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Hace 4 días · Partly built up in the Middle Ages and great in size, it served many economic functions, with contrasting social conditions, over a long period. A maritime parish with the associated activities and docks, Stepney was also closely involved in London's economy, especially in housing the latter's industries.
Hace 2 días · In the year 1299, a parliament was held by King Edward I. in the house of Henry Walleis, mayor of London, when that monarch confirmed the charter of liberties (fn. 1). The manor. The manor of Stepney (Stibenhede) is stated in the survey of Doomsday to have been parcel of the ancient demesnes of the bishopric of London.
Hace 4 días · STEPNEY c. 1550. The extensive waste known as Mile End green along the Colchester road also acquired prominence, chiefly as an assembly place of Londoners. In 1299 a London carpenter was accused of holding a 'parliament' of carpenters there to oppose a City ordinance.
Hace 2 días · He joined the Independent Labour Party, gave up his legal career, and began lecturing at the London School of Economics; with his work briefly interrupted by service in the First World War. In 1919, he became mayor of Stepney and in 1922 was elected as the Member for Limehouse.
Hace 4 días · Wren and Anglican churches. Before the Great Fire of London in 1666, the City of London had around 100 churches in an area of only one square mile (2.6 km 2).Of the 86 destroyed by the Fire, 51 were rebuilt along with St Paul's Cathedral. The majority have traditionally been regarded as the work of Sir Christopher Wren, but although their rebuilding was entrusted primarily to him, the role of ...
Hace 3 días · Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system ...
Hace 2 días · Stepney 7 day weather forecast including weather warnings, temperature, rain, wind, visibility, humidity and UV
