Below is some genealogy information and websites about the history and social geography of London - Whitechapel.

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Description: Located in Greater London, Whitechapel sits in the east-end of London. The 1800s saw the rapid development of the area with ram-shackle housing built to accommodate the poor and immigrant workers, particularly Ashkenazi Jews from eastern Europe and Russia. Whitechapel was very poor and overcrowded as a result. It was for these reasons that the Salvation Army was created in Whitechapel in 1878. Prostitution was rife as women tried to bring in money for families. Jack the Ripper committed some of his murders in Whitechapel. The area gained notoriety for this and other events such as the 'Elephant Man' being shown in a local shop. It suffered heavy bomb damage during the Second World War. Originally the parish of Stepney in the county of Middlesex, it became part of London in 1889. In 1900 it was renamed the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. In 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London.

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