Editing Stepney (section)

===Changing scope===
Historically, Stepney was a very large [[Lord of the manor|manor]] and [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|Ancient Parish]] which covered most of what would become the [[East End]]. From 1900 to 1965 the place-name was applied to the [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney]], which in 1965 became the south-west part of the new [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]] which currently administers the area.<ref name=London/>
There is currently a Stepney episcopal area in the Anglican [[Diocese of London]], which covers the London boroughs of [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]] and [[Tower Hamlets]], and has its own [[suffragan bishop]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.anglican.org/StepneyArea|title=Stepney Episcopal Area|website=The Diocese of London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050830021059/http://www.london.anglican.org/StepneyArea|archive-date=30 August 2005|access-date=10 May 2007}}</ref>

The area of Stepney has had no local government definition since 1965, but is used to refer to the whole former parish and also to a relatively small area within it.