Celebrating Hackney’s past, shaping its future – since 1967

Buildings at Risk Group

Haggerston Baths

Hackney is host to a wealth of nationally and locally listed historic buildings and structures. Hackney Society’s Buildings at Risk Group is a forum for those interested in monitoring and helping to protect buildings and other heritage at risk in Hackney. We meet monthly via Zoom on the 2nd Monday at 6pm and anyone with […]

Plaques Scheme

Edith Plaque

Hackney Society’s plaque scheme is now live! You can support our first plaque for the amazing Edith Watson here. We set up this scheme as our  applications for women featured in our publication Women from Hackney History were turned down by English Heritage as not being famous enough. We will start with plaques for under […]