Past and Present
You are standing on holy ground and in front of an important place of prayer. Over 1000 years ago Saint Dunstan dedicated a church on this site to All Saints. It is the mother church of the East End and, with the ancient port of London nearby, became known as the Church of the High Seas. For this reason the red ensign is still flown from the tower, which also houses ten bells of Stepney mentioned in the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons'......
These notice boards have been erected in memory of Councillor Ben Holmes, 1916 - 1997, sometime Mayor of Stepney.
We were reading this board and deciding it really was not interesting enough to collect, and then we read the last statement. The boards are placed either side of the entrance and are mainly used for current notices, we have transcribed the only historical section. Reflections in the glass meant we had to photo it at an angle.
Site: St Dunstans and All Saints, Stepney Green - gates (3 memorials)
E1, Stepney High Street
The two small plaques can just be seen in our photo, on the inner gate piers: 1844 on the left and 1999 on the right. We like how the idea and the style of the 1844 plaque was copied in 1999. They are identical to those at the South entrance to the churchyard.
From (2025 dead link): "The old parsonage was demolished in 1763 and the ground taken into the churchyard in 1844 when cast iron railings were erected." We can't find the parsonage on any map so we don't know where it was.
These lovely Gothic railings run (clockwise) from here to (at least) partway up the east boundary of the old churchyard.
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