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Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross.. The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around Hackney Downs railway station.
Hackney Central was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1949, and again from 1955 until the council's abolition, in 1965. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name .
Hackney Central is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located in the London Borough of Hackney. It lies between Dalston Kingsland and Homerton in Travelcard Zone 2 . [ 4 ] The station and the trains serving it are operated by Transport for London .
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park .
London Borough of Hackney, a local authority area created in 1965; Hackney Central, a sub-district of Hackney which forms the commercial and administrative centre; Hackney Wick, a sub-district of Hackney; South Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney; West Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney; Hackney Central railway station; Hackney Downs railway station
Current opinion is that the name "hackney", to refer to a London taxi, is derived from the village name. [6] (Hackney, associated with high-stepping horses and horse-drawn carriages, is the root of the French word haquenée, a term used for a small breed of horse, [7] and the Sardinian achetta horse.) Construction of the railway in the 1850s ...
General election 1979: Hackney Central Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour: Stanley Clinton-Davis: 16,506 59.34 Conservative: Nicholas Bennett: 7,718 27.75 Liberal: Elikkos Georghiades 1,835 6.60 National Front: Ronald May 1,418 5.10 New: Workers Revolutionary: Mark Johnson 340 1.22 New: Majority 8,788 31.59 Turnout: 46,464 59.87 Labour hold: Swing
London Fields is a park in Hackney, London, although the name also refers to the immediate area in Hackney surrounding it and London Fields station. It is common land adjoining the Hackney Central area of the London Borough of Hackney. The park covers an area of 12.65 hectares (31.3 acres), [1] and includes sporting and recreation facilities ...