Editing Stepney (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Stepney Green, Stepney Green Court, E1 - geograph.org.uk - 786319.jpg|Stepney Green, Stepney Green Court|right|thumb]]

The Stepney Green Conservation Area was designated in January 1973, covering the area previously known as [[Mile End Old Town]]. It is a large Conservation Area with an irregular shape that encloses buildings around Mile End Road, Assembly Passage, Louisa Street and Stepney Green itself. It is an area of exceptional architectural and historic interest, with a character and appearance worthy of protection and enhancement. It is situated just north of the medieval village of Stepney, which was clustered around St. Dunstan's Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=c559f8cb-acd0-4ef7-8d69-d201d1ae0d8a&version=-1|title=Archived copy|access-date=2013-07-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316085854/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=c559f8cb-acd0-4ef7-8d69-d201d1ae0d8a&version=-1|archive-date=16 March 2012}}</ref>

Stepney Green developed as a street of residential housing off the [[Mile End Road]] in the 15th century, and now refers to the area in north Stepney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22732|title=Stepney – Communications|publisher=British History Online|access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref name=Conservation>[http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=7773 Stepney Green Conservation Area] towerhamlets.gov.uk</ref> A brewery was founded in 1738 that developed into [[Charrington Brewery|Charrington and Co.]] in 1897. The brewery building, the Anchor Brewery, was on the north side of [[Mile End Road]], opposite Stepney Green; and is now the site of the Anchor Retail Unit, owned by [[Henderson Global Investors]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/3658/index.html|title=Anchor Retail Park – Scheme Overview on Completely Retail|publisher=completelyretail.co.uk|access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref> though the [[Adams House (East London)|Brewery Offices]] still remain on the corner of [[Mile End Road]] and Cephas Avenue.<ref name=Conservation/>

===Nearest places===
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* [[Bethnal Green]]
* [[Limehouse]]
* [[Mile End]]
* [[Shadwell]]
* [[Whitechapel]]
* [[Bow, London|Bow]]
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