Stepney Manor of the Bishop of London

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bishopswood; Bishopshall; Bishops Hall; Bonner Hall; Bethnal Green

In the civil parish of Stepney.
In the historic county of Middlesex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 1974 county of Greater London).

The manor house of Stepney and Hackney was one of the principle residences of the bishops of London. Bishop William dated a grant at Stepney in 1207, and Bishop Roger Niger died there in 1241. The manor house included a chapel by 1243. An ambulatory between the lord's chamber and the clerks', the thatched stair to the solar, the chapel roof, and the gardener's house were repaired in 1336. The site also included separate thatched granges for barley, wheat, and rye. Repairs in 1363 involved large supplies of lime, sand, and gravel from within the manor; tiling was done on the kitchen, the bakery, the bishop's chamber, a chamber outside the 'Breshour'(?) and one beyond the gate, and the long stable, and daubing and plastering were done to the hay grange. A dovecot, great garden, and kitchen garden existed in 1383, when 3,000 reeds were bundled for thatching manorial buildings, the furnace or oven was mended, and a new window made for the steward's chamber. In 1402 shinglers with scaffolding worked on the main hall, using shingles from the manor of Haringey; glass was bought for the chapel windows, and other work was done to the laundry, buttery, great door, and carriage house, besides daubing the walls of the lord's chambers. The kitchen had a well. In 1416 the great stable roof was mended and the windows of the great chamber were given new glass.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ360816

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
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