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 | | By the 17th Century, the district of Stepney had became a centre of industry for marine roperies, tan yards, breweries, wharves, smiths and numerous taverns, by 1674 most of its 8000 inhabitants were mariners, watermen or lightermen. |
 | | In 1699, Thomas Neale, famous for constructing St Paul's Chapel in 1656, petitioned Parliament for a new Parish to be created, soon after, Shadwell was established as the first Parish since Whitechapel in 1338, and became a Parish of St. Dunstans Stepney. |
 | | The Tower of London nearby is just a few minutes walk away from the proud history of Shadwell, an imaginative development here could include a Genealogy centre for visitors to trace their family roots. |
| www.tower-bridge.org.uk /shadwell.htm (263 words) |
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