Hackney
Hackney commonly refers to:
It may also refer to:
Places
- London Borough of Hackney, one of the boroughs of Inner London created in 1965, it incorporates the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
- Hackney District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1894
- Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, formed in 1900 and abolished in 1965
- Hackney Central (ward), a political division of the Council
- Hackney Central railway station
- Hackney College
- Hackney Downs
- Hackney Downs (ward), a political division of the Council
- Hackney Downs railway station
- Hackney Marshes
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)
- Hackney (parish), the ancient church parish, part of the modern London borough
- South Hackney
- Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)
- Hackney Wick
- Hackney Wick railway station
- Hackney Wick Stadium
Hackney Central
Coordinates: 51°32′36″N 0°03′34″W / 51.543307°N 0.059486°W / 51.543307; -0.059486
Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. It comprises the area roughly surrounding, and extending north from Mare Street. It is situated 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north east of Charing Cross. It is also the name of Hackney Central ward, an electoral division for Hackney Council.
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 Lee 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 (parish)
Hackney was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th-century parish church dedicated to St Augustine (pulled down in 1798). The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened; the bells were finally removed to the new St John's in 1854. See details of other, more modern, churches within the original parish boundaries below.
Ancient parish
The vestry of the parish, in common with all parishes in England, was entrusted with various administrative functions from the 17th century. The parish vestry administered the Poor Law until 1837, until it became part of the Poor Law Union of Hackney. The ecclesiastical and civil roles of the parish increasingly diverged, and by the early nineteenth century they covered different areas.
Civil parish
A distinct civil parish dates from 1855, with the incorporation of The Vestry of the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex by section 42 of the Metropolis Management Act. With Stoke Newington it formed part of the Hackney District, governed by the Hackney District Board of Works, within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
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