Stoke Newington History

After 12 years of sharing Stoke Newington history here, I’ve decided to scale back. My aim has always been simple: “Promoting and Sharing Stoke Newington’s Rich History.” That’s guided everything I’ve shared in the 37,000+ posts since 2013. But in the last year, it’s been hard…

Happy 136th birthday Clissold Park! On this day in 1889 Clissold Park opened to the public following a dramatic 2-year local campaign led by Joseph Beck and John Runtz to save the land from being built on. Campaign archive: clissoldparkarchive.wordpress.com My 50mim talk about the…

ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH, Vicarage. Wordsworth Road. 1865 St. Matthias Parsonage House, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington. South elevation from garden, looking north.Photograph, 1865.

#OnThisDay 153 years ago the Great Eastern Railway opened between Stoke Newington and Edmonton Green along with Stamford Hill, Seven Sisters (pictured c.1905), Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane and Silver Street: @TfL #Weaver Line today. John Alsop collection buff.ly/B8hNmsT

Have you seen the hidden historic dragon statue at 92 Lordship Park in Stoke Newington?

Mashup: 90-110 Spenser Grove in 1977. They were demolished two years later to extend Shakspeare Walk Adventure Playground. The extension of the play area, which originated as a small, vacant bomb clearance site where 67-9 Shakespeare Walk once stood, was part of the Shakespeare…

In 2018, I asked 80 people who attended my talk about Stoke Newington’s boundaries over time to draw on a map how big Stoke Newington is. This was the result. #stokenewington #stokenewingtonhistory #hackneyhistory #londonhistory #localhistory #hiddenlondon #microhistory…

These 130-year-old decorative tiles were uncovered a year ago in 117 Stoke Newington Church Street. #stokenewington #stokenewingtonhistory #hackneyhistory #londonhistory #localhistory #hiddenlondon #microhistory #historyfacts

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Stoke Newington school dating back to 1500s to close - BBC News

Stoke Newington Heritage Street Sign Restoration Initiative - Update Four of the ten historic street signs I identified for restoration, bearing the name of the former Borough of Stoke Newington, were restored by Hackney Council in summer 2024. This follows several years of…

Born on this day in 1674: Isaac Watts (d. 1748). Congregational minister, renowned hymn writer, theologian, and logician who lived for 30 years in Abney House in Stoke Newington Church St as a guest of Lady Mary Abney. He was a prolific writer and is credited with 750 hymns.…

To clarify, given some of the replies: I’m not leaving X, but I will be posting less frequently, probably weekly rather than daily. From what I’ve gathered, posting too often as I’ve been doing for a very long time may cause the platform to flag the account as bot-like, which…

Sadly, the mid-19th-century stone tablet boundary marker on the gable end of 85 Barrett’s Grove, which reads, “This boundary wall is the freehold property of the Barrett’s Grove Estate,” is no longer visible due to the housing development on the adjacent site.

Interesting story in photos about my mum and Nye Bevin in 1948 Stoke Newington North London. He was opening a new estate and visited my mum’s house nearby! 🪡

Did you know there used to be a pub on the corner of Howard Road and Spenser Grove? The decline in the number of pubs in Stoke Newington mirrors a broader national trend and is not specific to the area. Across the UK, there were around 90,000 pubs in 1925, falling to 75,000 by…

Do you know what links this postwar housing on Clissold Crescent to Clissold Park? #stokenewington #stokenewingtonhistory #hackneyhistory #londonhistory #localhistory #hiddenlondon #microhistory #historyfacts

Grange House, 229 Stoke Newington Church St. Part of affluent Paradise Row. It was demolished and the flats that were built on the site retained the name. This view from Clissold Park shows the New River before this section was drained in 1958.