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|official_name = Hackney Central |
| official_name = Hackney Central |
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|static_image_caption = Hackney Town Hall, built 1934–37 for the [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney]] |
| static_image_caption = [[Hackney Town Hall]], built 1934–37 for the [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney]] |
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|region = London |
| region = London |
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|country = England |
| country = England |
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|london_borough = Hackney |
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|constituency_westminster = [[Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South and Shoreditch]] |
| constituency_westminster = [[Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South and Shoreditch]] |
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|post_town = LONDON |
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|population = 77,336 |
| population = 77,336 |
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|postcode_district = E8 |
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|dial_code = 020 |
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'''Hackney Central''' is a district |
'''Hackney Central''' is a sub-district of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]] in the [[London Borough of Hackney]] in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of [[Charing Cross]]. |
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The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around [[Hackney Downs railway station]]. As such it extends north from [[Regent's Canal]], takes in most of [[Broadway Market]] and [[London Fields]], and follows each side of Mare Street till it terminates in the vicinity of [[Hackney Central railway station]]. The area also includes the central retail area which extends from Hackney Downs station in the west to the Hackney Walk Outlet Village, on Morning Lane, to the east. |
The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around [[Hackney Downs railway station]]. As such it extends north from [[Regent's Canal]] (with [[Bethnal Green]]), takes in most of [[Broadway Market, London|Broadway Market]] and [[London Fields]], and follows each side of Mare Street till it terminates in the vicinity of [[Hackney Central railway station]]. The area also includes the central retail area which extends from Hackney Downs station in the west to the Hackney Walk Outlet Village, on Morning Lane and goes in between Wick Road ([[Homerton]]) and Cassland Road ([[South Hackney]]) till meeting [[Hackney Wick]], to the east. |
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Hackney Central is the area that once would have been known as '''Hackney Village'''. This was a place that flourished from the [[Tudor period]], when principal members of the Court had their houses in the surrounding area, and King [[Henry VIII of England]] had a palace (located near the modern [[Lea Bridge Road]] roundabout). Hackney Central remained a popular resort for Londoners until the end of the [[Georgian era]], when this suburb of London began to be completely built up. Railways, trams and factories brought an end to Hackney's rural atmosphere during the Victorian era, and its fortunes declined. |
Hackney Central is the area that once would have been known as '''Hackney Village'''. This was a place that flourished from the [[Tudor period]], when principal members of the Court had their houses in the surrounding area, and King [[Henry VIII of England]] had a palace (located near the modern [[Lea Bridge Road]] roundabout). Hackney Central remained a popular resort for Londoners until the end of the [[Georgian era]], when this suburb of London began to be completely built up. Railways, trams and factories brought an end to Hackney's rural atmosphere during the Victorian era, and its fortunes declined. |
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The industries of nearby Homerton and the Lee Valley have largely disappeared, leaving the [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] and local council as the largest employers. Successive waves of immigrants, both from abroad and within the |
The industries of nearby Homerton and the Lee Valley have largely disappeared, leaving the [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] and local council as the largest employers. Successive waves of immigrants, both from abroad and within the United Kingdom, make modern Hackney a culturally vibrant part of [[inner London]], with both the benefits and challenges that this brings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/InspectionOutput/InspectionReports/2005/HackneyLBCSupportingPeopleProg10Feb05REP.pdf |title=London Borough of Hackney – Supporting People programme |page=31 |publisher=The Audit Commission |date=10 February 2005 |access-date=8 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807153632/http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/InspectionOutput/InspectionReports/2005/HackneyLBCSupportingPeopleProg10Feb05REP.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2011 }}</ref> |
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Extensive post-World War II redevelopment replaced much of the housing stock, but the Georgian housing and Victorian terraces that remain have become popular again. |
Extensive post-World War II redevelopment replaced much of the housing stock, but the Georgian housing and Victorian terraces that remain have become popular again. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{See also|History of London}} |
{{See also|History of London}} |
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[[File:st augustines tower.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[St Augustine's Tower Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]]. Dating back to the 13th century, this is Hackney Central's oldest building. It is all that remains of the original medieval parish church, which was demolished in 1798 (September 2005)]] |
[[File:st augustines tower.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|[[St Augustine's Tower Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]]. Dating back to the 13th century, this is Hackney Central's oldest building. It is all that remains of the original medieval parish church, which was demolished in 1798 (September 2005)]] |
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In 1727 [[Daniel Defoe]] said of the villages of Hackney {{quote|''All these, except the Wyck-house, are within a few years so encreas'd in buildings, and so fully inhabited, that there is no comparison to be made between their present and past state: Every separate hamlet is encreas'd, and some of them more than treble as big as formerly; Indeed as this whole town is included in the bills of mortality, tho' no where joining to London, it is in some respects to be call'd a part of it.''}} |
In 1727 [[Daniel Defoe]] said of the villages of Hackney {{quote|''All these, except the Wyck-house, are within a few years so encreas'd in buildings, and so fully inhabited, that there is no comparison to be made between their present and past state: Every separate hamlet is encreas'd, and some of them more than treble as big as formerly; Indeed as this whole town is included in the bills of mortality, tho' no where joining to London, it is in some respects to be call'd a part of it.''}} |
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{{quote|''This town is so remarkable for the retreat of wealthy citizens, that there is at this time near a hundred coaches kept in it; tho' I will not join with a certain satyrical author, who said of Hackney, that there were more coaches than Christians in it.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/chap_page.jsp?t_id=Defoe&c_id=21|title=Daniel Defoe, Letter VI: Middx, Herts & Bucks|work= A Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth and others| |
{{quote|''This town is so remarkable for the retreat of wealthy citizens, that there is at this time near a hundred coaches kept in it; tho' I will not join with a certain satyrical author, who said of Hackney, that there were more coaches than Christians in it.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/chap_page.jsp?t_id=Defoe&c_id=21|title=Daniel Defoe, Letter VI: Middx, Herts & Bucks|work= A Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth and others|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>}} |
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===Early origins=== |
===Early origins=== |
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In [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times [[Ermine Street]] passed to the west of what is now Hackney Central. The land was covered with open oak and hazel woodlands, with marshland around the rivers and streams that crossed the area. Hackney lay in the Catevallauni tribal territory. |
In [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times [[Ermine Street]] passed to the west of what is now Hackney Central. The land was covered with open oak and hazel woodlands, with marshland around the rivers and streams that crossed the area. Hackney lay in the Catevallauni tribal territory. |
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The name Hackney derives from a 5th or 6th |
The name Hackney derives from a 5th- or 6th-century [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] settlement known as ''Haca's ey'' – or raised ground in marshland.<ref name=to1800>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22694|title=Hackney: Settlement and Building to c.1800, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney|year=1995|pages=10–4|access-date= 2 October 2006}}</ref> The settlement was near [[Hackney Brook]], and was probably on the higher ground around the later [[St Augustine's Tower Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]]. Hackney is not mentioned by name in the [[Normans|Norman]] [[Domesday Book]]; at that time it formed a part of the [[manorialism|manor]] of [[Stepney (parish)|Stepney]]. |
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===Tudor village=== |
===Tudor village=== |
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Little remains of early Hackney, except the [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] [[St Augustine's Tower Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]], which survives as Hackney's oldest building. The churchyard, Hackney Brook, and the surrounding villages prevented Hackney's expansion, and by 1605 the village had a lower rateable value than the other divisions of the parish. In [[Tudor period|Tudor]] times there were a number of fine houses along Church Street, but many Tudor [[courtiers]] lived in nearby [[Homerton]].<ref name=village>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22696|title=Hackney: Hackney Village, |
Little remains of early Hackney, except the [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] [[St Augustine's Tower Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]], which survives as Hackney's oldest building. The churchyard, Hackney Brook, and the surrounding villages prevented Hackney's expansion, and by 1605 the village had a lower rateable value than the other divisions of the parish. In [[Tudor period|Tudor]] times there were a number of fine houses along Church Street, but many Tudor [[courtiers]] lived in nearby [[Homerton]].<ref name=village>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22696|title=Hackney: Hackney Village, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney|year=1995|pages=18–22|access-date=20 February 2007}}</ref> On the site of Brooke House college, in [[Lower Clapton|Clopton]]<!--sic, that was its name--> was sited one of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII's]] palaces, where his daughter [[Mary I of England|Mary]] took the [[Oath of Supremacy]]. Her guardian was Henry's Principal Secretary of State [[Ralph Sadleir]], a resident of [[Sutton House, London|Bryck Place]], Homerton. |
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A further cluster of houses existed in medieval times, where Well Street enters Mare Street. The [[Loddiges]] family founded their extensive [[plant nursery]] business on open ground to the north-east of here in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/map_a9h.html|title=Greenwood's Map of London 1827| |
A further cluster of houses existed in medieval times, where Well Street enters Mare Street. The [[Loddiges]] family founded their extensive [[plant nursery]] business on open ground to the north-east of here in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/map_a9h.html|title=Greenwood's Map of London 1827|access-date=31 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629234729/http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/map_a9h.html|archive-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> |
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===Georgian period=== |
===Georgian period=== |
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By 1724, while still consisting of a single street, there is an unbroken line of buildings, except by the churchyard and by the brook, with large gardens behind for the finer houses and inns. The 16th-century church, despite galleries being installed, became too small for the needs of the parish, and parliament was petitioned in 1790 for a modern larger church to be built. This began in 1791 on a field to the north east of the old church, but was bedeviled by builders' bankruptcies and not finally completed until |
By 1724, while still consisting of a single street, there is an unbroken line of buildings, except by the churchyard and by the brook, with large gardens behind for the finer houses and inns. The 16th-century church, despite galleries being installed, became too small for the needs of the parish, and parliament was petitioned in 1790 for a modern larger church to be built. This began in 1791 on a field to the north east of the old church, but was bedeviled by builders' bankruptcies and not finally completed until 1812–1813 when the tower and porches were added. Further disaster struck in a fire of 1955. |
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In the churchyard stands the tomb of [[Francis Beaufort]], deviser of the [[Beaufort wind force scale]]; and that of [[John Hunter ( |
In the churchyard stands the tomb of [[Francis Beaufort]], deviser of the [[Beaufort wind force scale]]; and that of [[John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)|John Hunter]], the second [[governor of New South Wales]], Australia. The Loddiges family also has a tomb in the churchyard and memorials within the church. The parish burial register records the death of "Anthony, a poore old negro, aged 105" in 1630. This is all that is known of Anthony, the first recorded black resident of Hackney. |
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[[File:LoddigesTomb.JPG|thumb|right|[[Loddiges]]' family vault in St John's Church Gardens]] |
[[File:LoddigesTomb.JPG|thumb|right|[[Loddiges]]' family vault in St John's Church Gardens]] |
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The villages of Hackney, Lower Clapton and Homerton remained separated by fields into the 19th century. The fine houses remained, with large gardens behind. Artisans and labourers lived in cottages established in these gardens. There was not the room, or the will, for major rebuilding in the village. By 1800, St Thomas' Square, a [[Georgian era|Georgian]] square was laid out on the southern end of Mare Street. By the 20th century, these buildings had declined and were replaced with public housing.<ref name=fr1800>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22695|title=Hackney: Building after c.1800, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney|year=1995|pages=14–8| |
The villages of Hackney, Lower Clapton and Homerton remained separated by fields into the 19th century. The fine houses remained, with large gardens behind. Artisans and labourers lived in cottages established in these gardens. There was not the room, or the will, for major rebuilding in the village. By 1800, St Thomas' Square, a [[Georgian era|Georgian]] square was laid out on the southern end of Mare Street. By the 20th century, these buildings had declined and were replaced with public housing.<ref name=fr1800>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22695|title=Hackney: Building after c.1800, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney|year=1995|pages=14–8|access-date=20 February 2007}}</ref> An early 18th-century mansion, now the ''New Landsdown Club'', but once the headquarters of [[Elizabeth Fry]]'s ''British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners'' remains at 195 Mare Street. It is Grade II* listed, but in poor condition and on the [[English Heritage]] register of buildings at risk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1265590|title=English Heritage listing details for 195 Mare Street|access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> In neighbouring Homerton, (to the east of the churchyard) [[Sutton Place, Hackney|Sutton Place]] was built by 1806, near [[Sutton House, London|Sutton House]]. |
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The rebuilding of the Church, on a field to the north of the village, altered the course of the road and allowed the establishment of [[Clapton Square]] in 1816, in nearby [[Lower Clapton]]. Much of the area to the north and east of the churchyard now forms the ''Clapton Square Conservation Area'', designated in 1969. |
The rebuilding of the Church, on a field to the north of the village, altered the course of the road and allowed the establishment of [[Clapton Square]] in 1816, in nearby [[Lower Clapton]]. Much of the area to the north and east of the churchyard now forms the ''Clapton Square Conservation Area'', designated in 1969. |
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===Victorian Hackney=== |
===Victorian Hackney=== |
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[[File:1830_HackneyVillage.png|thumb|left|upright|1830 Map of Hackney village]] |
[[File:1830_HackneyVillage.png|thumb|left|upright=0.75|1830 Map of Hackney village]] |
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[[File:Hackney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Hackney ward of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.]] |
[[File:Hackney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Hackney ward of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.]] |
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During the [[Victorian era]], many of the old buildings were swept away and the estates broken up to form streets of terraced housing. The change from rural suburb to firmly urban, was marked by the arrival of the railway in 1850, with a great iron rail bridge crossing Mare Street. Trams began to make their appearance on the streets in the 1870s, and a tram depot opened in 1882 on Bohemia Place.<ref group=note>The North Metropolitan Tramways Co. from [[Bishopsgate]] ran through Mare Street, and thence to [[Upper Clapton|Clapton]], opened in 1872, and was extended to Clapton Common in 1875, reaching [[Stamford Hill]] in 1902</ref> |
During the [[Victorian era]], many of the old buildings were swept away and the estates broken up to form streets of terraced housing. The change from rural suburb to firmly urban, was marked by the arrival of the railway in 1850, with a great iron rail bridge crossing Mare Street. Trams began to make their appearance on the streets in the 1870s, and a tram depot opened in 1882 on Bohemia Place.<ref group=note>The North Metropolitan Tramways Co. from [[Bishopsgate]] ran through Mare Street, and thence to [[Upper Clapton|Clapton]], opened in 1872, and was extended to Clapton Common in 1875, reaching [[Stamford Hill]] in 1902</ref> |
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Increased access and the culverting of [[Hackney Brook]] in |
Increased access and the culverting of [[Hackney Brook]] in 1859–1860, brought about the present road layout. Many older buildings were pulled down to intensify development and to make room for street widening and the railway. In 1802 the parish [[vestry]] hall on the Narrow Way was rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22709|title=Hackney: Local Government, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney|year=1995|pages=101–107|access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref> In 1900 it was re-faced in stone and given a pediment inscribed 'Hackney Old Town Hall'.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1226899 |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref> A new town hall was built on a different site in 1866; it was in turn superseded by today's [[Hackney Town Hall|Town Hall]], built in 1937. By the turn of the 20th century, only St Johns Gardens, and Clapton Square, the areas around the 1791 church, remained as public open space. |
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==Governance== |
==Governance== |
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{{Further|London Assembly|London Borough of Hackney}}There is a [[Hackney Central (ward)|Hackney Central ward]] electoral ward for Hackney Council, which, as electoral wards require roughly equal electorates, corresponds only very roughly to the area after which it is named. |
{{Further|London Assembly|London Borough of Hackney}}There is a [[Hackney Central (ward)|Hackney Central ward]] electoral ward for Hackney Council, which, as electoral wards require roughly equal electorates, corresponds only very roughly to the area after which it is named. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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[[File:Hackney districts.gif|thumb|upright|right|Districts within the [[London Borough of Hackney]].]] |
[[File:Hackney districts.gif|thumb|upright=0.75|right|Districts within the [[London Borough of Hackney]].]] |
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Hackney Central is the geographic, administrative and retail core of Hackney and is based on the village that grew up within the pre-existing parish of Hackney which had been in existence, with consistent boundaries, from the medieval period. |
Hackney Central is the geographic, administrative and retail core of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]] and is based on the village that grew up within the pre-existing parish of Hackney which had been in existence, with consistent boundaries, from the medieval period. |
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The term ''Hackney Proper'' was often applied to that wider district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Hackney/HackneyHistory.html|title=The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland|year=1868| |
The term ''Hackney Proper'' was often applied to [[Hackney, London|that wider district]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Hackney/HackneyHistory.html|title=The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland|year=1868|access-date=20 February 2007}}</ref> which also includes [[Hackney Wick]], [[South Hackney]], [[West Hackney]], [[Homerton]], [[Dalston]], [[De Beauvoir Town]], [[Stamford Hill]] and [[Upper Clapton|Upper]] and [[Lower Clapton]]. |
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In 1965 the term Hackney was used to name the [[London Borough of Hackney]], however the borough also includes [[Shoreditch]] and [[Stoke Newington]]. |
In 1965 the term Hackney was used to name the [[London Borough of Hackney]], however the borough also includes [[Shoreditch]] and [[Stoke Newington]]. |
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Hackney Town Hall is about {{Convert|5|mi|km|0}} north-east of [[Charing Cross]]; and {{convert|3.8|mi|km|1}} from the [[Greater London Authority|GLA]] [[City Hall |
Hackney Town Hall is about {{Convert|5|mi|km|0}} north-east of [[Charing Cross]]; and {{convert|3.8|mi|km|1}} from the [[Greater London Authority|GLA]] [[City Hall, Southwark|City Hall]] near [[Tower Bridge]]. |
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{{Geographic Location |
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==Landmarks== |
==Landmarks== |
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[[File:hackney empire 2.jpg|thumb|left|The refurbished Hackney Empire is one of the oldest surviving [[music hall]]s in Britain. (September 2005)]] |
[[File:hackney empire 2.jpg|thumb|left|The refurbished Hackney Empire is one of the oldest surviving [[music hall]]s in Britain. (September 2005)]] |
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South of [[Hackney Central railway station]] Mare Street slices through Hackney's 'cultural quarter' of Town Hall Square. Its north side is dominated by [[Frank Matcham]]'s [[listed building|Grade II* listed]] 1901 [[Hackney Empire]] [[music hall]], on whose stage appeared [[Charles Chaplin]] and [[Marie Lloyd]] – who lived in nearby Graham Road.<ref>{{ |
[[File:Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Hackney, E8 (24566926413).jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|left|[[The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History]] near the [[Regents Canal]], opened 2015]] |
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South of [[Hackney Central railway station]] Mare Street slices through Hackney's 'cultural quarter' of Town Hall Square. Its north side is dominated by [[Frank Matcham]]'s [[listed building|Grade II* listed]] 1901 [[Hackney Empire]] [[music hall]], on whose stage appeared [[Charles Chaplin]] and [[Marie Lloyd]] – who lived in nearby Graham Road.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1226960 |access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> |
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On the west side of Town Hall Square is the |
On the west side of Town Hall Square is the 1934–1937 Grade II Hackney Town Hall in Portland Stone, fronted by an open space created when its predecessor, the Hackney Vestry Hall of 1860 was demolished.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1235869 |access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> A new town hall complex is being constructed behind the existing building. Opposite on the East side, is the 2001 refurbishment of the Central Library and Methodist Hall, combined to form the Ocean Music Venue. |
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[[File:HackneyMuseumFireEngine.jpg|thumb|upright|The Hackney Museum contains Hackney's first fire engine.]] |
[[File:HackneyMuseumFireEngine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|The Hackney Museum contains Hackney's first fire engine.]] |
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[[File:Church of St John-at-Hackney.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Church of St John-at-Hackney]]]] |
[[File:Church of St John-at-Hackney.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|[[Church of St John-at-Hackney]]]] |
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The square is completed by the 2002 Learning and Technology Centre. This houses the new Hackney Central Library, the Hackney Archive, the local museum and the offices of the Hackney Learning Trust. |
The square is completed by the 2002 Learning and Technology Centre. This houses the new Hackney Central Library, the Hackney Archive, the local museum and the offices of the Hackney Learning Trust. |
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North of the railway bridge, Mare Street continues as The Narroway (originally known as Church Street). By [[St Augustine's Tower, Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]], a Grade I landmark, is the 'Old Town Hall' built to serve the Parish of Hackney in 1802. It is now a betting shop. To the east are St Johns' Church Gardens. In 2009, they were awarded Heritage Green Flag status. Within the gardens stands the [[Church of St John-at-Hackney]] (built 1792). |
North of the railway bridge, Mare Street continues as The Narroway (originally known as Church Street). By [[St Augustine's Tower, Hackney|St Augustine's Tower]], a Grade I landmark, is the 'Old Town Hall' built to serve the Parish of Hackney in 1802. It is now a betting shop. To the east are St Johns' Church Gardens. In 2009, they were awarded Heritage Green Flag status. Within the gardens stands the [[Church of St John-at-Hackney]] (built 1792). |
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[[The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History]] opened in 2015, the museum and bar is situated in a former call centre on [[Mare Street]] that is run by [[Viktor Wynd]], which is a part of the [[Last Tuesday Society]] and funded by Kickstarter. Its gallery includes classic curiosities such as [[hairball]]s, [[Sebastian Horsley]] nails from his crucifixion and drawings and archive material to do with [[Stephen Tennant]], a collection of human remains including [[shrunken head]]s, dead babies in bottles and parts of pickled prostitutes, as well as condoms used by the [[Rolling Stones]] and [[tribal art]], in among an art collection which spans several centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Viktor Wynd: Viktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders. Prestel Publishing|url = http://www.randomhouse.de/book/Viktor-Wynd-s-Cabinet-of-Wonders/Viktor-Wynd/e447419.rhd?pub=58500}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/n-b-horizon-and-the-cia-1443727680|title=N.B.: Horizon and the CIA|author=J.C.|date=1 October 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/28/two-headed-lamb-ancient-dildos-uks-strangest-new-museum|title=A two-headed lamb and ancient dildos: the UK's strangest new museum|author=Oliver Wainwright|work=The Guardian|date=28 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors|url=http://www.viktorwynd.org/shop-of-horrors.html|publisher=Viktor Wynd|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Help London's weirdest museum create home for bizarre curiosities in Hackney|url = http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/help_london_s_weirdest_museum_create_home_for_bizarre_curiosities_in_hackney_1_3797605|access-date = 3 October 2015|first = Alain|last = Tolhurst|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151004120023/http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/help_london_s_weirdest_museum_create_home_for_bizarre_curiosities_in_hackney_1_3797605|archive-date = 4 October 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> |
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The [[Ash Grove bus garage|Ash Grove bus depot]] was built by [[London Buses]] in 1981 as part of a program to build more garages. The roof is of unusual design, carried by ten 35-ton triangular trusses supported on [[reinforced concrete column]]s, and was developed at a cost of £3.5 million. Ash Grove has also been used at various times as part of the [[London Transport Museum]] to house stored vehicles.<ref name=Arriva>[http://www.arrivalondon.com/news/152/slug:Ash-Grove-garage-fully-operational-again Arriva London – News – Ash Grove garage fully operational again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164429/http://www.arrivalondon.com/news/152/slug%3AAsh-Grove-garage-fully-operational-again |date=7 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=McLachlan>{{Cite book|last=McLachlan|first=Tom|title=London Buses 1985–1995: Managing The Change|year=1995|publisher=Venture Publications|page=33|isbn=1-898432-74-0}}</ref> |
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==Transport== |
==Transport== |
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=== Rail === |
=== Rail === |
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The area is {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} north-east of the [[City of London]] with frequent trains from [[Hackney Downs railway station]] to [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]. [[Hackney Central railway station]] is a |
The area is {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} north-east of the [[City of London]] with frequent trains from [[Hackney Downs railway station]] to [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]]. [[Hackney Central railway station]] is a [[London Overground]] station with westbound trains to [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]] and [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]] via [[Dalston Kingsland railway station|Dalston Junction]], and eastbound trains to [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] via [[Homerton railway station|Homerton]]. |
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=== Buses === |
=== Buses === |
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London bus routes [[London Buses route 30|30]], [[London Buses route 38|38]] |
London bus routes [[London Buses route 30|30]], [[London Buses route 38|38]], [[London Buses route 55|55]], [[London Buses route 106|106]], [[London Buses route 236|236]], [[London Buses route 242|242]], [[London Buses route 253|253]], [[London Buses route 254|254]], [[London Buses route 276|276]], [[London Buses route 277|277]], [[London Buses route 394|394]], [[London Buses route N38|N38]], [[London Buses route N55|N55]], [[London Buses route N242|N242]], [[London Buses route N253|N253]], [[London Buses route N277|N277]] and [[London Buses route W15|W15]] serve Hackney Central.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hackney-central-a4-0622.pdf |title=Buses from Hackney Central |publisher= [[Transport for London]] |date=June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505184341/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hackney-central-a4-0622.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hackney-central-night-a4-0622.pdf |title=Night buses from Hackney Central |publisher= [[Transport for London]] |date=June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505184350/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hackney-central-night-a4-0622.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> Route N277 also serves here when the 277 route was withdrawn between Dalston and Highbury Corner and the N277 was retained.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/permanent-bus-changes#on-this-page-1|title=Permanent bus changes |website=Transport for London|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> |
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==Economy== |
==Economy== |
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The Narrow Way (''Church Street'') remains a busy shopping area, and there is a large [[Tesco]] supermarket in nearby Morning Lane (''Money Lane''). This international store group was founded in Hackney, from a market stall in Well Street market in 1919. A planning application for a multi-storey shopping centre (with parking beneath, and housing above) on the Hackney Tesco site was refused permission in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/08/05/tesco-towers-turned-down/|title=Tesco Towers Turned Down|date=5 August 2010|work=Hackney Citizen| |
The Narrow Way (''Church Street'') remains a busy shopping area, and there is a large [[Tesco]] supermarket in nearby Morning Lane (''Money Lane''). This international store group was founded in Hackney, from a market stall in Well Street market in 1919. A planning application for a multi-storey shopping centre (with parking beneath, and housing above) on the Hackney Tesco site was refused permission in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/08/05/tesco-towers-turned-down/|title=Tesco Towers Turned Down|date=5 August 2010|work=Hackney Citizen|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> and the future of the site remains uncertain. A former [[Burberry]] factory building is also located off Morning Lane, with a 'factory outlet' that is considered to be Hackney's most visited tourist attraction. This site is currently being redeveloped, in two phases, that will see the retention of the showroom, but add housing above. |
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The primary local employers are the council and the [[National Health Service|NHS]] at [[Homerton University Hospital]]; there are also two London Transport garages, one at the foot of the Narroway, and another about 1 mile south at Ash Grove. Between Ash Grove and [[London Fields]] there is a small industrial estate. |
The primary local employers are the council and the [[National Health Service|NHS]] at [[Homerton University Hospital]]; there are also two London Transport garages, one at the foot of the Narroway, and another about 1 mile south at Ash Grove. Between Ash Grove and [[London Fields]] there is a small industrial estate. |
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Location within Greater London | |
Population | 77,336 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ345845 |
• Charing Cross | 4 mi (6.4 km) SW |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | E8 E9 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross.
The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around Hackney Downs railway station. As such it extends north from Regent's Canal (with Bethnal Green), takes in most of Broadway Market and London Fields, and follows each side of Mare Street till it terminates in the vicinity of Hackney Central railway station. The area also includes the central retail area which extends from Hackney Downs station in the west to the Hackney Walk Outlet Village, on Morning Lane and goes in between Wick Road (Homerton) and Cassland Road (South Hackney) till meeting Hackney Wick, to the east.
Hackney Central is the area that once would have been known as Hackney Village. This was a place that flourished from the Tudor period, when principal members of the Court had their houses in the surrounding area, and King Henry VIII of England had a palace (located near the modern Lea Bridge Road roundabout). Hackney Central remained a popular resort for Londoners until the end of the Georgian era, when this suburb of London began to be completely built up. Railways, trams and factories brought an end to Hackney's rural atmosphere during the Victorian era, and its fortunes declined.
The industries of nearby Homerton and the Lee Valley have largely disappeared, leaving the NHS and local council as the largest employers. Successive waves of immigrants, both from abroad and within the United Kingdom, make modern Hackney a culturally vibrant part of inner London, with both the benefits and challenges that this brings.[2]
Extensive post-World War II redevelopment replaced much of the housing stock, but the Georgian housing and Victorian terraces that remain have become popular again.
History
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In 1727 Daniel Defoe said of the villages of Hackney
All these, except the Wyck-house, are within a few years so encreas'd in buildings, and so fully inhabited, that there is no comparison to be made between their present and past state: Every separate hamlet is encreas'd, and some of them more than treble as big as formerly; Indeed as this whole town is included in the bills of mortality, tho' no where joining to London, it is in some respects to be call'd a part of it.
This town is so remarkable for the retreat of wealthy citizens, that there is at this time near a hundred coaches kept in it; tho' I will not join with a certain satyrical author, who said of Hackney, that there were more coaches than Christians in it.[3]
Early origins
In Roman times Ermine Street passed to the west of what is now Hackney Central. The land was covered with open oak and hazel woodlands, with marshland around the rivers and streams that crossed the area. Hackney lay in the Catevallauni tribal territory.
The name Hackney derives from a 5th- or 6th-century Saxon settlement known as Haca's ey – or raised ground in marshland.[4] The settlement was near Hackney Brook, and was probably on the higher ground around the later St Augustine's Tower. Hackney is not mentioned by name in the Norman Domesday Book; at that time it formed a part of the manor of Stepney.
Tudor village
Little remains of early Hackney, except the Tudor St Augustine's Tower, which survives as Hackney's oldest building. The churchyard, Hackney Brook, and the surrounding villages prevented Hackney's expansion, and by 1605 the village had a lower rateable value than the other divisions of the parish. In Tudor times there were a number of fine houses along Church Street, but many Tudor courtiers lived in nearby Homerton.[5] On the site of Brooke House college, in Clopton was sited one of Henry VIII's palaces, where his daughter Mary took the Oath of Supremacy. Her guardian was Henry's Principal Secretary of State Ralph Sadleir, a resident of Bryck Place, Homerton.
A further cluster of houses existed in medieval times, where Well Street enters Mare Street. The Loddiges family founded their extensive plant nursery business on open ground to the north-east of here in the 18th century.[6]
Georgian period
By 1724, while still consisting of a single street, there is an unbroken line of buildings, except by the churchyard and by the brook, with large gardens behind for the finer houses and inns. The 16th-century church, despite galleries being installed, became too small for the needs of the parish, and parliament was petitioned in 1790 for a modern larger church to be built. This began in 1791 on a field to the north east of the old church, but was bedeviled by builders' bankruptcies and not finally completed until 1812–1813 when the tower and porches were added. Further disaster struck in a fire of 1955. In the churchyard stands the tomb of Francis Beaufort, deviser of the Beaufort wind force scale; and that of John Hunter, the second governor of New South Wales, Australia. The Loddiges family also has a tomb in the churchyard and memorials within the church. The parish burial register records the death of "Anthony, a poore old negro, aged 105" in 1630. This is all that is known of Anthony, the first recorded black resident of Hackney.
The villages of Hackney, Lower Clapton and Homerton remained separated by fields into the 19th century. The fine houses remained, with large gardens behind. Artisans and labourers lived in cottages established in these gardens. There was not the room, or the will, for major rebuilding in the village. By 1800, St Thomas' Square, a Georgian square was laid out on the southern end of Mare Street. By the 20th century, these buildings had declined and were replaced with public housing.[7] An early 18th-century mansion, now the New Landsdown Club, but once the headquarters of Elizabeth Fry's British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners remains at 195 Mare Street. It is Grade II* listed, but in poor condition and on the English Heritage register of buildings at risk.[8] In neighbouring Homerton, (to the east of the churchyard) Sutton Place was built by 1806, near Sutton House.
The rebuilding of the Church, on a field to the north of the village, altered the course of the road and allowed the establishment of Clapton Square in 1816, in nearby Lower Clapton. Much of the area to the north and east of the churchyard now forms the Clapton Square Conservation Area, designated in 1969.
Victorian Hackney
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During the Victorian era, many of the old buildings were swept away and the estates broken up to form streets of terraced housing. The change from rural suburb to firmly urban, was marked by the arrival of the railway in 1850, with a great iron rail bridge crossing Mare Street. Trams began to make their appearance on the streets in the 1870s, and a tram depot opened in 1882 on Bohemia Place.[note 1]
Increased access and the culverting of Hackney Brook in 1859–1860, brought about the present road layout. Many older buildings were pulled down to intensify development and to make room for street widening and the railway. In 1802 the parish vestry hall on the Narrow Way was rebuilt.[9] In 1900 it was re-faced in stone and given a pediment inscribed 'Hackney Old Town Hall'.[10] A new town hall was built on a different site in 1866; it was in turn superseded by today's Town Hall, built in 1937. By the turn of the 20th century, only St Johns Gardens, and Clapton Square, the areas around the 1791 church, remained as public open space.
Governance
There is a Hackney Central ward electoral ward for Hackney Council, which, as electoral wards require roughly equal electorates, corresponds only very roughly to the area after which it is named.
Geography
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Hackney Central is the geographic, administrative and retail core of Hackney and is based on the village that grew up within the pre-existing parish of Hackney which had been in existence, with consistent boundaries, from the medieval period.
The term Hackney Proper was often applied to that wider district[11] which also includes Hackney Wick, South Hackney, West Hackney, Homerton, Dalston, De Beauvoir Town, Stamford Hill and Upper and Lower Clapton.
In 1965 the term Hackney was used to name the London Borough of Hackney, however the borough also includes Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
Hackney Town Hall is about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Charing Cross; and 3.8 miles (6.1 km) from the GLA City Hall near Tower Bridge.
Landmarks
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South of Hackney Central railway station Mare Street slices through Hackney's 'cultural quarter' of Town Hall Square. Its north side is dominated by Frank Matcham's Grade II* listed 1901 Hackney Empire music hall, on whose stage appeared Charles Chaplin and Marie Lloyd – who lived in nearby Graham Road.[12] On the west side of Town Hall Square is the 1934–1937 Grade II Hackney Town Hall in Portland Stone, fronted by an open space created when its predecessor, the Hackney Vestry Hall of 1860 was demolished.[13] A new town hall complex is being constructed behind the existing building. Opposite on the East side, is the 2001 refurbishment of the Central Library and Methodist Hall, combined to form the Ocean Music Venue.
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The square is completed by the 2002 Learning and Technology Centre. This houses the new Hackney Central Library, the Hackney Archive, the local museum and the offices of the Hackney Learning Trust.
North of the railway bridge, Mare Street continues as The Narroway (originally known as Church Street). By St Augustine's Tower, a Grade I landmark, is the 'Old Town Hall' built to serve the Parish of Hackney in 1802. It is now a betting shop. To the east are St Johns' Church Gardens. In 2009, they were awarded Heritage Green Flag status. Within the gardens stands the Church of St John-at-Hackney (built 1792).
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History opened in 2015, the museum and bar is situated in a former call centre on Mare Street that is run by Viktor Wynd, which is a part of the Last Tuesday Society and funded by Kickstarter. Its gallery includes classic curiosities such as hairballs, Sebastian Horsley nails from his crucifixion and drawings and archive material to do with Stephen Tennant, a collection of human remains including shrunken heads, dead babies in bottles and parts of pickled prostitutes, as well as condoms used by the Rolling Stones and tribal art, in among an art collection which spans several centuries.[14][15][16][17][18]
The Ash Grove bus depot was built by London Buses in 1981 as part of a program to build more garages. The roof is of unusual design, carried by ten 35-ton triangular trusses supported on reinforced concrete columns, and was developed at a cost of £3.5 million. Ash Grove has also been used at various times as part of the London Transport Museum to house stored vehicles.[19][20]
Transport
Rail
The area is 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of the City of London with frequent trains from Hackney Downs railway station to Liverpool Street. Hackney Central railway station is a London Overground station with westbound trains to Richmond and Clapham Junction via Dalston Junction, and eastbound trains to Stratford via Homerton.
Buses
London bus routes 30, 38, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277, 394, N38, N55, N242, N253, N277 and W15 serve Hackney Central.[21][22] Route N277 also serves here when the 277 route was withdrawn between Dalston and Highbury Corner and the N277 was retained.[23]
Economy
The Narrow Way (Church Street) remains a busy shopping area, and there is a large Tesco supermarket in nearby Morning Lane (Money Lane). This international store group was founded in Hackney, from a market stall in Well Street market in 1919. A planning application for a multi-storey shopping centre (with parking beneath, and housing above) on the Hackney Tesco site was refused permission in 2010,[24] and the future of the site remains uncertain. A former Burberry factory building is also located off Morning Lane, with a 'factory outlet' that is considered to be Hackney's most visited tourist attraction. This site is currently being redeveloped, in two phases, that will see the retention of the showroom, but add housing above.
The primary local employers are the council and the NHS at Homerton University Hospital; there are also two London Transport garages, one at the foot of the Narroway, and another about 1 mile south at Ash Grove. Between Ash Grove and London Fields there is a small industrial estate.
Education
Schools in the area include The Urswick School (formerly known as Hackney Free and Parochial Church of England Secondary School) and BSix Sixth Form College.
Notable people
See also
- Metropolitan Borough of Hackney (1900–1965)
- Hackney carriage
- Hackney Central Parliamentary constituency (1885–1950, 1955–1983)
Notes
- ^ The North Metropolitan Tramways Co. from Bishopsgate ran through Mare Street, and thence to Clapton, opened in 1872, and was extended to Clapton Common in 1875, reaching Stamford Hill in 1902
References
- ^ "London Borough of Hackney – Supporting People programme" (PDF). The Audit Commission. 10 February 2005. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Daniel Defoe, Letter VI: Middx, Herts & Bucks". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth and others. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Hackney: Settlement and Building to c.1800, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney". 1995. pp. 10–4. Retrieved 2 October 2006.
- ^ "Hackney: Hackney Village, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney". 1995. pp. 18–22. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ "Greenwood's Map of London 1827". Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "Hackney: Building after c.1800, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney". 1995. pp. 14–8. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ "English Heritage listing details for 195 Mare Street". Retrieved 27 March 2007.
- ^ "Hackney: Local Government, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney". 1995. pp. 101–107. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1226899)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ "The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland". 1868. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1226960)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1235869)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
- ^ Viktor Wynd: Viktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders. Prestel Publishing.
- ^ J.C. (1 October 2015). "N.B.: Horizon and the CIA". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Oliver Wainwright (28 October 2014). "A two-headed lamb and ancient dildos: the UK's strangest new museum". The Guardian.
- ^ "Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors". Viktor Wynd. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Tolhurst, Alain. "Help London's weirdest museum create home for bizarre curiosities in Hackney". Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Arriva London – News – Ash Grove garage fully operational again Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985–1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 33. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
- ^ "Buses from Hackney Central" (PDF). Transport for London. June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Night buses from Hackney Central" (PDF). Transport for London. June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Permanent bus changes". Transport for London. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Tesco Towers Turned Down". Hackney Citizen. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.