London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Hackney | |
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status | London Borough |
region | Greater London |
Administrative headquarters | Hackney |
surface | 19.06 km² |
Residents | 279,665 |
was standing | 2018 |
ONS code | 00AM |
Website | www.hackney.gov.uk |
The London Borough of Hackney [ ˈhækni ] is a borough of London . It is located northeast of the city center. When the Greater London administrative region was founded in 1965, it emerged from the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney , the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch and the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington in the former County of London .
The population in 2008 was composed of 61.8% white, 9.6% Asian, 20.9% black and 1.4% Chinese.
There are partnerships with the district of Göttingen (broken off by Hackney for financial reasons in 2005), with the city of Haifa in Israel and with Bridgetown , the capital of Barbados .
Public transport
Hackney has access to only one tube station, Manor House ( Piccadilly Line ). Old Street Station ( Northern Line ) in Islington is just across the southwest boundary of Borroughs. Hackney is also connected to the London Overground network with the North London Line and the East London Line . These stop at four stations each in Hackney.
A number of National Rail lines also run through Hackney. Lea Valley Lines run from Liverpool Street Station to Chingford , Cheshunt or Enfield Town , stopping at Hackney up to five times. As of 2015, these lines will be operated by the London Overground . Trains to Hertford East stop at Hackney Downs Station. First Capital Connect also stops at Old Street Station on weekdays .
history
From 1596 to 1604 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , who is known as a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and a patron of the arts, and his second wife Elizabeth Trentham lived in the then London suburb of Hackney. They lived in King's Place. Edward de Vere died on June 24, 1604 in Hackney and is said to be buried in the church there.
Districts
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Personalities
- Eddie Baily (1925-2010), football player
- John Berger (1926-2017), writer
- Laurie Morgan (1926-2020), jazz musician
- Buster Bloodvessel (born 1958), musician
- Marc Bolan (1947–1977), rock musician
- Eric Bristow (1957-2018), darts player
- Gary Brooker (* 1945), rock musician
- Phil Collen (born 1957), rock musician
- Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921), Alpine painter
- Idris Elba (born 1972), actor
- Alice Gardner (1854–1927), ancient historian
- Edmond Halley (1656-1742), astronomer
- Shaka Hislop (born 1969), football player
- Anne Keothavong (* 1983), professional tennis player
- Bernard Lewis (1916–2018), British-American publicist and historian
- William Lyttle (1931-2010), eccentric
- Jean Marsh (* 1934), actress and screenwriter
- Nicko McBrain (* 1952), rock musician
- Warren Mitchell (1926-2015), actor
- Dave Murray (born 1956), rock musician
- Michael Page (* 1987), boxer and MMA fighter
- James Parkinson (1755-1824), physician and paleontologist
- Harold Pinter (1930–2008), playwright and director
- Professor Green (* 1983), rapper
- Daniel Sharman (* 1986), actor
- Adrian Smith (* 1957), rock musician
- Charles Sotheran (1847–1902), journalist, politician and theosophist
- Alan Sugar (born 1947), entrepreneur
- Jessica Tandy (1909–1994), actress
- Des Walker (born 1965), football player
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), writer and suffragette
Web links
- Hackney Borough Council (county council)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W