Women from Hackney’s History Vol ll
The second volume of Women from Hackney’s History features women whose stories illuminate the history of today’s Borough. Some of the 115 women featured including Suffragettes, a magician, entrepreneurs, entertainers, politicians, and a boxing chimney sweep. One such woman is Alice Paul. A Militant suffragette. HUGE in US suffrage but also a militant suffragette here. […]
Women from Hackney’s History Vol I
Women of Abney To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 (8th March), The Hackney Society and Hackney History launched a new publication containing 113 brief illustrated biographies of women from Hackney’s history who lived or worked, were born or buried in today’s borough. Drawn from widely differing backgrounds, none of these women is still with us but […]
Hackney: portrait of a community 1967 – 2017
Edited by Laurie Elks To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Hackney Society, we have produced a portrait of the community over the past half century. One portrait? What has emerged is a whole series of portraits which, like a kaleidoscope, makes up a whole Hackney is one of the London boroughs that has changed […]
Hackney: An Uncommon History in Five Parts
Edited by Margaret Willes The London Borough of Hackney was one of the five boroughs hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. Hundreds of thousands of people visited the site in the summer months: yet how much did they know of the history of the area? Indeed, how aware are Hackney residents of its rich past? In […]
Hackney – Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored
Edited by Lisa Rigg 2nd Edition 2013 with updates Hackney – Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored features 40 buildings to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Hackney Society. Written by 40 authors the book seeks to draw attention to good-quality modern architecture; recent restoration projects; buildings that have been lost; and buildings that are currently at risk […]
From Tower to Tower Block
As the title suggests, this is a wide ranging look at the buildings of Hackney, a historical survey across the ages, from Gothic church to high rise flats, and revealing unique and idiosyncratic corners in between. The buildings are described in their context, explaining why they look how they do, in terms of the building […]
Twentieth century buildings in Hackney
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Loddiges of Hackney the largest hothouse in the world
By David Solman For one hundred years the most famous nursery garden in Europe stood near Mare Street close to today’s Town Hall. Here tropical plants grew and flowered for the first time outside their native rainforest. ‘I fancied myself in the Brazils’ wrote a visitor, in wonderment at the artificial tropical rainstorm inside the […]
The German Hospital
(out of print, download only) A social and architectural history 1845-1987 Elizabeth McKellar The German Hospital is little known today in Hackney. It lies concealed behind high walls in the heart of Dalston. Glimpses may be had of it from the North London Line railway, suggesting a large country mansion surrounded by wooded grounds. Its […]
Lost Hackney (out of print)
By Elizabeth Robinson Hackney once possessed many fine buildings which have now disappeared, and many of them have been forgotten. This is an account of Hackney’s lost architectural heritage, recorded through a series of rich and evocative illustrations – photographs, engravings, maps and architectural drawings. The historical context of each building is described as well […]