{"id":777,"date":"2019-06-28T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T10:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/travel\/?p=777"},"modified":"2020-12-12T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T12:30:21","slug":"hackney-london-in-five-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/travel\/hackney-london-in-five-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackney – The Five Minute Spare Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hackney is one of London’s inner boroughs, the borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Stoke Newington and Shoreditch. Hackney is one of the boroughs which hosted the London Olympics in 2012 and has several of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Venues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The history of Hackney\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The first ever documented settlement in Hackney was in Saxon times. In these times most of the borough was farmland which was providing food from the city of Londinium (a Roman city). Two major Roman roads were situated in Hackney and one of which is now the A10.\u00a0The name ‘Hackney’ was first recorded in 1148 AD.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the tudor times, Hackney was full of palaces and hunting grounds. In the 16th century it was a cluster of small villages of courtiers and aristocrats. In this time people would usually go to Hackney for holidays and hunting. At the Kings house, known as Brooke House, Henry VIII restored his relationship with his daughter after five years. However, in the 1950s the house was destroyed by the council.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the 18th century, Hackney was filled with coffeehouses, bowling greens, assembly rooms and taverns. It had a population of several thousand and was mainly home to the middle class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 19th century, Hackney went from mostly green land to grey as the population increased from 12,730 in 1801 to nearly 200,000 by the end of the 19th century. It was now filling with canals, railways and factories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Things to do in Hackney<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Go to St Augustine’s Tower<\/span><\/h3>\n

St Augustine’s Tower is located in central Hackney, it is just outside Hackney’s central station. It is the oldest building in Hackney and had survived when the rest of the parish church was demolished in 1798.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St Augustine’s Tower is open on the last Sunday of each month, 14.00-16.30. It will also be open on special open days (such as London Open House).<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sutton House and Breaker\u2019s Yard<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sutton House is the oldest domestic building in Hackney, it was built by a prominent courtier in the Tudor period. The garden outside Sutton House is called Breaker\u2019s Yard and it features 1970s caravans that artists have converted into historic stately homes, and artistic treasures.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is open:<\/span><\/p>\n