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Stoke Newington had a Quaker presence from the early days of the Society of Friends.(George Fox stayed for a time in neighbouring Dalston, for example. [1]) From 1668 there was a Quaker girls' school in nearby Shacklewell, run first by Mary Stott and then Jane Bullock, “to Instruct younge lasses & maydens in whatsever thinges was civill & useful in ye creation” [2] By the early nineteenth ...
Front was born in Stoke Newington, London, to Sheila and Charles Front. Her mother wrote children's books, which her father illustrated. [3] Her father also designed the title-logo on the cover of The Beatles' album Rubber Soul. [4] Her father is Jewish and her mother is of Jewish and Welsh descent. [5] [6] Front was brought up in Reform ...
Stoke Newington is an area in the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney, England.The area is five miles (eight kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross.The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington, the ancient parish.
The road links Green Lanes (A105) in the west to Stoke Newington High Street (the A10, formerly Ermine Street), in the east. Stoke Newington is one of the villages swallowed by the growth of London in the 19th century, and Church Street retains some of this neighbourhood feel, with many restaurants, pubs, and independent (non-chain) shops.
St Andrew, Stoke Newington; St Mary, Stoke Newington; St Matthias' Church, Stoke Newington; Stoke Newington (London County Council constituency) Stoke Newington (parish) Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) Stoke Newington Central (ward) Stoke Newington Church Street; Stoke Newington Common; Stoke Newington School
Stoke Newington Central was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney. It corresponded roughly to Stoke Newington in London, UK and formed part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency of Diane Abbott MP. The ward returned three councillors to the borough council, with elections every four years.
Vortex Jazz Club. The Vortex started as a jazz club in 1988 and was located in Stoke Newington Church Street, north London.But after the acquisition of that building by property developers, the club was moved in 2005 to the Dalston Culture House in Gillett Street, N16, in Gilett Square. [3]
Stoke Newington's boundaries with the two neighbouring metropolitan boroughs within the County of London were as follows: [7] Islington to the west and south: the centres of Blackstock Road, Mountgrove Roads, Green Lanes, (diverting to take in Petherton Road and Leconfield Road) Matthias Road and Boleyn Road.