Stoke Newington
| Stoke Newington | |
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 Stoke Newington Town Hall, built 1935–37 for the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington |
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 Stoke Newington
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| Stoke Newington shown within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ335865 |
| • Charing Cross | 5 mi (8.0 km) SW |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N16 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney.
The historic core on Church Street was the site of the original hamlet of Stoke Newington which in turn gave its name to the Ancient Parish of Stoke Newington. Church Street retains the distinct London village character which led Nikolaus Pevsner to write that he found it hard to see the district as being in London at all.
Stoke Newington is nicknamed "Stokey" by many residents.
The modern London Borough of Hackney was formed by the merger of three former Metropolitan Boroughs; Hackney and the considerably smaller authorities of Stoke Newington and Shoreditch. These Metropolitan Boroughs had been in existence since 1899 but their names and boundaries were very closely based on much older ancient parishes dating back to the medieval period.
Unlike many districts in London, such as nearby Stamford Hill and Dalston within the former AP\MB (Ancient Parish\Metropolitan Borough) of Hackney, Stoke Newington has longstanding formal boundaries; but like many areas the area definition has changed over time and Stoke Newington is now popularly regarded as stretching further east to overlap areas of the former AP\MB of Hackney.
As described the Metropolitan Borough largely adopted the Ancient Parishes boundaries, including the parts of the eastern boundary which followed the originally Roman A10 road. There were minor rationalisations but the major change to the area covered was the transfer of part of Hornsey (South Hornsey).
Stoke Newington northern and western boundaries have become the north-west borders of the modern London Borough. The eastern boundary was formed primarily by the A10 road where it goes by the name Stoke Newington High St (near the core) and Stoke Newington Road (meaning the road to the hamlet of Stoke Newington), further south.
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