A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STAMFORD-HILL, a chapelry in Hackney-St. John parish, Middlesex; on Ermine-street, around Upper Clapton, near the North London and the Great Eastern railways, 3½ miles NNE of St. Paul's, London. It was constituted in 1828; it has a post-office of Upper Clapton under London, NE; and it abounds with villas, and is a rich and healthy metropolitan suburb. Pop. in 1851, 5,483. Houses, 999. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £207. Patron, the Rector of Hackney-St. John. The church was built in 1850, at a cost of £8,700.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hackney Vest/CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Stamford Hill |
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