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A map showing the Barnsbury ward of Islington Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Barnsbury is an area of north London in the London Borough of Islington , within the N1 and N7 postal districts .
In 2010, a new N1C district was formed out of the far western part of the original N1 district, to accommodate redevelopment in Kings Cross Central. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The N area also includes two non-geographic postcode districts : N1P for PO boxes in N1 or N1C; and N81 for ballot mailings to Electoral Reform Services in N8.
Islington (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ən / IZ-ling-tən) is an inner-city area of North London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington.It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road, and Southgate Road to the east.
The London Borough of Islington (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ə n / ⓘ IZ-ling-tən) is a London borough which forms part of Inner London, England. Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury. [1]
New North Road was built to provide a new route northwards from Old Street to Highbury, as outlined in a Local Act of parliament 52 Geo. 3.c. cliv (1812): "An Act for making a Public Carriage Road from the present Turnpike Road, near the South End of Highbury Place, Islington to Haberdashers Walk, in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex.
Islington North (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ən / IZ-ling-tən) is a constituency [a] in Greater London established for the 1885 general election. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Jeremy Corbyn, who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020. Since 2020, Corbyn has ...
The O 2 Academy Islington, formerly known as the Carling Academy Islington, is an indoor music venue situated in the N1 Shopping Centre accessible via Upper Street and Liverpool Road, in the London Borough of Islington. It is run by the Academy Music Group. The main venue has a capacity of 800, and the adjacent O 2 Academy 2 holds 250. [1]
Milner Square is a garden square in the Barnsbury area of the London Borough of Islington, North London. It is bounded by early Victorian terraced houses, which are all listed buildings. Historic England describes it as "important for the radical logic of its design, of a type rarely seen outside Scotland and the North, and unlike anything in ...