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Archway is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Islington 3.8 miles (6 km) north of Charing Cross.It straddles the A1 and is named after a local landmark, the high, single-arched Highgate Archway Bridge which crossed the road in a cutting to the north.
The London Borough of Islington (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ə n / ⓘ IZ-ling-tən) is a London borough which forms part of Inner London, England. Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury. [1]
Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England. It was an ancient parish within the county of Middlesex , and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became a metropolitan borough in 1900.
Islington (/ ˈ ɪ z l ɪ ŋ t ən / IZ-ling-tən) is an inner-city area of North London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington.It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road, and Southgate Road to the east.
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
Archway is a London Underground station at the intersection of Holloway Road, Highgate Hill, Junction Road and Archway Road in Archway, north London, directly underneath the Vantage Point building. It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line , between Highgate and Tufnell Park stations, in Zones 2 and 3 .
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The southwards route from Islington High Street follows City Road for a short distance before joining Goswell Road via Wakley Street. The earliest reference to Islington High Street is its appearance on a 1590 map of the area.