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Oct 12, 2024 · Hackney, (fn. 1) a favourite residence of wealthy Londoners from the Middle Ages until the 19th century, was the largest Middlesex parish to be included in the county of London in 1889. Near the south-western corner, the bridge bearing Kingsland Road across the Regent's canal was c. 1.8 km. north of the bar of London at Bishopsgate.
5 days ago · In the Middle Ages the creation of the Templars' (later the Hospitallers') sub-manor and others produced houses and farms, as in southern Hackney for the Shoreditches, and in Clapton on the site of Brooke House.
Hackney was an administrative unit with consistent boundaries from the early Middle Ages to the creation of the larger modern borough in 1965. It was based for many centuries on the Ancient Parish of Hackney, the largest in Middlesex.
Jul 4, 2024 · The section of Ermine Street through Hackney was a major road in the Middle Ages. Triennial grants of pavage for repairing the highway between Hackney and Tottenham were made by the Crown in 1365, 1369, and 1373.
Hackney, inner borough of London, England, in the historic county of Middlesex. Hackney lies north of the City of London and Tower Hamlets, and its eastern boundary is the River Lea. The present borough was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former metropolitan boroughs of Shoreditch, Hackney, and Stoke Newington. It includes areas and ...
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Hackney was an administrative unit with consistent boundaries from the early Middle Ages to the creation of the larger modern borough in 1965. It was based for many centuries on the Ancient Parish of Hackney, the largest in Middlesex.
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Plan of Hackney churchyard and the surrounding buildings. Although this was drawn by the surveyor Robert Root in 1741, it provides a good picture of Hackney village in 1612 with the church of St Augustine’s and Church House, the home of Christopher Urswick at the beginning of the 16th century. (Hackney Archives) Hackney: 1612 Margaret Willes
