Stepney Town Hall
| Stepney Town Hall | |
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Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Stepney Town Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ34838089 |
| Location: | 51°30’39"N, 0°3’30"W |
| Town: | Stepney |
| History | |
| Address: | 236 Cable Street |
| Built 1860 | |
| By: | Andrew Wilson |
| Classical | |
| Information | |
Stepney Town Hall, formerly St George's Vestry Hall, is a municipal building on Cable Street, Stepney, Middlesex. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The building, which was designed by Andrew Wilson in the Classical style as the vestry hall for the parish of St George, was completed in 1860.[2]
On 1 October 1888 the inquest into the death of Elizabeth Stride, the third victim of the Whitechapel murders, was held in the building.[3][4]
After being extended to the east along Cable Street in a similar and symmetrical style in 1899, it went on to become the headquarters of the 'Metropolitan Borough of Stepney' in 1900.[5] The mural on the side of the building depicts the Battle of Cable Street on Sunday 4 October 1936 when a clash took place between the Metropolitan Police, sent to protect a march by members of the British Union of Fascists, led by Oswald Mosley, and various anti-fascist demonstrators.[6]
The building ceased to function as the local seat of government when an enlarged 'Tower Hamlets' council was formed in 1965. It was subsequently became the home of various community organisations including St George's Boxing Club.[7]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1242346: St George's Town Hall, Tower Hamlets (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 189
- ↑ Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook ISBN 978-1-977-37535-3 p. 76
- ↑ Yost, Dave (2008). Elizabeth Stride and Jack the Ripper: The Life and Death of the Reputed Third Victim. McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0786433186. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2qf6Tl8PEucC&pg=PA65&lpg=.
- ↑ "Limehouse Town Hall springs back to like after leaky roof is fixed". East London Advertiser. 12 April 2012. https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/limehouse-town-hall-springs-back-to-like-after-leaky-roof-is-fixed-1-1347248. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "Cable Street: 'Solidarity stopped Mosley's fascists'". BBC News. 4 October 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15171772. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sammy tells his story of bygone boxing era". East London Advertiser. 15 August 2014. https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/boxing/sammy-tells-his-story-of-bygone-boxing-era-1-3727577. Retrieved 15 May 2020.