Shoreditch
 
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Location of Shoreditch in Greater London
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Shoreditch is a district in Hackney in north-east London . It went administratively together with Hackney and Stoke Newington (parts of the former County of London ) in 1965 in the new district of Hackney .
Shoreditch has long been one of the poorer areas of London. Since the late 20th century it has been considered a “trendy district”, whose dilapidated houses have been refurbished to a high standard and in which the London avant-garde from design, art and fashion as well as the press found new habitats. The Reuters news agency has a branch there. The once dodgy pub scene turned into well-tended trendy restaurants. The former town hall became a venue for training courses, weddings and banquets. Shoreditch is thus subject to an almost complete gentrification .
The closest London Underground station is Old Street ; Until its closure in June 2006, the Shoreditch station was also in the district. Shoreditch High Street is also the name of a newly built station on the East London Line . However, this is in Tower Hamlets .
Sons and daughters
- William Anderson (1842–1900), doctor and art collector
- Harry Champion (1866–1942), music hall singer , comedian and composer
- Carlo Krahmer (1914–1976), jazz drummer
- Matt Monro (1930–1985), singer
- Barry Morse (1918-2008), actor
- Thomas Muffet (1553–1604), doctor and naturalist
- Jonathan Pereira (1804-1853), pharmacologist
- Eddy Thompson (1925-1986), jazz pianist
- Ron Henry (1934-2014), football player
- Barbara Windsor (born 1937), actress
literature
- Monica Ali : Brick Lane. Novel. Translated from the English by Anette Grube. Droemer Knaur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-19620-4 .
- Harold P. Clunn: The Face of London. Spring Books, London et al. 1970, ISBN 0-600-01276-X .
- Paul Harrison: Inside the Inner City. Life under the cutting edge. Revised edition. Penguin, Harmondsworth et al. 1985, ISBN 0-14-022419-X .
- David Mander: More Light, More Power. An Illustrated History of Shoreditch. Sutton, Stroud et al. 1996, ISBN 0-7509-1217-0 .
- Keith Sugden, Keiron Tyler: Under Hackney. The Archaeological Story. Friends of Hackney Archives, London 2002.
- William Taylor: This Bright Field. A travel book in one place. Methuen, London 2001, ISBN 0-413-74690-9 .
- Michael Wood: In Search of Shakespeare. BBC Worldwide, London 2003.
Web links
- The Shoreditch Map (Engl.)
- guide to nice things in Shoreditch (urbanpath.com, Engl.)
- A Tudor History of Shoreditch (from The National Archives ) (at learningcurve.gov.uk, engl.)
- Shoreditch Town Hall (Engl.)
- Shoreditch Trust (Engl.)
- Shoreditch Spa Community site (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Intercultural Society , Reiner Luyken, Die Zeit , June 10, 2009 No. 25
- ↑ tfl.gov.uk: Shoreditch-Closure (PDF; 1.9 MB)