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Mile End was a hamlet located on the eastern edge of London, east of Whitechapel and exactly a mile east of Aldgate (Sugden).
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Mile End was a hamlet located on the eastern edge of London, east of Whitechapel and exactly a mile east of Aldgate (Sugden).
According to Sugden, Mile End was used as a training ground for the citizen forces of Lond[on], as well as for fairs and shows of various kinds
. Since the area was considered the country
, citizens would go there recreationally, and it was considered a fashionable area in which to reside (Sugden). On the other hand, Mile End also had a reputation for highway robberies, was the location of a lazar house, and criminals were hung in chains at [Mile End] Green
(Sugden; Stow 1598, sig. 2D8r). During the Peasant’s Revolt of grant[ing] to their request
(Stow 1633, sig. F2r).
Mile End appears in a number of literary texts including