Stoke Newington (parish)

In 1891 as its population had increased the parish of St Mary Stoke Newington was divided into five wards (electing vestrymen): Lordship (15), Church (15), Manor (12), Clissold (9) and Palatine (9).

[1][2] It was dissolved in 1894 with Hackney and Stoke Newington vestries forming separate local authorities.

At the same time, Stoke Newington absorbed most of the parish and urban district of South Hornsey, which had been an exclave of Middlesex in the County of London.

The ancient parish, dedicated to St Mary, was in the Diocese of London and was sometimes called Newington Canonicorum.

As the population increased the parish was divided: Many of the churches were severely damaged by bombs during World War II.

A map showing the wards of Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
Stoke Newington's two parish churches. St Mary's Old Church (left) and New Church (right). (January 2006)