London County Council (General Powers) Act 1927
WHEREAS the lord of the manor of Stebunheath otherwise Stepney in the administrative county of London and his successors in title are or claim to be the owner or owners of certain franchises and rights of market and market tolls within the said manor (which includes or is reputed to include (inter alia) the whole of the metropolitan borough of Stepney) and in exercise or purported exercise of such franchises or rights a market (generally known as the Whitechapel Hay and Straw Market) is held ...