Hackney (parish)

The ecclesiastical and civil roles of the parish increasingly diverged, and by the early nineteenth century they covered different areas.

With Stoke Newington it formed part of the Hackney District, governed by the Hackney District Board of Works, within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such the parish of St John at Hackney within the Hackney District Boards of Works was divided into seven wards (electing vestrymen): No.

[1][2] In 1894, the district and board were dissolved, with the Hackney vestry taking on its duties within the parish.

In 1894 as its population had increased the incorporated vestry was re-divided into eight wards (electing vestrymen): Stamford Hill (15), West (18), Kingsland (12), Hackney (12), Mare Street (15), South (15), Clapton (12) and Homerton (21).

St Augustine's Tower – Dating back to the 13th century, this is Hackney Central 's oldest building. It is all that remains of the original medieval parish church, which was demolished in the late 18th century (September 2005).
A map showing the wards of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
St John's parish church, Hackney. (September 2005)