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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
HACKNEY, a '''parish''', forming a union with StokeNewington, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 2 miles (N. E.) from London; comprising four districts, viz., '''Hackney St'''. '''John''', containing, with Lower Clapton; '''South Hackney'''; '''West Hackney'''; and '''Stamford-Hill''', with Upper Clapton. This place is almost united to the metropolis by successive ranges of building, many of which are of respectable appearance. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.<ref> | HACKNEY, a '''parish''', forming a union with StokeNewington, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 2 miles (N. E.) from London; comprising four districts, viz., '''Hackney St'''. '''John''', containing, with Lower Clapton; '''South Hackney'''; '''West Hackney'''; and '''Stamford-Hill''', with Upper Clapton. This place is almost united to the metropolis by successive ranges of building, many of which are of respectable appearance. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, &nbsp; [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50995#s22 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 362-366. Adapted. Date accessed: 18 December 2013.</ref> | ||
<br> St Mary of Eton Hackney Wick was a small district church lying within the parish boundaries of St John Hackney and was established by the year 1881. | <br> St Mary of Eton Hackney Wick was a small district church lying within the parish boundaries of St John Hackney and was established by the year 1881. | ||