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HACKNEY , a See also:north-eastern See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded W. by Stoke Newington and See also:Islington, and S. by See also:Shoreditch, Bethnal See also:Green and See also:Poplar, and extending N. and E. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (19o1), 219,272. It is a poor and populous See also:district, in which the See also:main thoroughfares are Kingsland Road, continued N. as Stoke Newington Road and See also:Stamford See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill; See also:Mare See also:Street, continued N.W. as Clapton Road to join Stamford Hill; and See also:Lea See also:Bridge Road See also:running N.E. towards See also:Walthamstow and See also:Low See also:Leyton. The borough includes the districts of Clapton in the north, Homerton in the See also:east, and Dalston and See also:part of Kingsland in the See also:west. On the east lies the open See also:flat valley of the Lea, which flows in several branches, and is bordered, immediately outside the confines of the borough, by the extensive reservoirs of the East London See also:water-See also:works. In these low lands See also:lie the Hackney Marshes (338 acres; among several so-called marshes in the Lea valley), and the borough also contains part of See also:Victoria See also:Park and a number of open spaces collectively called the Hackney See also:Commons, including See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill See also:Fields, Hackney See also:Downs, London Fields, &c. The See also:total See also:area of open spaces exceeds 500 acres. The See also:tower of the See also:ancient See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Augustine, with the See also:chapel of the Rowe See also:family, ,still stands, and is the only historic See also:building of importance. Among institutions are the See also:German See also:hospital, Dalston, Metropolitan hospital, Kingsland Road, and Eastern See also:Fever hospital, Homerton; and the Hackney See also:polytechnic See also:institute, with which is incorporated the See also:Sir See also:John See also:Cass institute. Cass (1666—1718), a See also:merchant of the See also:city of London, also a member of See also:parliament and See also:sheriff, bequeathed £r000 for the See also:foundation of a See also:free school; in 1732 the See also:bequest was increased in accordance with an unfinished See also:codicil to his will; and the income provided from it is now about L6000, some 250 boys and girls being educated; The See also:parliamentary borough of Hackney comprises north, central and See also:south divisions, each returning one member; and the See also:northern See also:division includes the metropolitan borough of Stoke Newington. The metropolitan borough of Hackney includes part of the See also:Hornsey parliamentary division of See also:Middlesex. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, ro See also:alder-men and 6o councillors. Area, 3288.9 acres.
In the 13th See also:century the name appears as Hackenaye or Hacquenye, but no certain derivation is advanced. See also:Roman and other remains have been found in Hackney Marshes. In 1290 the See also:bishop of London was See also:lord of the See also:manor, which was so held until 1550, when it was granted to See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, Lord See also:Wentworth. In 1697 it came into the hands of the Tyssen family. Extensive See also:property in the parish also belonged to the priory of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of See also:Jerusalem at See also:Clerkenwell.' From the 16th to the See also:early 19th century there were many See also:fine residences in Hackney. The neighbourhood of Hackney had at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time an evil reputation as the haunt of highwaymen.
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