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Paradise Row (now 229-249 Stoke Newington Church Street). A large part of this is occupied today by Kennaway Estate: Garland House (built 1953) is on the site of The Willows, while Millington House (built 1937) is on the site of Paradise House. Paradise House had a long association with the Quaker community, being the birthplace of
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around the same time as Millington House. (All of these blocks of flats are named after former rectors of Stoke Newington.) The current Spensley Walk was previously Park Crescent. The section from Albion Road to Woodlea Road was Sister's Place and beyond Defoe Road were Abney Place and Langel Place.
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Various parts of the street have had different names in the past. On the south side and starting in the west at Green Lanes, the section up to Clissold Crescent was the site of Newington Hall. The next section, occupying almost all of the street from Clissold Crescent to Clissold Road, was known as
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and restaurants providing a wide range of food, drink and entertainment. There are a number of licensed venues serving alcohol and hosting live music. For entertainment Ryan’s Bar and the Auld Shillelagh have live music licences. The Daniel Defoe pub (named after
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described it as "The very first house in the country, about London, in which I was received and encouraged, in my early pursuits in the cause of the Abolition of the Slave Trade...". One of its final incarnations before demolition was as Paradise House School.
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First noted in 1329, what is now Stoke Newington Church Street was recorded as Newington or Newton Lane in 1403, then Church Street in 1576 and as the current name from 1937, making it the longest-used street name in
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In addition to public houses and restaurants, the street is also home to a wide range of independent shops and boutiques offering unusual craft items, jewellery, cutlery, musical instruments, and clothes.
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is one of the villages swallowed by the growth of London in the 19th century, and Church Street retains some of this neighbourhood feel, with many restaurants, pubs, and independent (non-chain) shops.
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Continuing east from Paradise Row to Clissold Road, the next property was Glebe Place. This is now occupied by Gaskin House, Manton House, Thoresby House and Lloyd House, built by the
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Stoke Newington: Public services', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 200-204. URL:
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A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, T F T Baker, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot 1985
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Blue plaque erected in 1932 by London County Council at 95 Stoke Newington Church Street commemorating
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marks one end of Church Street. Near to it, at the junction with Albion Road, is the municipal
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Life of William Allen with selections from his correspondence Vol III 1846 pg 210.
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There are two churches on the street, both known as Saint Mary’s. The first,
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1868 Ordnance Survey Map of Stoke Newington, The Godfrey Edition.
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Stoke Newington Church Street, looking west. (March 2006)
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with its 250-foot steeple. This church, designed by Sir
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Hackney Archives copies of LCC plans of Kennaway Estate
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The street has become famous for its large number of
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Hackney
Green Lanes
A10
Ermine Street
Stoke Newington
Greater London
Samuel Hoare Jr
William Allen
abolitionist
Thomas Clarkson
London County Council

Clissold Park
town hall
assembly hall
Borough of Stoke Newington
Abney Park Cemetery
non-conformist
arboretum
parkland of the same name
nature reserve
Newington Academy for Girls
school bus
Gracechurch Street
meeting house
St Mary's Old Church
World War II
St Mary's New Church
George Gilbert Scott

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