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Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900.

Previously they had been parishes governed by vestries. Hackney and Stoke Newington had been united as the Hackney District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1894.

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Hackney Council

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Hackney Mortuary

Mortuary Buildings erected by the Hackney District Board of Works, Anno Domin...

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Abney House

Oops! The plaque has 'Issac' rather than the more common 'Isaac' and we can't...

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Alexander Parkes and Parkesine

First plastic in the world, known as 'parkesine', invented by Alexander Parke...

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Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house fro...

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Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley, 1931 - 1999, entertainer, was a pupil at this school and live...

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Beck and Runtz fountain

MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no r...

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Ralph Heal

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