Hackney Facts

HACKNEY STIRLING ACKROYD | THE HISTORY OF HACKNEY |COMPOSITION OF HACKNEY'S IAREAS OF HACKNEY NEIGHBOURHOODS 1086 AD Neighbourhood Constituent wards First mentioned as Neutone. Stoke Newington Forum Brownswood Clissold 1148 Dalston Earliest Reference of 'Soerditch'. Stoke Newington Lordship Stoke Newington Central 1198 First mention of 'Hackney'. North East Neighbourhood Cazenove Hackney Downs Leabridge Committee Hackney Central Hackney Wick 1314 Parish of Stoke Newington found. New River Springfield Chatham Dalston 1855-58 Homerton Forum Hackney Central King's Park Parish churches develop. 1800's & 1900's Church administrations replaced by civic institutions. Victoria Haggerston Wick Shoreditch Neighbourhood De Beauvoir Haggerston Hoxton Queensbridge Shoreditch Committee 1840 Hackney's first train station opened. I AGE STRUCTURE Current & Projected Late 1800's Industrial development takes off. 12% THINGS TO KNOW - 2009 FACTS 10% ABOUT HACKNEY.. 2016 1899 Three boroughs created Stoke Newington, Shoreditch and Hackney created. 8% 2031 Hackney Marshes has the largest concentration of amateur football pitches in Europe; over 100 games are played there every winter weekend. 6% 4% 1930 Slum clearance of housing. Rehousing projects take place. 2% 0% I Late 1900's Population growth thanks to industrialisation. Hackney has a total of 62 parks, more than any other London Borough. Source: GLA Population Projections for Hackney, 2009 IETHNICITY* England London Hackney 1965 Three borough amalgamated to form London Borough of Hackney. Hackney Libraries host about 600 events every year. White Chinese i Late 1900's - Early 2000's Hackney develops into one of London's most distinct and culturally rich areas. 1% 2% 48% 2%|10% 1% 83% 57% 8% : 1% London's first Tudor theatres were built in Shoreditch. William Shakespeare's plays were often shown in the area, including Romeo & Juliet and Henry V. Mixed: 0% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% I NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN OR LIVED IN HACKNEY Hackney Empire was built in 1901, originally as a music hall. The likes of Charlie Chaplin, WC Fields and Stan Laurel have all performed there. Jeremy Beadle Alfred Hitchcock Asian or Asian British: Michael Caine Barbara Windsor 2% 0% 2% 2% 1% |a 0% Noel Fielding Alan Sugar The Circus Space in Hoxton offers the UK's only university degree program in circus. Established in 1989 it runs over 50 adult courses every week in everything from clowning to trapeze Pete Doherty Dick Turpin Harold Pinter 1% Colin Firth Ray Winstone Black or Black British: Ethnic Grp: John Simon Ritchie art. Fantastic. 1% 0% 5% 0% 8 10% | 2% 1% Edgar Allen Poe (Educated) 1% (Sid Vicious) WEB SOURCES 1% www.stirlingackroyd.com/Webpage/161/Area-Overview www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/ Documents/facts-and-figures.pdf .....mbuka.. www.teamhackney.org/hackneyfacts HOUSE PRICES www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/lept/ boroughmap/hackney/ Detached Semi Detached Тетаced Maisonette/Flat All www.london.myvillage.com/article/ ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-hackney Hackney £544,323 £564,047 £435,445 £303,750 £359,679 "Source: ONS Mid Year Estimates, 2007. London £596,085 £346,676 £309,091 £303,346 £338,027 Notes: The Charedi populationis estimated to be 7% (Mayhew, 2007). The Turkish populaton is estimated to be 6% (Household survey, 2004). These are often captured in White British/White Other or Other Ethinic Group. England £259,546 £157,397 £127,378 £154,576 £166,072 Source; Land Registy June 2010 Caribbean Pakis tari овя дим Other Asian