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Stoke Newington is a metropolitan district and an ancient parish in Middlesex, forming a north-eastern suburb of London. Stoke Newington was a Saxon manor recorded in Domesday as 'Neutone', the ancient parish being coterminous with the manor. The village developed along and to the west of the Roman road Ermine Street and around Newington Green to the south. St Mary's Old Church, now an arts venue, dates from the 16th century. Its replacement, St Mary's Church (1858), was designed in the Gothic Revival version of the Decorated style by Gilbert Scott. The village saw significant housing development from the 1820s. Stoke Newington station opened in 1872. From 1900-1965, for local government purposes, the ancient parish was the basis of Stoke Newington metropolitan borough. Stoke Newington Town hall (1937) has a symmetrical curved frontage in Renaissance style to the west and a rectangular assembly hall with four huge Doric order columns in the Classical style to the east. The district is within the council area of Hackney.

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.561691,-0.073737
Grid Reference: TQ 3362 8651
Council Area: Hackney CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA

GBPN ID: 42561
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Stoke_Newington,_Middlesex_42561

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