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28.09.2017 – Local Churches – An Event Organised By the Green Lanes N16 Traders & Residents Association

On September 30, 2017November 20, 2025 By amirdIn Uncategorized
Green Lanes Methodist Church Sep 28 2017

It was a pleasure talking about the history of some of Stoke Newington’s churches during a local history event, which organised by the Green Lanes Traders & Residents Association.

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Stoke Newington Church Street in the mid 1920s, looking west towards St Mary’s Church, with the First World War Memorial Hall on the right, at the corner of Edward’s Lane. Green Lanes, looking east towards Newington Green, with Winston Road on the left. The north side of Green Lanes, as seen in this photograph on the left, formed part of the former Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, while the south side, on the right, was historically part of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington and remains within the present-day London Borough of Islington. Following my earlier experiment bringing some of Stoke Newington’s historical figures to life, I’ve had another go, this time focusing on two chapters in the history of Fleetwood House, a 60-room mansion that stood on Stoke Newington Church Street from 1635 until 1872 where the Fire Station stands today. Warwickshire Road once connected Beatty Road and Victorian Road. Number 2A, seen on the left, stood next to the Earl of Warwick pub at 9 Beatty Road. The road disappeared entirely in the 1970s when the Greater London Council redeveloped the area to make way for the Yorkshire Grove Estate. Today, the only surviving reminder of Warwickshire Road is an old street sign still attached to the side of the former Earl of Warwick pub. Of all the shops on Stoke Newington Church Street, KAC Builders Merchants at number 46 has changed businesses the fewest times in nearly 140 years. Just two businesses have occupied the premises since the 1880s. 1876 advertisement for Mrs Pinch and Miss Whipple, practical stay and belt makers at 5 Stoke Newington Church Street. I’ve been having a bit of a play bringing some of Stoke Newington’s historical figures to life, placing them outside buildings they were associated with. Clissold Park, 1905. Albion Road, 1950. The Laurels, an 18th-century, five-bay house on Stoke Newington Church Street, was demolished in 1875 to make way for Woodlea Road. Abney House (1700–1843) stood on Stoke Newington Church Street, set back from the road behind iron gates that still survive today as the main entrance to Abney Park Cemetery. The old wooden rectory house on Stoke Newington Church Street, opposite the old church. It was demolished in 1855 to make way for the construction of the new church. Sheppards Market, a second-hand shop once located at 7 Stoke Newington Church Street, directly opposite the Three Crowns pub. Stoke Newington Church Street, looking east near Albion Road. Church House, seen on the left, was one of nine grand houses built in 1695, collectively known as Church Row and numbered 1 to 9. The houses were demolished in 1935 to make way for the new Town Hall. George Sampson, a hat and umbrella shop, was located at 152 Stoke Newington High Street. Today, the premises form part of the Post Office branch next to Sports Direct.
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  • Before the building boom: Exploring the 1846 map (Slides)
  • On Maps and in Minds: The Boundaries of Stoke Newington (Slides)

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