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#1732772317970636-470: Is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name was applied to a much larger manor and parish. Stepney Green is a remnant of a larger area of Common Land formerly known as Mile End Green. The area was built up rapidly during the 19th century, mainly to accommodate immigrant workers and poor families displaced from London. It developed a reputation for poverty, overcrowding, violence and political dissent. It
689-697: The Church of England 's Province of Canterbury in England . It lies directly north of the Thames, covering 177 square miles (460 km ) and all or part of 17 London boroughs. This corresponds almost exactly to the historic county of Middlesex . It includes the City of London in which lies its cathedral, St Paul's , and also encompasses Spelthorne which is currently administered by Surrey . It encompasses most of that part of Greater London which lies north of
742-484: The East End of London , the contracted area now known as Stepney was sparsely populated until the 19th century, with a population focussed on scattered farms and small hamlets. The urbanisation of the area was driven by the maritime trades along the river, as well as ribbon development along the Mile End Road . Other factors included the development of London's docks and railways, combined with slum clearance, which pushed
795-703: The House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Rushanara Ali of the Labour Party . London overall has a directly elected executive Mayor of London , currently Sadiq Khan , and the City and East seat in the London Assembly is held by the Labour Party's Unmesh Desai . Tower Hamlets London Borough Council is the local authority and also has a directly elected executive mayor,
848-599: The London Chest Hospital . Edward VI passed Stepney to the Wentworth family, and thence to their descendant, the Earl of Cleveland . The Manors of Stepney and Hackney were linked, until they passed into separate ownership in the 1660s. The system of copyhold , whereby land was leased to tenants for terms as short as seven years, prevailed throughout the manor. This severely limited scope for improvement of
901-585: The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway . The station passed to London Underground in 1950. In the early 20th century, Stepney was one of the most Jewish neighbourhoods in England; it was eventually superseded as such by Stamford Hill . On 31 July 1987 the Docklands Light Railway , which operated over the old LBR line, commenced operations, with new platforms (platforms 3 and 4) built on
954-533: The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs . Stepney has local councillors from three wards, St Dunstan's, Bethnal Green and Stepney Green. The Stepney Green Conservation Area was designated in January 1973, covering the area previously known as Mile End Old Town. It is a large Conservation Area with an irregular shape that encloses buildings around Mile End Road, Assembly Passage, Louisa Street and Stepney Green itself. It
1007-741: The River Thames and west of the River Lea . The diocese covered all of Essex until 1846 when Essex became part of the Diocese of Rochester , after which St Albans and since 1914 forms the Diocese of Chelmsford . It also formerly took in southern and eastern parts of Hertfordshire. The Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales (1835), noted
1060-424: The 12th century, with the district remaining a sub-manor of Stepney. It was usual for one or more manors to form a parish, but the manor of Stepney's great size meant that this was reversed with two parishes (Stepney and Hackney ) serving the single manor of Stepney. For local government purposes, the parish sub-divided into Hamlets . The Domesday Book survey of 1086 gives the name as Stibanhede and says that
1113-459: The 19th century. From the Tudor era onwards, the parish-level was responsible for mitigating the poverty of people born in the area. Stepney's additional responsibility for those born at sea was something of a burden. This maritime association is remembered in the old rhyme: "He who sails on the wide sea, is a parishioner of Stepney" The rapid growth in population meant that over time the parish
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#17327723179701166-401: The 271 of birds and 52 plates of eggs, all which he hand-painted himself for the 60 copy first edition, a total of 19,380 individual paintings. Assisted by his three sons, he immediately began work on a second edition which was issued in parts from 1793 to 1801. The Second Edition, of 150 copies, was produced using copper plates onto which Lewin directly scribed the images which were not copies of
1219-643: The First Edition work, but entirely new and very much more detailed. Lewin died suddenly in 1795 having completed only the first 103 copper-plates himself. His sons (Thomas, Thomas William and John William ) completed the remaining plates (104-336) after Lewin's death. In 1791 his friend John Latham sponsored Lewin's membership of the Linnean Society . Lewin also produced a volume on butterflies, "The papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature, with
1272-594: The High Seas" due to its traditional maritime connections. In 1720 the historian John Strype wrote that Stepney (together with its daughter parishes) should be esteemed a province rather than a parish, due to its large population, area and the diversity of urban, rural and maritime industries. Stepney formed a large Ancient Parish in the Tower division of the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex . The parish included
1325-458: The London boroughs of Hackney , Islington and Tower Hamlets , and has its own suffragan bishop . The area of Stepney has had no local government definition since 1965, but is used to refer to the whole former parish and also to a relatively small area within it. For hundreds of years the term Stepney referred to the Manor and Ancient Parish of Stepney, with the first contemporary record of
1378-563: The Manor around the year 1000. The Manor covered an area stretching from the eastern edge of the City of London to the Lea and from Stamford Hill down to the Thames ; in this way covering an area equivalent to the modern borough of Tower Hamlets , as well as the district of Hackney (in the wider modern borough of the same name). The origins of the Manor (and Vill ) are not known, but its large size, relatively rich soils and position so close to
1431-800: The Women's rights activist Emily Faithfull in her book "Three Visits to America" published in 1884 Montefiore died " While he was visiting the United States, in order to see for himself what could be learned from the political and social condition of the people, must ever be deplored. The world can ill afford to lose men of such deep thought and energetic action. " The memorial fountain has the following poem engraved on its side: "Clear brain and sympathetic heart, A spirit on flame with love for man, Hands quick to labour, slow to part, If any good since time began, A soul can fashion such souls can." In 1883, Jacob P. Adler arrived in London with
1484-628: The annual net income for the London see was £13,929. This made it the third wealthiest diocese in England after Canterbury and Durham . Following the huge growth of the metropolis and its population in the 19th century, successive Bishops of London successfully campaigned for the appointment of several suffragan bishops to assist them in the care of the northern half of what became the County of London and later Greater London. A system of assigning "districts" to these suffragans evolved into an experimental area scheme in 1970. An archbishop's commission on
1537-493: The church, cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry , appear in the nursery rhyme , Oranges and Lemons " 'When will that be'? say the bells of Stepney" The church is known as "The Mother Church of the East End " as the very large parish covered most of what would become inner East London, before population growth led to the creation of a large number of daughter parishes. It is also known as "The Church of
1590-429: The civil and ecclesiastical boundaries differed from that point on. By 1890 the ancient parish was divided between 67 ecclesiastical parishes (a number later greatly reduced) which had little relation to the civil parish boundaries. In 1866 the rump civil parish of Stepney came to an end when its three component hamlets (Mile End New Town, Ratcliff and Mile End Old Town) became independent civil parishes. As with most of
1643-478: The diocesan arrangements in Greater London was established in 1975 and chaired by Edmund Compton ; its report considered but did not recommend forming all Greater London into an ecclesiastical province . Since the formal institution of the London area scheme (the first of its kind) in 1979, the diocese has been divided into five episcopal areas, each of which is the particular responsibility of one of
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1696-478: The diocese's suffragan bishops . It is further divided into archdeaconries and deaneries, as shown below. ( Bishop of London ) (area Bishop of Edmonton ) (area Bishop of Kensington ) (area Bishop of Stepney ) (area Bishop of Willesden ) Under the London area scheme the diocesan bishop, the Bishop of London retains oversight of the two cities of London and Westminster while
1749-708: The displaced poor and various immigrants looking for work into cheap housing being built in the area. The Trinity Green Almshouses were built in 1695 to provide housing for retired sailors. They are the oldest almshouses in Central London . Malplaquet House is named after the Battle of Malplaquet , one of the main battles of the War of the Spanish Succession , which took place in France in 1709. However, it
1802-452: The four area bishops have responsibility in their own episcopal areas. The suffragan see of Stepney was created in 1895, Kensington in 1901, Willesden in 1911 and Edmonton in 1970. The suffragan see of Marlborough existed from 1888 to 1918. On 1 May 2015, it was announced that Richard Chartres ' (then-Bishop of London) proposal to take the See of Islington out of abeyance for the appointment of
1855-468: The hamlets of Mile End Old Town , Mile End New Town , Ratcliff , Wapping-Stepney , Bow , Shadwell , Bethnal Green , Limehouse and Poplar . The Hamlets were territorial sub-divisions (as opposed to small villages), which ultimately became independent daughter parishes. The origin of the neighbouring parish of Shoreditch is obscure, but it primarily served the manors of Hoxton and Haggerston , both manors recorded at Domesday in 1086, together with
1908-463: The individual watercolors, most of which have, as a consequence, been lost or destroyed. The Second Edition has also suffered in this way and complete copies are now also extremely rare with less than 30 known complete examples remaining. Stepney Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London . Stepney is no longer officially defined, and
1961-436: The land and new building until the estate was broken up in the 19th century. St Dunstan's Church was founded (or rebuilt) around 952, by St Dunstan himself when he was Bishop of London , and therefore also Lord of the Manor of Stepney. Many bishops lived in the manor and Dunstan may have done the same. The church was dedicated to Dunstan after he was canonised in 1029, making him the patron saint of Stepney. The bells of
2014-450: The land was held by the Bishop of London and was 32 hides large, mainly used for ploughing, meadows, woodland for 500 pigs, and 4 mills. The survey recorded 183 households; 74 of villeins who ploughed the land, 57 of cottars who assisted the villeins in return for a hut or cottage and 52 of bordars. This is estimated to have given the manor a total population of around a thousand people. Bishop William held this land in demesne , in
2067-455: The manor of Stepney, on the day on which King Edward was alive and dead. In the same vill Ranulph Flambard holds 3½ hides of the bishop. The Bishop of London held many other estates around London, and one of them, heavily wooded Hornsey, was attached to Stepney as a remote exclave for a time (it was common practice for wooded exclaves to be attached to more intensely farmed and densely populated estates in that period). The sub-manor of Hornsey
2120-497: The manor, will have served the whole of that landholding. The proto-parish of Stepney will therefore have covered the same area as the manor. Hackney appears to have been an early daughter parish of Stepney; a church at Hackney is first mentioned in 1275 but is likely to have been in place before then. From the 1100s, the development and improvement in enforcement of Canon law made it difficult to form new parishes, so Hackney seems likely to have formed an independent parish in
2173-612: The merger of two previous charities to care for the community needs cost-effectively. It is based at the Brenner Centre in Raine House. The City Gateway Women Programmes were established to provide opportunities for local women in Stepney to gain independence, grow in confidence and access employment and develop skills in a supportive community environment. Diocese of London The Diocese of London forms part of
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2226-412: The natural history of each species, from a close application to the subject, and observations made in different countries of this kingdom; as well as from breeding numbers from the egg, or caterpillar, during the last thirty years", in 1795. Lewin was buried at Edmonton on 10 December 1795. The First Edition of Birds of Great Britain and their Eggs almost immediately suffered from being broken-up for
2279-484: The place name is from around 1000 AD as Stybbanhyð , "Stybba's hyð"; hyð developed into hithe (meaning landing-place) in modern English, so "Stybba's landing-place". The parish of Stebbing in Essex also appears to have taken its name from an individual called Stybba. The hithe itself is thought to have been at Ratcliff , just under one-half mile (800 metres) south of St Dunstan's Church . Historically, Stepney
2332-428: The site of the old LBR platforms; at Stepney East which had been renamed Limehouse on 11 May that year. The Lord-Lieutenant Ken Olisa is His Majesty 's representative for Greater London, including Stepney. He has no political role and holds no office in any political party. The Lord Lieutenancy is purely an honorary titular position. Stepney is in the constituency of Bethnal Green and Stepney , represented in
2385-513: The walls of London have led to suggestions that the manor was the foundation grant of land made to the Bishop of London to support the creation of the new diocese of London (the East Saxon see ) at the time of the establishment of St Paul's Cathedral in 604 AD. St Dunstan's church is recorded as being founded (or more likely rebuilt ) by Dunstan himself in 952, and as the first church in
2438-545: Was a very large manor and Ancient Parish which covered most of what would become the East End . From 1900 to 1965 the place-name was applied to the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney , which in 1965 became the south-west part of the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets which currently administers the area. There is currently a Stepney episcopal area in the Anglican Diocese of London , which covers
2491-726: Was also influenced by Arnold Toynbee and Benjamin Jowett . Montefiore was chief assistant to Samuel Barnett in his work regarding the extension of Oxford University to London, and was secretary of the Tower Hamlets branch of the Society for the Extension of University Teaching. The Jewish Encyclopedia says "Montefiore was associated with many philanthropic movements, especially with the movement for women's emancipation." Montefiore died at Newport, Rhode Island, aged 27. According to
2544-457: Was broken up. Hackney is thought to have become independent in the 12th century, Whitechapel in the 14th and Bromley in the 16th. Some sub-divisions for instance those that form Bethnal Green , Bow and Poplar are known to have been based on pre-existing hamlets forming new daughter parishes. Such parish divisions were unusual and required an act of Parliament. From 1819 the rump of Stepney consisted of three hamlets; Mile End New Town (which
2597-483: Was detached from the rest), Ratcliffe and Mile End Old Town (which included St Dunstan's church). This residual parish was 830 acres (340 ha) in extent. Until 1837, the boundaries of English civil and Church of England ecclesiastical boundaries were identical, but after that the Church of England sub-divided its parishes to suit local needs and circumstances, especially in densely populated areas such as Stepney, and
2650-617: Was founded in 1738 that developed into Charrington and Co. in 1897. The brewery building, the Anchor Brewery, was on the north side of Mile End Road , opposite Stepney Green; and is now the site of the Anchor Retail Unit, owned by Henderson Global Investors , though the Brewery Offices still remain on the corner of Mile End Road and Cephas Avenue. The Stepney Community Trust, a community-led charity with
2703-536: Was held by the Bishop of London, but the Constable of the Tower of London had important rights and responsibilities in the area. The Constable had responsibilities for the Thames below the Tower and for the care of parts of the Lea . In return the people of the area helped garrison the Tower. The early origin of these arrangements is obscure and the first surviving record of the military obligation dates from 1554, but
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#17327723179702756-493: Was not part of the original territory of Stepney but was subsequently attached as an administrative convenience, and detached once more around the late 13th century. The earliest record of the district's Manor house, is from 1207, but the Bishop may have had a home in the Manor long before. The house was first known as Bishopswood, and later Bishops Hall or Bonner Hall , and was on a site in Bethnal Green later occupied by
2809-477: Was severely damaged during the Blitz , with over a third of housing destroyed; and then, in the 1960s, slum clearance and development replaced most residential streets with tower blocks and modern housing estates. Some Georgian architecture and Victorian era terraced housing remain such as Arbour Square , the eastern side of Stepney Green, and the streets around Matlock Street. The first surviving record of
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