The Baptist College, Stepney, was opened in

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 is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name was applied to ...

in the East End of London in 1810 by the Particular Baptists. Its buildings included rooms for tutors and students, a refectory, a library and a chapel. The college relocated to larger premises at Holford House in 1856 and became

Regent's Park College Regent's Park College (known colloquially within the university as Regent's) is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles', England, United Kingdom. Founded in 1810, the college move ...

. The only remaining structure is the largely-destroyed Baptist Academical Institution chapel. The building remained until it was damaged during

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; only three parts of the college estate remain.2 The site is currently part of the Stepney City Farm.

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works are taking place there.Structures at King John Street, Stepney Green, London E1 (Stepney College and Stepney Meeting, or Congregational Church)
Museum of London Archaeology Service

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