is an area of the
London Borough Of Tower Hamlets in
East London . Mile End is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east north-east of
Charing Cross .
It takes its name from a
Milestone signifying the point one mile east of the boundary of the
City Of London . Although historically the stone's position was near
Stepney Green Tube Station , in the modern era Mile End is used to describe the area about half a mile east of this point, around
Mile End Tube Station .
Mile End is in a part of London known as the
East End and home to the main campus of
Queen Mary, University Of London .
It also boasts an unusual landmark, the "Green Bridge". This new structure (completed in about
2000 ) allows
Mile End Park to cross over the road and makes an interesting contrast with the more usual approach of building bridges for cars. It contains garden and water features and some shops and restaurant space built in below.
Mile End as a London constituency sent a Communist MP to the House Of Commons after 1945 Phil Pirratin. At that time it had a large Jewish poulation. The area now is covered by the Bethnal Green and Bow seat which has returned to its left-wing roots with the election of Respect Unity MP George Galloway.
In 1381, an uprising against the tax collectors of
Brentwood quickly spread first to the surrounding villages, then throughout the South-East of England but it was the rebels of
Essex led by a priest named
Jack Straw , and the men of
Kent led by
Wat Tyler who marched on London. On the 12th June, the Essex rebels, 60,000 men, camped at Mile End and on the following day the men of Kent arrived at
Blackheath . On the 14th June, the young king
Richard II rode to Mile End where he met the rebels and signed their charter. Unfortunately, their subsequent behaviour caused the king to have the leaders and many rebels executed.
Besides suffering heavily in earlier blitzes, Mile End was hit by the first
V-1 to strike London. On 13 June 1944, this 'doodlebug' impacted next to the railway bridge on Grove Road, an event now commemorated by a plaque.
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