In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Mile End like this:

Mile End Old Town, township, Stepney par., Middlesex, 679 ac., pop. 105,613; comprises the Mile End Division and the Stepney Division of Tower Hamlets parl. bor.

Mile End through time

Mile End is now part of TOWER HAMLETS District. Click here for graphs and data of how TOWER HAMLETS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mile End itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mile End, in Tower Hamlets and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3181

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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