Since 1965 this area covers bow bromley poplar whitechapel stepnney isle of dogs waping ratcliff parts of hackney but the area called east london is in the main doclands whitechapel and wappingt and poplar it does not include shoreditch thats hackney and is in north london or its post mark is it is due to change soon and will be known as east side when the nerw thames gateway gets started aldgate and the minorries are also under the tower hamlets as is the tower of london and limehouse the heart of the east end was considered CHRIST CHURCH  SPITALFIELDS, lord WENTWORTH was the first lay lord of the area of stepney WENTWORTH STREET off of peticoat lane is named after him BETHNAL GREEN isalso part of tower hamlets it was all once in the old historic county of middlesex but in 1965 weith the advent of therGLC HACKNEY LOST VICTORIA PARK TO BETHNAL GREEN and the two hams east ham and west ham once part of essex were put together to form newhamwaltham forest is walthamstow and leyton and leytonsdtone way as is whipps cross if you cross the thames you will be in south london either surrey or kernt they are now in soth london. the beast end area now goesout to wanstead in old essex right through to rural romford  so I GUESS IT includes dagenham and barking and hainault where I was yesterday for the first time in forty yeasrs and while I never met one old freind I  did enjoy myself in my past  the pie andmash we had in barkingsdide was brilliant