During the Second World War 474 buildings were destroyed and many more damaged in Stoke Newington
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The Second World War in Stoke Newington, including bombing, shelters, evacuation, service, and the wartime home front.
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In 1939, at the outset of World War 2, camouflage paint was applied to the outside of the Town Hall building to protect against bomb damage
RT @WW2live: #WW2 #WWII Restored Stoke Newington World War II memorial set to be unveiled on Remembrance Sunday hackneygazette.co.uk/news/restored_stoke_…
Coronation Avenue off the High Street, where 160 people were killed during the Blitz on October 13th 1940
@PaulieTandoori Yes. Thanks. I forgot about that one. Btw, flickr.com/photos/churchc… Stoke Newington Rd/Evering Rd. Bombed 1940 Demolished 1958
Hi-Res Stoke Newington war damage map 1939-45 flickr.com/photos/alandenney/11728746906/… (via Alan Denney flickr.com/photos/alandenney/11728746906/…)
Stoke Newington Road. Possibly looking north with Stoke Newington Baptist Church on the left (bombed WW2 & rebuilt).
The original cast iron railings of 169 Church Street (aka Sisters Place, built 1714) were taken for the War Effort some time during WW2.
Albion Road was heavily bombed during the Second World War.
Coronation Avenue, which sustained a direct hit during the Blitz (13.10.40) killing 160 people, was named in honour of King Edward VII
Mapping the bombs that hit Stoke Newington during the Blitz bewteen 7th October 1940 to 6th June 1941 bombsight.org/?#16/51.5624/-…
Impact of WW2 bombing on Stoke Newington: 204 deaths, 6 missing persons presumed dead, 10 killed but unidentified, and 1,100 injured.
@suzannewozere2 I'm afraid I haven't come across anything memorable about the Home Guard in Stoke Newington yet.
@lola_borg Yep. The Post-WW2 decline after centuries of being an affluent village for wealthy bankers and merchants working in the City
During WW2 the The Spencer Brothers' balloon factory (N16 0AJ) focussed its attention on manufacturing and testing parachutes for the RAF.
@danhughes1508 @domsutton They bombed Barclays Bank a 159 SN High St, now the Stoke Newington Bookshop. Traces of the sign still visible.
St Paul's Church West Hackney on SN High St. Built in 1824 and bombed in 1940. It was rebuilt c. 1960.
@mrdavidcarlisle I will need to Street View it though several churches in the area were bombed in WW2 and subsequently demolished.
@loucentral It was practically rebuilt in 1563 and has been extended a number of times since. It was also bombed in WW2 and repaired.
The WW2 Stoke Newington Civil Defence Control Centre subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/s/st…
@lepedant 474 houses in Stoke Newington were hit during WW2.
@angejameson coming full circle after a post-WW2 decline following centuries of being an affluent village for wealthy City merchants?
1905 - Stoke Newington Baptist Church at 180 Stoke Newington Road. Bombed and destroyed in WW2. Later rebuilt.
Stoke Newington Baptist Church, 180 Stoke Newington Road - Then (1905) and now (2014). Bombed and destroyed in WW2.
@Huriye also, the Queen Mother visited during WW2 hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Images/…
RT @Huriye: "@HistoryOfStokey also, the Queen Mother visited during WW2 hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Images/… …".........Great atmospheric photo, thanks …
West Hackney Church (Stoke Newington High St/Amhurst Rd). Built 1824 Bombed 1940 Rebuilt c. 1958.
St. Faith's Church, Londesborough Rd / Knebworth Rd. One of three churches in Stoke Newington destroyed during WW2. flickr.com/photos/1315678…
West Hackney Church (Stoke Newington High St/Amhurst Rd). Built 1824 Bombed 1940 Rebuilt c. 1958.
@Huriye yes. Grand houses, cinemas and churches were all over the place. WW2, demographic changes etc. made a lot of difference.
RT @ianpatterson99: Unexploded WW2 bomb in Stoke Newington gets neighbours talking: ft.com/cms/s/2/e296c8…
N16 was created in 1917 when as a wartime measure to improve efficiency, districts like N were subdivided with a number #worldwar1centenary
@Huriye I know there was a grand church there that was bombed in WW2 and the Abneys' church was there since early 18th century.
@Huriye Both St Mary's were hit during WW2 but thankfully it was relatively minor compared to damage sustained by others in the area.
1948 - Map of Stoke Newington. 474 houses were hit during WW2 and four grand churches damaged beyond repair
RT @hackneytours: @GallipoliGunner @JonathanRuffle @HistoryToday @blacksquarebrig Stoke Newington got first Zeppelin bomb of WW1. Pre-WW2 s…
1905 - West Hackney Church at the corner of Stoke Newington High St and Amhurst Rd. Bombed beyond repair in WW2.
@drdavidc @niallweir there were a number of grand churches in that style in Stoke Newington. All 4 I can think of were bombed beyond repair.
1940 - Stoke Newington air raid shelter. 474 houses were hit during WW2 and 4 grand churches damaged beyond repair.
@bowesmanor @MPSNewRiverSgt @teachyscience 474 houses in Stoke Newington were hit during WW2 incl. most churches 4 damaged beyond repair.
@bowesmanor @MPSNewRiverSgt @teachyscience In fact, all three 19th century churches on SN High St, SN Rd were rebuilt following bomb damage
@bowesmanor @MPSNewRiverSgt @teachyscience both old and new St Mary's were bombed and damage but luckily not beyond repair like others
.@bowesmanor map of Stoke Newington WW2 bomb damage
Devonshire Church Hall at Stoke Newington High St/Walford Rd. Built 1890, damaged beyond repair during WW2.
Correction: Devonshire Square church SN High St/Walford Rd only lost steeple in WW2 demolished 60s (via @LynRennick)
.@afcvicki Apart from a 40-year post WW2 ‘decline’, Stoke Newington was always predominatly middle-class (19-20C) and upper-class (16-18C)
[1:47min VIDEO] A digital story about Stoke Newington being bombed in the First World War
c. 1895 map - A Congregationalist Chapel stood on Church St for centuries opposite Abney House. Bombed in WW2.
1894 map showing the location of St. Faith’s Church at Londesborough Rd/Knebworth Road. It was bombed in WW2.
WW2 - 'MBSN Air Raid Precautions School. All Enquiries to the ARP Dept, Town Hall, Stoke Newington, Church Street'
@pc111hnp quite a few churches were damaged beyond repair during WW2
c1922 - The Abney Park Congregational Church on Church St opposite the cemetery. Sustained bomb damage during WW2.
West Hackney Church (Stoke Newington High St/Amhurst Rd). Built 1824 Bombed 1940 Rebuilt c. 1958.
1862 - Abney Church, Church Street opposite the cemetery entrance. Damaged in WW2. (Derek Baker Collection).
1988 - Abney Church, Church St opposite the cemetery entrance, as it was rebuilt after WW2. (Photo by Derek Baker).
1912 - Church St. The grand Abney Church opposite the cemetery was built in 1862. Damaged in WW2 and rebuilt.
Church St. The grand Abney Church opposite the cemetery was built in 1862. Damaged in WW2 and rebuilt.
1907 - West Hackney Church on Stoke Newington High St/Amhurst Rd. Damaged during WW2 and rebuilt c1958.
1953 - Stoke Newington Town Hall, Church St. Railing were most probably removed for armament manufacture during WW2
1908 - Stoke Newington Rd/Brighton Rd looking north. Devonshire Square Church (left) severely damaged in WW2.
The first house in London to be bombed in WW1 was 16 Alkham Road, Stoke Newington
West Hackney Church, Stoke Newington High St/Amhurst Road. Built 1824, bombed 1940, rebuilt c.1960.
1941 - Princess May Road School, Stoke Newington. Note bomb damage.
Complete details of the air raid: iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/31st-may/45861… (via @IanCastleRaids) x.com/iancastleraids…
ON THIS DAY 100 years ago at 11pm London was bombed for the first time during WW1 starting with Stoke Newington iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/31st-may/45861…
@Schopflin not to mention of course factors on a national scale. Also, post-WW2 impact, demographic changes, primarily socio-economic.
@benmilne Indeed. And they were very grand too. Here are 3 Stoke Newington churches that were bombed in WW2.
1940 - Wartime mobile food shop being re-stocked, Stoke Newington
1915 - No. 27 Nevill Road, butted by a bomb dropped by a German Zeppelin in London’s first air raid
During WW2 the pumping house and reservoirs, still part of the water-supply system for London, were targets for German bombers
[Video 00:36sec] Stoke Newington WW2 Shelters
29.9.1939 - Stoke Newington Air Raid Precautions magazine Vol 1 no. 1
10.11.1939 - Stoke Newington Air Raid Precautions Magazine + Concert Programme
Stoke Newington Air Raid Precautions Magazine Vol 1 # 16 - 12 January, 1940
1940 - Rescue workers stretcher a wounded civilian from the wreckage of a Stoke Newington house after an air raid gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-ph…
Abney Congregational Church, Church Street. Built 1838, portico added 1862 extended 1869, 77. Badly damaged in WW2
Note war damage on the right. Both St. Mary's churches were hit during the Blitz along with almost all others in SN. x.com/archiveshackne…
Stoke Newington Devonshire Square Baptist Church on SN Road. It sustained severe damage during the Blitz.
West Hackney Church on SN Road/Amhurst Road. It was built in 1824 and bombed in 1940. Still in ruins in 1958.
Stoke Newington War Damage Map 1939-45 (Black -Total destruction to Yellow - Blast damage) locallocalhistory.co.uk/gsn/images/map…
West Hackney Church on SN Road/Amhurst Road. Built in 1824 and bombed in 1940. Rebuilt in the 1960s.
Then & Now: Abney Congregational Church on Church St opposite the cemetery (1869). Bombed during WW2.
London County Council Bomb Damage Map 1939-1945 - Hackney and Stoke Newington flickr.com/photos/alanden… flickr.com/photos/alanden…
RT @watchbriefmedia: In Stoke Newington in May 1915 residents inspect Zeppelin bomb damage at 27 Nevill Road
c1965 - Stoke Newington Town Hall on Church St. Railings most likely removed during WW2 as part of the war effort.
@globemakers the semi-detached houses on the right were bombed during WW2
Map of Stoke Newington WW2 bomb damage
@BenHaynes09 Bombed during WW2. It was rebuilt in more ‘modest’ style and demolished in the 90’s.
1907 - Stoke Newington High St. West Hackney Church on the Hackney side of the road on the right. Bombed in 1940.
May 1915 - 27 Nevill Rd Stoke Newington bomb damage from Zeppelin
@bobshaw72 bombed as far as I recall. Need to check. A new one was built on the site.
@bobshaw72 @richmondie Both of these churches nearby were bombed and later built as a box essentially.
.@richmondie @bobshaw72 this is the only photo I have of the church on the High St before it was bombed
Both St. Mary's churches sustained damage during WW2
Does anyone know what happened to All Saints Church on Aden Grove? Was is bombed in WW2?
#OnThisDay 101 years ago at 11pm London was bombed for the first time during WW1 starting with Stoke Newington iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/31st-may/45861…
Stoke Newington High St looking north. West Hackney Church (right): Built 1824, bombed 1940. Rebuilt in the 1960s.
The North aisle was damaged during WW2 and rebuilt some years later, albeit in a different shape. x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
@StokeyLitFest Other SN churches damaged during WW2 also include 2 St. Mary’s and: x.com/HistoryOfStoke… x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
St. Mary's old church. First extended in 1563. North aisle damaged in WW2 and rebuilt. Looks very different now.