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During the rest of the 19th century, the house played host to a variety of small businesses including a bookmaker and a printer, before being occupied in 1910 by the Union of
Stepney Ratepayers. The Stepney union remained in the house until 1975. During their occupation, Malplaquet House was
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had offices in the Mile End Road). Charrington greatly altered the house, and following his occupancy the house was subdivided, and shops built on the front garden.
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