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Whitechapel history


Before the 19th century

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Whitechapel High Street is named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary. The church’s earliest known rector was Hugh de Fulbourne in 1329. Around 1338, it became the parish church of St Mary Matfelon. It was severely damaged during the Blitz and demolished in 1952.

19th century

By the 1840s, Whitechapel, along with the enclaves of Wapping, Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Mile End, Limehouse, Bow, Bromley-by-Bow and Poplar, Poplar and Stepney (collectively known today as “the East End”) had evolved into classic “Dickensian” London, with problems of poverty and overcrowding. In 1888 the Metropolitan Police estimated that there were 1,200 prostitutes “of very low class” resident in the district.

20th century

In 1902, Jack London donned ragged clothes and boarded in Whitechapel, detailing his experiences in The People of the Abyss. The Siege of Sidney Street in 1911 was a gunfight between police and military forces, and Latvian revolutionaries. In 1936, the British Union of Fascists led by Oswald Mosley clashed in the East End with anti-fascist demonstrators, including local Jewish, Irish, socialist, anarchist and communist groups.

21st century

Crossrail will call at Whitechapel station on the Elizabeth line. Eastbound services will be split into two branches after leaving the historic station. The historic station is undergoing a massive redevelopment that started in 2010. The Royal London Hospital was closed and re-opened behind the original site in 2012.

  

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