Stamford Hill
 
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Location of Stamford Hill in Greater London |
Stamford Hill is a district in North London , United Kingdom. It belongs partly to the London Borough of Hackney (Cazenove, Lordship, New River and Springfield) and partly to the London Borough of Haringey (Seven Sisters). The district is best known for its around 30,000 Hasidic Jews who live there and shape the streetscape. Stamford Hill is also the name of the part of the A10 that runs from Stoke Newington High Street to the start of Tottenham High Road.
history
An ancient Roman road ran through the Stamford Hill area, but the surface was destroyed by heavy traffic in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 18th century the area began to develop rapidly and an important traffic junction was established here. At the end of the 19th century, increasing numbers of Jewish families moved in trying to escape the poverty of the East End of London . In 1915 the New Synagogue was relocated to Stamford Hill and in 1926 the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations was established here. This in turn motivated other strictly religious Jewish families to settle in the area, many of them fleeing from the National Socialists .
Jewish life
Stamford Hill is a center of Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox Jews in Europe. An estimated 30,000 predominantly Hasidic Jews live here, with a community growth of around 5% per year due to the above-average birth rate compared to the rest of Great Britain. The streetscape is characterized by Jewish men and women in typical clothing, especially on the Sabbath when the fathers go to church with their children. The congregations come from different directions of Eastern European Judaism, which differ in terms of their customs, clothing and congregational life. The largest community has the Satmar , to which five synagogues belong, followed by the Belz . There are over 50 synagogues in total. Many devout Jews in the neighboring parishes of Stoke Newington , Upper Clapton and Tottenham identify with Stamford Hill.
A volunteer first aid service called Hatzola (Hebrew: rescue) and a volunteer vigilante group called Shomrim (Hebrew: watchmen ) have been set up by and for Jews.
Due to Jewish dietary laws, Stamford Hill has many shops selling kosher food. Some of these shops have a centuries-old tradition, such as the Grodzinski Bakery.
Nearby districts
traffic
Stamford Hill is best reached by bus. An important transfer point is the “Stamford Hill Broadway” stop.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ hackney.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b destinationhackney.co.uk ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Hackney: Communications In: A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume 10: Hackney, 1995, pp. 4-10 ( british-history.ac.uk ).
- ↑ Kosher in the country. In: The Economist. June 1, 2006.
- ^ Learning Trust . Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ↑ Stamford Hill Shomrim londonshomrim.com ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ Jewish health service offers local care. - BBC Health January 19, 2003.
- ↑ Grodzinski Bakery grodzinski.co.uk
