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The account was maintained from 2013 till 2025 by Stoke Newington historian Amir Dotan to share his passion and interest in the area's rich history through daily local history nuggets. The archive can be explored through places, notable figures, notable buildings, years, themes, and images, and works especially well for local history, house and street research, family-history leads, and visual comparison over time. Contact: historyofstokey@gmail.com.
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A random anniversary year from today’s archive posts
86 posts were published on 13 Jul across 11 years. Here is one random anniversary year.
Showing 4 posts from 2025.
2025
4 of 11 posts
Ever wondered what this former pub on Nevill Road in Stoke Newington looked like?
Ever noticed this hidden 19th-century street sign on Nevill Road in Stoke Newington?
Do you know what links this postwar housing on Dumont Road in Stoke Newington to Clissold Park?
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I was kindly invited to visit and document the home on Belgrade Road of a long-term resident who passed away…
COMPLETED! My survey of Stoke Newington coalhole covers. I checked every Victorian house in every street in t…
Built in 1658, 52-55 Newington Green in neighbouring Islington are the oldest surviving terraced houses in Lo…
1899 - Suffragettes outside Stoke Newington Station
Built in 1658, 52-55 Newington Green in neighbouring Islington is the oldest surviving London Terrace.
Simply astonishing. The original 12,000-strong petition from 1886 to save Clissold Park. First outing in 130…
I just printed and placed pointers to the grave of James Stephen in St Mary’s old churchyard. He was a leadin…
ON THIS DAY in 1948 Nye Bevan launched the NHS. The John Scott Health Centre in Woodberry Down, Stoke Newingt…
Stoke Newington Rail Station. Built in 1872, the ticket hall was rebuilt in 1975.
On this day in 1731 Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, who lived on Church St where Defoe Rd is today d…
I was kindly invited to visit and document the home on Belgrade Road of a long-term resident who passed away…
Built in 1658, 52-55 Newington Green in neighbouring Islington are the oldest surviving terraced houses in Lo…
COMPLETED! My survey of Stoke Newington coalhole covers. I checked every Victorian house in every street in t…
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I was kindly invited to visit and document a Victorian house on one of the streets off Stoke Newington Church…
This morning, I met with Cynthia Grandfield, who alerted me to the recent uncovering of an old fish and chip…
It took me three hours today to visit 40 shops on Stoke Newington Church Street and give them their ‘Windows…
I’ve uploaded close to 30,000 images I’ve tweeted in nearly 11 years into a public folder. You can access the…
Anna Rose Kerr very kindly offered to create an interactive 'Then & Now' slider version for images I've s…
Hello from inside the former Savoy Cinema in Stoke Newington Road!
29.8.1912 - Funeral procession of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army entering Abney Park Cemetery.…
Here's the full length (2:30min) BBC London feature about 'The History of Every Shop in Stoke Newington Churc…
Here’s me making a brief appearance in an episode of Landscape Artist of the Year on Sky Arts. Here’s a short…
“How big is Stoke Newington?” That’s the question I asked people who attended my talk on Stoke Newington’s bo…
Anna Rose Kerr created a nifty 'now and then' interactive slider a while ago using photos of Stoke Newington…
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