In the early 19th century many of London's Quakers came to live in Stoke Newington, and they built a meeting house in 1827 in Yoakley Road
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A terrific photo of Charles Dean Fishmongers at 180 High Street (circa 1920?). Sanford Lane can be seen on the right.
Facts and figures about the old Ambassador Cinema at 117 Stoke Newington High Street #n16 #stokenewington
Facts and figures about the old Vogue Cinema at 38 Stoke Newington High Street #n16 #stokenewington #hackney
The main medieval settlement of Stoke Newington grew up in Church Street around the church and stone manor house on the north side
Thomas Stock built five houses on the north side of Church Street at its junction with High Street before 1664
In 1841 Church Street was famed for its 'mansion-like residences' with their large gardens that stretched into pleasure grounds and paddocks
Stoke Newington Church Street circa 1880 looking east from near Old St.Mary's; showing Halstead House on right
During the 1830s and 1840s shop fronts were fitted to the 18th-century houses, especially at the eastern end of Church Street
Church Street began to be transformed during the late 19th century, with terraces and shops replacing the large houses
Daniel Defoe's house and estate were sold in the 1860s, and by 1870 the house had been demolished and Defoe Road started
In the 1740s buildings stretched from Church Street northward half-way to Hackney brook and southward to Cut Throat Lane
Church Street 1880 - Comparison photo. Notice The Lion with its old exterior prior to a 1921 rebuilt. #n16 #hackney
Church Street 1880, The Lion - Comparison photo #n16
In 1865 the driving of cattle through Church Street on Sundays caused great annoyance
Northwold Road/Rectory Road comparison photo #n16 #stokenewington
James Shirley Hibberd (1825–1890), one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era, lived on Lordship Terrace
Gloves were washed and coloured in 1709 at a house in Church Street where lodgers were accommodated 'to encourage industry'
There were some 140 shops and workshops in Stoke Newington in 1826. 33 were in Church Street.
@Rosa_Lingerie Not no. 3 but in 1876 Pinch & Whipple, staymakers were based at no. 5 Church Street.
In 1834 Lordship Terrace was called Meadow Street. William Chase, a brewer, was then one of its residents.
The Rose & Crown existed by 1612. The inn was rebuilt in 1815 and again in 1932 when it was moved to the opposite west side of Albion Road.
Stoke Newington was playing cricket against Edmonton in 1866 and in 1869 there was a cricket club with its own grounds in Albion Road
The Stoke Newington Society was founded after 1965 with the aim of rehabilitating Church Street
@TheFoxReformed I need to scan a photo of the funeral (1912). It looks like a grand royal funeral coming down from Stamford Hill.
A packed Stoke Newington High Street (Corner of Northwold Rd) with people attending William Booth's funeral in 1912
The Alexandra theatre was built to the designs of Frank Matcham at nos. 65 and 67 Stoke Newington Road in 1897
Two cinemas were built in 1911: the Albion at no. 4 Albion Parade, Albion Road, which closed in 1952, and the Coliseum at nos. 31-3 SN Road
The Coliseum cinema at nos. 31-3 Stoke Newington Road, which seated 600 closed in 1972
The Savoy cinema was built with 1,800 seats at nos. 11-15 Stoke Newington Road. It was an ABC cinema from 1962-1977.
Electricity arrived in Church Street in 1905.
1979 - Aroma shop at 152 Stoke Newington Church Street flickr.com/photos/dhedwar…
April 16th 1977 - The Jam headline a gig at The Rochester Castle (145 Stoke Newington High Street).
Paradise Bridge, over the New River, was located on Church St. very close to where the 393 bus stop before Green Lanes is today (South side)
Church Street, which divided SN parish in two, existed by 1329. Possibly called Newington (Newton) Lane in 1403. it was Church St in 1576
Church Street was widened in 1872, in 1899, when the junction with High Street was enlarged, and during the 1930s
Lordship Road existed by 1649 and was named Lordship Lane by 1694
Albion Road, which joined Church Street to Newington Green, was completed in 1829
The corner of Stoke Newington High St/Church St circa 1903
The Three Crowns before it was rebuilt (facing the High Street)
Cows and flock of sheep in Stoke Newington Church Street 1922
The two sides of Park Lane Bridge (Corner of Church St/Lordship Crescent)
The corner of Stoke Newington High Street/Cazenove Road - Then and now
Old postcard: Corner of Albion Road/Carysfort Road 1905
The New River running along Church Street
View of Paradise Row (now Church Street) and the New River from Clissold Park
Jonathan Hoare lost the (Clissold) house and estate and moved to Stoke Newington Church Street where he stayed for the rest of his life.
The Coach and Horses Public House at no. 178 Stoke Newington High Street is listed grade II
Stoke Newington High Street forms part of the Roman Ermine Street and as such was a major route out of the City of London
The Red Lion Pub on SN Church Street before it was rebuilt in 1931. It existed on this site as early as 1697.
The corner of Stoke Newington High St/Brooke Rd c. 1900
The 73 bus passing by the Red Lion pub on Stoke Newington Church Street before the pub was rebuilt in 1931
Stoke Newington High Street (1930's?)
The Alexandra Theatre and Opera House at 65 & 67 Stoke Newington High Street arthurlloyd.co.uk/AlexandraTheat… http://t.co/psdFqS51Zd
@thisismikehall a ghost church on the high street! indeed :)
West Hackney Church on the corner of SN High Street/Amhurst Road. built in 1824. Damaged in 1940 bombing and rebuilt
@globemakers By the way, the shop fronts on Albion Road replaced front gardens. There's a nice photo in a book with the gardens.
1958 - The remains of West Hackney Church on SN High Street/Amhurst Road. It was built in 1824 and bombed in 1940.
The Weavers Arms on the corner of High St/Cazenove Road c. 1903
The corner Stoke Newington High Street/Church Street c. 1905
The Savoy (ABC) cinema at 11-15 Stoke Newington Road in 1937 (cinematreasures.org/theaters/14878) http://t.co/VsEE6ICnsv
Ace Cinema (formerly Savoy then ABC) at 11-15 Stoke Newington Road in 1982 (cinematreasures.org/theaters/14878) http://t.co/KrpDSa4F8V
Ace Cinema (formerly Savoy then ABC) at 11-15 Stoke Newington Road in 1982 (cinematreasures.org/theaters/14878) http://t.co/9DeCiusiH8
Ace Cinema (formerly Savoy then ABC) at 11-15 Stoke Newington Road in 1983 (cinematreasures.org/theaters/14878) http://t.co/3ZMZSTIH1U
ABC Cinema (formerly Savoy) at 11-15 Stoke Newington Road in 1972 (cinematreasures.org/theaters/14878) http://t.co/CboMMGSHCy
Stoke Newington High Street, old M&S building in 1998. Photo by: flickr.com/photos/sapperb/ http://t.co/ePD1TZe6do
1876 - Stoke Newington High Street School (Corner of Northwold Rd). The building has been altered extensively since
Fleetwood School, Stoke Newington High Street 1972
189 Stoke Newington High Street in 1942 (© City of London)
When @YUMYUM_Tweet was a small forest - 187 Stoke Newington High Street in 1977 (© City of London)
109-111 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1942 (© City of London)
190-194 Stoke Newington High Street in 1972 (© City of London)
187 Stoke Newington High Street in 1942 (© City of London) @YUMYUM_Tweet
1972 - 186-190 Stoke Newington High Street opposite Church St (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before BORN - Stoke Newington Church Street/Barn Street in 1973 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before Banksy - 129-131 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1977 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
169-173a Stoke Newington Church Street in 1974 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before the Town Hall was built 1935-37: 166-180 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930 (London Metropolitan Archives)
Gino barbershop - 7-13 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1977 (London Metropolitan Archives)
Before Premier Cars: 93-95 Stoke Newington Church Street/Defoe Road in 1972 (London Metropolitan Archives)
189-191 Stoke Newington High Street in 1961 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
10 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930. (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
89-91 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1942 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
91 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1975 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before John's Garden Centre: 171-173 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930 (London Metropolitan Archives)
Before John's Garden Centre: 171-175 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1979 (London Metropolitan Archives)
Before Kimos - 180-186 Stoke Newington High Street in 1972 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Paradise House in Paradise Row (Church Street opposite Clissold Park) in 1930 (London Metropolitan Archives)
Before Ryan's Bar: 179-181 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1942 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Corner of 85 Stoke Newington Road and Prince George Road in 1897 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
In 1976 a council estate, Brett Close, transformed the frontage on Church Street between Red Lion Lane and Yoakley Road
In 1977 the new Church St fire station replaced a Victorian terrace on the site of Fleetwood House
Church Row was numbered 1-9 from W. to E. No. 1 was pulled down in 1841 and in 1882 the houses were renumbered 166-80 Church street (even)
36-9 Church Street was changed in 1880 to nos. 106-12 (even). No. 112, became no. 130 in 1937.
From about 1824 Fleetwood House on Church Street was a school for Quaker girls. It lost most of it grounds when the cemetery opened in 1840
Fleetwood House, a 60-room mansion on Church Street was demolished in 1872 to make way for Fleetwood Street
Before the Town Hall - 176 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before the Town Hall - 166 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
Before the Town Hall - 178 Stoke Newington Church Street in 1930 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)
191 Stoke Newington High Street second floor roof in 1970 (© City of London - London Metropolitan Archives)