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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
BOW, or Stratford-le-Bow was created a '''parish ''' by 1538. It lies on the river Lea, within the borough Tower Hamlets, just 4 miles east by northeast of St. Paul's Cathedral. See also the Village of Stratford, Victoria Park, and the Hamlet of Old Ford. The parish was formerly a chapel of ease to St Dunstan Stepney Parish, but became a parish by act of Parliament in 1717. A '''chapel of ease ''' was also built in Old Ford. In 1867 the '''Baptists''' built a chapel in this parish, as well, other dissenting chapels existed.<ref> | BOW, or Stratford-le-Bow was created a '''parish ''' by 1538. It lies on the river Lea, within the borough Tower Hamlets, just 4 miles east by northeast of St. Paul's Cathedral. See also the Village of Stratford, Victoria Park, and the Hamlet of Old Ford. The parish was formerly a chapel of ease to St Dunstan Stepney Parish, but became a parish by act of Parliament in 1717. A '''chapel of ease ''' was also built in Old Ford. In 1867 the '''Baptists''' built a chapel in this parish, as well, other dissenting chapels existed.<ref>John M. Wilson, [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20195 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''] (1870-2) Adapted. Date accessed 22 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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