Mile End New Town
Mile End New Town is a former hamlet and then civil parish in the East End of London. Its former area is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
History
Following a period of rapid growth it became a hamlet within the large ancient parish of Stepney from 1690,[1] and was split off as a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1841 and civil parish in 1866.[2]
It was grouped into the Whitechapel District in 1855 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1900. The parish was abolished in 1921.[2]
The area was part of the
Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (the post was always filled by the Constable of the Tower of London). The military loyalty to the Tower meant local men served in the Tower garrison and Tower Hamlets Militia, rather than the Middlesex Militia. This arrangement lasted until 1900.[3][4]
Geography
It bordered the parish of
Mile End Old Town
was located some distance to the east, separated from Mile End New Town by the parish of Whitechapel.
The parish occupied an area of 42 acres (170,000 m2) and the population was as follows:[5]
| Year | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 |
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| Population | 10,673 | 11,303 | 13,259 | 11,341 |
References
- ^ "Mile End New Town | British History Online".
- ^ ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, 4th Edition, 1983, Weinreb and Hibbert
- ^ East London Papers, Volume 8, Number 2, The Name 'Tower Hamlets'. M.J. Power, December 1965
- ^ "Mile End New Town CP/Hmlt through time | Population Statistics | Total Population". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
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