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  1. Jul 15, 2023 · Haggerston, in the Borough of Hackney, remains one of those ‘lost’ districts of London’s inner suburbs. Even the boundaries of this elusive locale have fluctuated, yet although the current electoral ward extends deep into Shoreditch, I would draw the borders of Haggerston at Hackney Rd to the south, Queensbridge Rd to the east, Kingsland ...

  2. Sep 24, 2024 · Having in the preceding chapters devoted our attention to the north-western part of London, we now take up fresh ground, and begin anew with the north-eastern districts, which, although not so extensive as the ground over which we have travelled since starting from Belgravia and Pimlico, will doubtless be found to contain much that may prove int...

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  3. Dec 20, 2022 · Haggerston, in the Borough of Hackney, remains one of those ‘lost’ districts of London’s inner suburbs. Even the boundaries of this elusive locale have fluctuated, yet although the current electoral ward extends deep into Shoreditch, I would draw the borders of Haggerston at Hackney Rd to the south, Queensbridge Rd to the east, Kingsland ...

  4. With the opening of the Regent’s Canal in 1820 and the development of the railways in the mid-19th century, the population increased and Haggerston became part of the urban sprawl with streets of workers’ cottages and factories lining the canal.

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  5. Feb 12, 2015 · The story of the Haggerston Estate is the story of social housing in Britain – a story told by James Meek in the London Review of Books – in microcosm. London County Council built it between 1935 and 1948 as a slum-clearance project, trying to plumb in the edifying qualities of English Literature by theming the building’s names round the ...

  6. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haggerston like this: HAGGERSTONE, a quondam hamlet, eight chapelries, and two sub-districts, in Shoreditch parish and district, Middlesex.

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  8. From the best spots along Regent's Canal to the cultural landmarks to see, here's our neighbourhood guide to east London's Haggerston and Hoxton.