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WJ Ennever (1869-1947). From the portrait by J Seymour R.A., exhibited in the Royal Academy.

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Tree: 1. Essex Ennevers
Notes: People have lived in what we now call Stepney since about a thousand years before the birth of Christ. It is thought that the first church was built here sometime between St Augustine's conversion of the English in the 6th century, and 952 when a second church was erected on the site by St Dunstan.

The first church was probably wooden, and dedicated to All Saints, but it is thought that St Dunstan built his church here in stone. No part of this original structure survives, apart from a tenth century stone relief panel of the Crucifixion, which you can see under the east window.

Some time after St Dunstan was made a saint in 1029, the church was rededicated to him. In 1896 the ancient dedication of All Saints was revived, and the two names have been used together ever since.

In the middle ages, Stepney became a favoured country retreat for lords and merchants. St Dunstan's became a place of wealth and importance. It was in this period that the building took its present shape, with the chancel built in the thirteenth century and the nave in the fifteenth.

Stepney was in the heart of intellectual life during the Reformation of the sixteenth century. John Colet, Dean of St Pauls and St Dunstan's most famous vicar, was one of the leading scholars of the "new learning" from which the Reformation sparing. His friends Erasmus and Thomas More were regular visitors to his Stepney mansion.

This mansion was the home of Thomas Cromwell from 1534 and it was from here that he masterminded the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Successive rectors were staunch supporters of the new Protestantism, and the parish was staunchly Parliamentarian during the Civil War.

The population of London's East End grew hugely in the next two centuries, and in the eighteenth century the parish was split, with new churches built in such areas as Bethnal Green, Spitalfields and Limehouse, to minister to the vast numbers of people who now sought work in local industries.

By Victorian times, Stepney had a reputation as one of the worst slums in London. Successive rectors ministered tirelessly for the poor of the parish. In the second world war, the church miraculously escaped the Blitz that devasted houses all around it, losing only its windows.

Today's St Dunstan's is still a vibrant community of faith. Visitors comment on the remarkable spiritual atmosphere: here burdens are shared and the faithful gather to be nourished and fed in the Eucharist, going out into the community as instruments of God's love.

Our patron saint was probably the most powerful and influential churchman in England before the Norman Conquest.

Born in Baltonsborough, Somerset, in the early tenth century, Dunstan was educated at the nearby Glastonbury Abbey, where he later became Abbot. He was Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Edgar the Peaceable. Under Dunstan's patronage, art and learning flourished.

He was a monk, statesman and monastic reformer with a firm belief in the spiritual value of manual labour, which he put into practice himself by working metal.

You can see Dunstan's symbol, a pair of tongs, in one of the modern stone spandrels over the west door of our church. According to legend, the Devil came to tempt Dunstan as he worked at his anvil and the saint tweaked his nose with red-hot pincers.

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Places		St Dunstan's in 1797

Christened

Matches 1 to 32 of 32

	Last name, First name(s)	Christened		Person ID	Tree
1	ANSELL, John William	2 Oct 1859	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I2082	1. Essex Ennevers
2	BUCKNELL, Hannah	8 Nov 1818	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15075	1. Essex Ennevers
3	BUCKNELL, Jane Ann	24 Aug 1814	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I20581	1. Essex Ennevers
4	COCHRANE, Elizabeth Eliza	19 Nov 1876	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I593	1. Essex Ennevers
5	DYKE, Joseph Edward	6 Dec 1830	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I7507	1. Essex Ennevers
6	ELSON, Ann Elizabeth	24 Aug 1849	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I1032	1. Essex Ennevers
7	ENEVER, Ann Catharine	24 Feb 1828	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15090	1. Essex Ennevers
8	ENEVER, Catharine Charlotte	17 Feb 1833	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15092	1. Essex Ennevers
9	ENEVER, Frederick Henry	21 Mar 1880	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I14801	1. Essex Ennevers
10	ENEVER, Frederick John	23 May 1824	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15088	1. Essex Ennevers
11	ENEVER, Harriet	20 Oct 1831	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I23701	1. Essex Ennevers
12	ENEVER, Robert Francis Freeman	1 Aug 1830	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15091	1. Essex Ennevers
13	ENEVER, William James	12 Dec 1875	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I14804	1. Essex Ennevers
14	ENNEVER, John	13 Mar 1774	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I38	1. Essex Ennevers
15	HARROLD, John	20 Oct 1845	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I3790	1. Essex Ennevers
16	HARROLD, Maria Jane	16 Oct 1842	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I1041	1. Essex Ennevers
17	HENEVER, Harriett Louisa	7 Oct 1877	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I14809	1. Essex Ennevers
18	HODGINS, Bella	10 Dec 1876	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I4701	1. Essex Ennevers
19	HODGINS, Eliza	29 Aug 1869	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I4699	1. Essex Ennevers
20	HODGINS, Ellen Matilda	26 Nov 1865	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I4696	1. Essex Ennevers
21	HODGINS, Henry	20 Sep 1874	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I4700	1. Essex Ennevers
22	HODGINS, Rosetta	26 Jan 1879	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I319	1. Essex Ennevers
23	HODGINS, Susan	20 Apr 1873	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I29604	1. Essex Ennevers
24	HODGINS, William	17 Oct 1866	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I4697	1. Essex Ennevers
25	HOLMES, Charles Benjamin	8 Jun 1828	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I20991	1. Essex Ennevers
26	HOLMES, William Matthew	19 Mar 1826	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I20993	1. Essex Ennevers
27	HUTCHINGS, Alice	27 Oct 1850	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I21857	1. Essex Ennevers
28	PALMER, Anne Alice	11 Mar 1855	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15098	1. Essex Ennevers
29	PUGH, George	3 Dec 1820	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I1337	1. Essex Ennevers
30	PUGH, William Moore	21 Nov 1830	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I3461	1. Essex Ennevers
31	REED, James George	15 Aug 1827	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I5258	1. Essex Ennevers
32	SHERROTT, Teresa Ann	8 Jan 1843	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I136	1. Essex Ennevers

Buried

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

	Last name, First name(s)	Buried		Person ID	Tree
1	BUCKNELL, Robert	26 Jun 1842	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I15085	1. Essex Ennevers
2	PRICE, Sarah	17 Dec 1837	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I20631	1. Essex Ennevers

Witness

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

	Last name, First name(s)	Witness		Person ID	Tree
1	HOLMES, Sarah Anne	9 Oct 1854	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I20994	1. Essex Ennevers
2	HUDSON, Charlotte	27 Jun 1818	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	I30207	1. Essex Ennevers

Married

Matches 1 to 20 of 20

	Family (spouse)	Married		Family ID	Tree
1	ANSELL / ROBERTS	8 Apr 1861	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F663	1. Essex Ennevers
2	BENNETT / HOLMES	24 Apr 1852	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F6529	1. Essex Ennevers
3	BOYTON / MORTLOCK	2 Jan 1838	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F862	1. Essex Ennevers
4	BROWN / ENEVER	31 May 1821	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F5076	1. Essex Ennevers
5	BUCKNELL / GODSELL	1 Jun 1825	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F6789	1. Essex Ennevers
6	CLAUSON / SPREADBOROUGH	29 Apr 1833	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F1450	1. Essex Ennevers
7	COOPER / ENNEVER	1 Jul 1793	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F690	1. Essex Ennevers
8	ENNEVER / JACOBS	26 Sep 1793	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F160	1. Essex Ennevers
9	ENNEVER / PONDER	4 Aug 1796	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F16	1. Essex Ennevers
10	EWEN / PORTER	1887	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F5081	1. Essex Ennevers
11	GREEN / DOWNING	18 Jul 1857	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F847	1. Essex Ennevers
12	HOLMES / NEVILL	9 Oct 1854	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F6488	1. Essex Ennevers
13	HUDSON / ENEVER	27 Jun 1818	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F9622	1. Essex Ennevers
14	READ / SPREADBOROUGH	12 Sep 1825	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F1465	1. Essex Ennevers
15	RICHARDSON / ENEVER	28 May 1798	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F8052	1. Essex Ennevers
16	SHERROTT / DYKE	20 Mar 1841	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F219	1. Essex Ennevers
17	SPREADBOROUGH / BROWN	24 Apr 1825	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F1466	1. Essex Ennevers
18	TODD / KING	12 May 1889	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F3711	1. Essex Ennevers
19	WESTWOOD / ENNEVER	29 Jul 1878	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F505	1. Essex Ennevers
20	WOOD / SMITH	30 Sep 1832	Parish Church, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex	F5752	1. Essex Ennevers