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Hackney is a metropolitan district and ancient parish in Middlesex, forming a north-western suburb of London. Hackney was a sub-manor of the Manor of Stepney. The date it became a separate parish is not known though the parish church dates from at least as early as 1275. St Augustine's Tower is the remains of the later 16th-century parish church of St Augustine and is a symbol for Hackney. From Tudor times, the several hamlets in the parish grew as wealthy Londoners built country houses in them. By the 17th century the main village of Hackney had grown much larger than the others. The growth of the East End of London, the opening of the Regent's Canal (1816) and the coming of the railways in the mid 1850s, all contributed to the expansion of the previous hamlets so that Hackney was almost entirely built up by around 1870. From 1900-1965, for local government purposes, the ancient parish was the basis for Hackney metropolitan borough. Hackney Town Hall (1937) was designed by Lanchester and Lodge in the Art Deco style. The Hackney Empire (1901) was described by Pevsner as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. The district is within the council area of Hackney.

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.54516,-0.055881
Grid Reference: TQ 3490 8470
Council Area: Hackney CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA

GBPN ID: 19524
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Hackney,_Middlesex_19524

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