Everything about Hackney Parish totally explained
Hackney was a
parish in the ancient county of
Middlesex. The parish church of
St John-at-Hackney, was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former
16th century parish church dedicated to
St Augustine (pulled down in 1798). The
original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened, the bells were finally removed to the new St John's in 1854. See details of other, more modern, churches within the original parish boundaries below.
Ancient parish
The
vestry of the parish, in common with all parishes in England, was entrusted with various administrative functions from the 17th century. The parish vestry administered the Poor Law until
1837, it became part of the
Poor Law Union of Hackney. The ecclesiastical and civil roles of the parish increasingly diverged, and by the early nineteenth century they covered different areas.
Civil parish
A distinct
civil parish dates from 1855, with the incorporation of
The Vestry of the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex by section 42 of the
Metropolis Management Act, part of the
Hackney District Board of Works within the area of the
Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1894, the District Board was dissolved with the Hackney vestry taking on its duties.
In 1889 Hackney was included in the new
County of London, and in 1900 the vestry was dissolved with the parish becoming the
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. The civil parish was abolished when the borough became part of the
London Borough of Hackney in 1965.
The boundaries of the civil parish were identical to the ancient parish, and it covered . The populations recorded in National Censuses were:
Hackney St John's Vestry 1801-1899
| Year | |
1811 |
1821 |
1831 |
1841 |
1851 |
1861 |
1871 |
1881 |
1891 |
1901
|
| Population |
12,730 |
16,771 |
2,494 |
31,047 |
37,771 |
53,589 |
76,687 |
115,110 |
163,681 |
198,606 |
219,272 |
Ecclesiastical parish subdivided
The ancient parish, dedicated to
St John the Baptist, was in the
Diocese of London. From 1825, as the population of Hackney increased, a number of new ecclesiastical parishes were carved out of the ancient parish. This didn't affect the local government arrangements:
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