Stepney Registration District

Table 1A: List of Places in Stepney Registration District (1837–1921)

All the areas in Stepney registration district became part of the county of London on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Limehouse	Middlesex	1837	1889	See also Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (c).
Limehouse	London	1889	1921	See also Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (c).
Mile End Old Town	Middlesex	1837	1857	See also Table 2, note (a).
Ratcliff	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.
Ratcliff	London	1889	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.
Shadwell	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.
Shadwell	London	1889	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.
Wapping	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.
Wapping	London	1889	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Limehouse.

Table 1B: List of Places in Stepney Registration District (1926–65)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Limehouse	London	1926	1927	Abolished 1.4.1927 and added to the parish of Stepney. See also Table 2, note (e).
Mile End Old Town	London	1926	1927	Abolished 1.4.1927 and added to the parish of Stepney. See also Table 2, note (f).
St. George in the East	London	1926	1927	Abolished 1.4.1927 and added to the parish of Stepney. See also Table 2, note (g).
Stepney	London	1927	1965	Created 1.4.1927 from the parishes of Mile End Old Town, Whitechapel, St. George in the East and Limehouse. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to the London borough of Tower Hamlets.
Whitechapel	London	1926	1927	Abolished 1.4.1927 and added to the parish of Stepney. See also Table 2, note (h).

Table 1C: List of Places in Stepney Registration District (1965–82)

All the areas in Stepney registration district became part of the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish (* or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Tower Hamlets*	Greater London	1965	1982	That part of the London borough and unparished area which until 1.4.1965 comprised the parish of Stepney. See also Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Stepney Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1857	(a)	Lost the parish of Mile End Old Town to Mile End Old Town registration district.	56602 in 1851
1.4.1901	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Limehouse (which was added to the parish of Poplar on 1.4.1901) to Poplar registration district.	343 in 1901
1.4.1901	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Limehouse (which until 1.4.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Bromley and Poplar) from Poplar registration district.	337 in 1901
1.7.1921 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the parish of Limehouse to Limehouse registration district.	52240 in 1921
1.1.1926 (re-created)	(e)	Gained the parish of Limehouse from Limehouse registration district.	52240 in 1921
	(f)	Gained the parish of Mile End Old Town from Mile End Old Town registration district.	103121 in 1921
	(g)	Gained the parish of St. George in the East to Stepney registration district.	40441 in 1921
	(h)	Gained the parish of Whitechapel from Whitechapel registration district.	53855 in 1921
1.1.1983 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the part in the London borough of Tower Hamlets to Tower Hamlets registration district.	n/a

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STEPNEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT