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Hackney Wick, Hackney/Tower Hamlets This hitherto run-down Leaside area, divided from the rest of Hackney by the East Cross Route, is presently exhibiting a flowering…

Clapton Park, Hackney An amalgam of Victorian terraces and 20th-century council flats, located on the eastern side of Lower Clapton and separated from Hackney Marsh…

Homerton, Hackney A crowded part of east-central Hackney, dominated by council-built flats Homerton (pronounced ‘hommətən’) was first recorded in 1343 and takes its name (which…

A courtier’s country home in Hackney Sutton House, Homerton Ralph Sadleir … possibly* Ralph Sadleir (or Sadler) was born in 1507, probably in Hackney. The…

London Fields, Hackney A 31-acre park located west of Mare Street in south-central Hackney and, by extension, the surrounding resi­den­tial and commer­cial locality – which…

De Beauvoir (Town), Hackney A contrasting community of council blocks and early Victorian villas in west Dalston, separated from Hoxton by the Regent’s Canal In…

Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets/Hackney A 213-acre, boot-shaped park with lakes and amenities, situated between South Hackney and Bow’s Old Ford locality Victoria Park was created…

…predom­i­nantly of Indian heritage on the Hackney side of the river and of Pakistani descent in Waltham Forest. Postal districts: E5 and E10 Popu­la­tion: 29,710 (Hackney’s…

Stoke Newington, Hackney A noncon­formist community for centuries, situated north-west of Hackney A medieval village grew up around the twin nuclei of Newington Green and…