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Whitechapel Highways Act 1721
Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Middlesex, the area formed a civil and ecclesiastical Civil parish, parish after splitting from the ancient parish of Stepney (parish), Stepney in the 14th century. It became part of the County of London in 1889 and Greater London in 1965. Because the area is close to the London Docklands and east of the City of London, it has been a popular place for immigrants and the working class. The area was the centre of the London Jewish community in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Whitechapel, along with the neighbouring district of Spitalfields, were the location of the infamous 11 Whitechapel murders (1888–91), some of which were attributed to the mysterious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. In the latter half of the 20th century, White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethnal Green And Bow (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bethnal Green and Bow is a constituency in Greater London, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Rushanara Ali of the Labour Party. Boundaries Since the 2014 boundary changes, the constituency has contained the following electoral wards: * Weavers, Spitalfields and Banglatown, Whitechapel, St. Peter's, Bethnal Green, Stepney Green, St. Dunstan's, Bow West, Bow East. History of boundaries The 1974–83 constituency comprised the then London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Bethnal Green Central, Bethnal Green East, Bethnal Green North, Bethnal Green South, Bethnal Green West, Bow North, Bow South, Bromley, Holy Trinity and Spitalfields. Between the 1983 and 1997 general elections, the equivalent seat was Bethnal Green and Stepney. The Tower Hamlets wards of Blackwall and Cubitt Town, Bromley-by-Bow, East India and Lansbury, Limehouse, Mile End East, Millwall, St Katherine's and Wapping and Shadwell were before 2010 under the national Bound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
