2-699-118 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Old Gateway at Stepney', (c1872). 'This House by Tradition is call'd King Johns Gate from what Authority is not known, but will serve as a specimen of Variegated Brick work. It is reputed to be the oldest House in Stepney. In this Village Edward the I held a Parliament Anno 1292 and in Doomsday Book it occurs as a Place of great Antiquity.' Brick building in Stepney, London, also known as St John's Gate. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]