Place:Spitalfields, Middlesex, England

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NameSpitalfields
TypeParish
Coordinates51.519122°N 0.073525°W
Located inMiddlesex, England
Also located inStepney, Middlesex, England     ( - 1729)
London, England     (1889 - 1965)
Greater London, England     (1965 - present)
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Spitalfields is a former parish in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane. The Liberty of Norton Folgate and the neighbouring Liberty of the Old Artillery Ground were merged into Spitalfields in 1921.

The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to many markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, founded in the 17th century, Sunday UpMarket, and the various other Brick Lane Markets on Brick Lane and Cheshire Street. Petticoat Lane Market lies on the area's south-western boundaries.

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Spitalfields was historically part of the parish of Stepney, becoming a separate parish in its own right in 1729. In 1889 it was transferred from Middlesex to the newly-created County of London and in 1900 became part of Stepney Metropolitan Borough. Stepney Metropolitan Borough was abolished in 1965, becoming part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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