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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]
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The name is a syncopated form of Bernersbury (1274), [1] being so called after the Berners family: powerful medieval manorial lords who gained ownership of a large part of Islington after the Norman Conquest. The area of Barnsbury was predominantly rural until the early 19th century.
The Old Queen's Head is a pub on Essex Road in Islington, London N1. Its shopfront is scheduled as "to be retained" by Islington Council.Since 2006 The Old Queens Head has been a part of The Columbo Group, owned by Steve Ball and Riz Shaikh. [1]
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.
Britannia Row Studios was a recording studio in Islington, London N1 (1975–1995), and then Fulham, London SW6, England (1995–2015).It was built by the English rock band Pink Floyd, who used it to record their albums Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979).
In 1584, a Catholic priest, Thomas Worthington was arrested in Islington. Other priests were reported to be hiding in the area: a Fr Williams and Thomas Clarke in 1592, and three stayed around 1600. In 1626, evidence of a Catholic Mass was discovered in Islington. In 1680, two Catholics were reported to be in Islington, and one in 1708.
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