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Stoke Newington is an area in the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney, England.The area is five miles (eight kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross.The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington, the ancient parish.
Stoke Newington's two parish churches. St Mary's Old Church (left) and New Church (right). (January 2006) The ancient parish, dedicated to St Mary, was in the Diocese of London and was sometimes called Newington Canonicorum. [3]
Stoke Newington is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, serving the Stoke Newington area of the London Borough of Hackney.It is 4 miles 16 chains (6.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rectory Road and Stamford Hill.
Stoke Newington Common is an open space in the London Borough of Hackney It lies between Brooke Road to the south and Northwold Road to the north, straddling a railway line and the busy Rectory Road. The common is 2.15 hectares (5.3 acres) in area.
Stoke Newington's boundaries with the two neighbouring metropolitan boroughs within the County of London were as follows: [7] Islington to the west and south: the centres of Blackstock Road, Mountgrove Roads, Green Lanes, (diverting to take in Petherton Road and Leconfield Road) Matthias Road and Boleyn Road.
The parish of St Matthias Stoke Newington was created in 1849, out of the parish of Stoke Newington and a parcel of 'detached' land belonging to Hornsey parish. The patron of the new parish - responsible for appointing the clergy - was alternately the Crown and the Bishop of London. [1]