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Hackney Wick is the south-eastern part of the historic district of Hackney, and also of the wider modern London Borough of Hackney.Adjacent parts of Old Ford (including Fish Island) [1] in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are also sometimes described as Hackney Wick, due to similar post-industrial land uses and their proximity to Hackney Wick railway station.
In the early 2000s, Fish Island received new attention given its proximity to the site of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the venue for the London 2012 Olympics. Local councils identified Fish Island, together with Hackney Wick, as key areas for regeneration as part of the development for the Olympic Games.
Old Ford, as the name suggests, was the ancient most downstream crossing point of the then unchannelised River Lea.At this time the Lea was a wide fast-flowing river and the tidal estuary stretched as far as Hackney Wick.
File: H. Forman and Son, Forman's Fish Island, Roof Terrace, Fish Island, Hackney Wick, London.jpg
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name.It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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The village of Hackney flourished from the Tudor to late Georgian periods as a rural retreat. The first documented "hackney coach"—the forerunner of the more generic "hackney carriage"—operated in London in 1621. Current opinion is that the name "hackney", to refer to a London taxi, is derived from the village name. [6]
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