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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.
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.
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. Islington has an estimated population of 215,667.
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 .
The earliest reference to Islington High Street is its appearance on a 1590 map of the area. At this time, nine inns (including the Angel, which subsequently gave its name to the area), as well as housing and a public pond were shown lining the street. [31]
Archway Tower at the junction of Holloway Road and Junction Road.. Holloway Road is a road in London, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) in length. It is one of the main shopping streets in North London, and carries the A1 road as it passes through Holloway, in the London Borough of Islington.
Blank map of the London Borough of Islington, showing electoral wards. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.15W; East: 0.07W; North: 51.58N; South: 51.515N; Date: 28 July 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Ward data from Boundary-Line product. Water data from VectorMap District ...