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For the place in Adelaide , South Australia , see Stepney, South Australia . See also Stepney a place in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough Of Tower Hamlets . It is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east north-east of Charing Cross and forms part of the East End Of London . The area consists of mostly post-war High Density Housing and a few streets of terraced housing that escaped slum-clearance. There is light industry and a few warehouses although this is mostly in decline. Commercial Road , part of the A13 , passes through the area east to west. Stepney is served by Stepney Green Tube Station which takes its name from the open space Stepney Green . The area has thus far mostly escaped mass Gentrification although the nearby areas of Whitechapel , Wapping , Limehouse and Mile End , which surround Stepney, are becoming increasingly redeveloped. HISTORY In 1085 Stepney was listed in the Domesday Book survey of England which was recorded in Old French , and whose translation includes: III. The land of the Bishop of London St Dunstan's is Stepney's oldest church, founded in 923, but the present building dates principally from the 1400s. St Dunstan's has a long association with the sea, being responsible for registration of British maritime births, deaths and marriages until the 19th Century . In the early 1900s, Stepney was one of the most '' 01 Jun 2006] accessed 14 August 2007 EDUCATION For details of education in Stepney see the Tower Hamlets Article TRANSPORT AND LOCALE Nearest places Nearest stations
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NOTABLE FICTIONAL APPEARANCES The BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart was set in Stepney. anymore." In Blackadder II Episode 6, Lord Percy explains the disappearance of his Uncle Bertram's old oak table thus: "'twas on the night of the great Stepney fire. And on that same, terrible night, his house and all his other things completely vanished too. So did he, in fact. It was a most perplexing mystery." The English Nursery Rhyme Oranges And Lemons refers to the "...bells of Stepney." SEE ALSO
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