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{{Short description|Area in London, England}}
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'''Stoke Newington''' is an area in the northwest part of the [[London Borough of Hackney]], England. The area is {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northeast of [[Charing Cross]]. The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to [[Stoke Newington (parish)|Stoke Newington]], the ancient parish. Stoke Newington was part of the [[Historic counties of England|former county]] of [[Middlesex]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stoke Newington {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol3/pp280-305 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>

The historical core on [[Stoke Newington Church Street]] retains the distinct London village character that led [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] to write in 1953 that he found it hard to see the district as being in London at all.<ref>The Buildings of London; 1953 "Stoke Newington is not entirely London yet"</ref>

==Boundaries==
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[[File:Stoke Newington Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|The borough lay west of Roman [[Ermine Street]] (the modern A10). The warding arrangements preserved the boundaries of South Hornsey within the new borough.]]
The modern [[London Borough of Hackney]] was formed in 1965 by the merger of three former [[Metropolitan Borough]]s, [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] and the smaller authorities of [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]]. These Metropolitan Boroughs had existed since 1899 but their names and boundaries were very closely based on [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|parishes dating back to the Middle Ages]].

Unlike many London districts, such as nearby [[Stamford Hill]] and [[Dalston]], Stoke Newington has longstanding fixed boundaries; but to many, the informal perception of Stoke Newington has blurred over time, to stretch east of the [[Ermine Street|originally Roman A10]] to overlap areas of the former [[Hackney (parish)|Ancient Parish]] and subsequent [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney]].

===Formal ancient limits===
The [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Metropolitan Borough]] largely adopted the [[Stoke Newington (parish)|Ancient Parish's]] boundaries, including the eastern boundary, which followed the A10 road, though there were minor rationalisations, notably the transfer of [[South Hornsey|areas of Hornsey]].

Stoke Newington's northern and western boundaries have become the north-west borders of the modern London Borough. The eastern boundary was formed by the A10 road, where it goes by the name Stoke Newington High Street (originally ''High Street'', until a name change in 1937<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/heritage/stoke-newington-historian-surveys-old-street-signs-and-called-for-them-to-be-protected-1-6259242/ |title=Stoke Newington historian surveys old street signs and calls for them to be protected|last=Gelder |first=Sam |publisher=Open Publishing |date=9 September 2019 |website=Hackney Gazette |access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref>) and Stoke Newington Road (meaning the road to the hamlet of Stoke Newington) further south.

These boundaries included the sites of the small hamlet of Stoke Newington and part of [[Newington Green]], but excluded the open space known since the early 20th century as [[Stoke Newington Common]] (originally Cockhangar Green). [[Stoke Newington railway station]] was built close to, but just outside, this area.

===Wider contemporary perception===
More recently, many have come to see Stoke Newington as extending east of the A10 to overlap the [[Hackney (parish)|AP]]\[[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|MB]] of Hackney to include [[West Hackney]], an ill-defined area of the N16 postal area that includes [[Stoke Newington railway station]], [[Rectory Road railway station]] and [[Stoke Newington Common]].

As a consequence Stoke Newington, like nearby [[Stamford Hill]], has become closely associated with the N16 postcode, though a significant part of western Stoke Newington is covered by the N4 postcode district.

==Governance and representation==
===Administrative history===
The manor (estate) of Stoke Newington was part of a huge block of land around London held by the Diocese of London. This broad area comprised many estates, stretching from the [[Stepney#Manor and Ancient Parish|Manor of Stepney]] in the east (of which neighbouring Hackney was a part), to [[Willesden]] in the west and [[Hornsey]] in the north. The Manor is recorded, as ''Neutone'', in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, as part of the [[Ossulstone]] [[Hundred (division)|hundred]] of the county of [[Middlesex]].<ref>[http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ3386/stoke-newington/ Open Domesday Online: (Stoke) Newington], accessed May 2018.</ref> Domesday also records that the manor was held by [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]] both before and after the Norman Conquest. Stoke Newington was a [[Prebendary|Prebendary Manor]], providing an income to the work of the cathedral.

The ancient parish of Stoke Newington was established to serve the area of the manor with which it was coterminous<ref>{{cite web|title=A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton and Patricia E C Croot, 'Stoke Newington: Manor', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes, ed. T F T Baker and C R Elrington (London, 1985), pp. 177-178. |publisher=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp177-178 |access-date= 7 September 2020}}</ref> and, like other parishes, would have had its boundaries permanently fixed by the 1180s,<ref>Source describes common theme of parishes becoming fixed in the late 12th century as a result of emerging Canon Law, History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham, 1986 p19</ref> even if the underlying manor's boundaries changed (though manor boundaries were generally stable at that date).

From the Tudor period, parishes were obliged to take on a civil as well as ecclesiastical role, with the administration of the new [[Poor Relief Act 1601]] ([[43 Eliz. 1]]. c. 2).

In the 17th century, the [[Ossulstone]] Hundred was subdivided, with the parish of Stoke Newington, on the west side of Stoke Newington High Street, becoming part of the new [[Finsbury division]] and the parish of Hackney to the east becoming part of the [[Tower division]].

The ancient parishes provided a framework for both civil (administrative) and ecclesiastical (church) functions, but during the 19th century there was a divergence into distinct civil and ecclesiastical parish systems. In London the ecclesiastical parishes subdivided to better serve the needs of a growing population, while the civil parishes continued to be based on the ancient parish areas.

The [[Metropolis Management Act 1855]] merged the civil parishes of Hackney and Stoke Newington into a new [[Hackney District (Metropolis)|Hackney District]]. This proved very unpopular, especially in more affluent [[Stoke Newington (parish)|Stoke Newington]], and after four unsuccessful attempts the two parishes regained their independence when they were separated by mutual consent under the [[Metropolis Management (Plumstead and Hackney) Act 1893]] ([[56 & 57 Vict.]] c. 55).<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke Newington: Local government {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp194-200 |website=british-history.ac.uk |access-date=7 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
 
The [[London Government Act 1899]] converted the parishes into [[metropolitan borough]]s based on the same boundaries, sometimes with mergers or minor boundary rationalisations. Stoke Newington was smaller than desired for new boroughs, and there were proposals to re-merge it with Hackney, or to detach Hackney's northern part and join it with Stoke Newington. These proposals were rejected due to the experience of ''"intolerable and interminable feuds"'' between the districts when they were previously ''"forced together"'', and because Parliament recognised that there was ''"great ill-feeling and mutual ill-will... between the inhabitants of the two districts"''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arthur Balfour, First Lord of Treasury, Hansard: Vol 71, Col 979|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1899/may/18/london-government-bell}}</ref>

[[File:Arms-stoke-newington.jpg|thumb|Coat of Arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington – the motto means 'Look to the past and look to the future']]

Stoke Newington was permitted to become an independent borough, and most of South Hornsey (also a part of the Finsbury Division was transferred to it to increase the new authority's size. Parts of South Hornsey had previously been exclaves that separated southern Stoke Newington from the rest of the area. The Finsbury Division was abolished.

Stoke Newington lost its independence in 1965, when it merged with the metropolitan boroughs of [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]] to form the new [[London Borough of Hackney]].

===Representation===
Stoke Newington is part of the [[Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency]], which has been represented by Labour MP [[Diane Abbott]] since 1987.

==History==
===Early===
[[File:Stoke newington two churches 1.jpg|thumb|right|Stoke Newington retains two parish churches. [[The Old Church (Stoke Newington)|St Mary's Old Church]] (left) and [[St Mary, Stoke Newington|New Church]] (right).]]
Stoke Newington, or 'new town in the wood', has been lightly settled for hundreds of years, close to larger neighbouring [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] settlements near the [[River Lea]]. In the 19th century it was discovered that [[Stoke Newington Common]] and [[Abney Park Cemetery]] had been part of a Neolithic working area for axe-making, some examples of which can be seen in the [[Museum of London]].{{cn|date=October 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stoke Newington |url=https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Stoke_Newington }}</ref>{{Better source|date=August 2025}}

In the [[Middle Ages]] and Tudor times, it was a very small village a few miles from the city of London, frequently visited by wayfarers as a stopping point before journeying north, [[Stoke Newington High Street]] being part of the Cambridge road (A10). At this date the whole manor was owned by [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and yielded a small income, enough to support part of their work. During the 17th century the Cathedral sold the Manor to William Patten, who became the first [[Lord of the Manor]]. His initials 'WP' and the motto 'ab alto' can be seen inscribed above the doorway of the old church next to [[Clissold Park]].

===18th century===
A century later, it passed to [[Lady Mary Abney]] who drew up the first detailed maps of field boundaries and began to lay out a manorial parkland behind today's fire station on [[Stoke Newington Church Street|Church Street]], with the aid of her daughters and [[Isaac Watts|Dr Isaac Watts]]. During the course of the century, given its proximity to the city a number of [[Quaker]] and [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] families became settled in the area.

===19th century===
During the early 19th century, as London expanded, the Manor of Stoke Newington was "enfranchised" to be sold in parcels as freehold land for building purposes. Gradually the village became absorbed into London's seamless expansion. It was no longer a separate village by the mid- to late 19th century.

Being on the outskirts at this time, many expensive and large houses were built to house London's expanding population of ''[[nouveau riche]]'' whose journey to London's commercial heart the birth of the railways and the first omnibuses made possible. The latter were introduced into central London in the 1820s by [[George Shillibeer]] after his successful trial of the world's first [[school bus]] for [[William Allen (English Quaker)|William Allen]] and [[Susanna Corder]]'s novel Quaker school, [[Newington Academy for Girls]]. By the mid-19th century, Stoke Newington had "the largest concentration of Quakers in London", including many who had moved up the A10 from [[Gracechurch Street]] meeting house in the city. A [[meeting house]] was built in Park Street (now Yoakley Road) by [[William Alderson]], who later designed [[St Bernard's Hospital, Hanwell|Hanwell Pauper and Lunatic Asylum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studymore.org.uk/quasho.htm#StokeNewington|title=Quakers around Shoreditch|work=studymore.org.uk}}</ref> The Anglican [[St Mary, Stoke Newington|St Mary's Church]], designed by [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]] in 1854–58, replaced the [[The Old Church (Stoke Newington)|older parish church]] (also St. Mary's), which survives on the opposite side of Church Street.

St Mary's Lodge on Lordship Road, the 1843 home of architect and district surveyor [[John Young (architect)|John Young]], is the last-surviving (though now ruined and derelict) of several grand [[detached house]]s built in the area around that time for well-off members of the new commuter class. [[Gibson Gardens]], an early example of quality tenement buildings erected for the housing of 'the industrious classes', was built off Stoke Newington High Street in 1880 and still stands.

As a late Victorian and Edwardian suburb, Stoke Newington prospered, and continued in relative affluence and civic pride with its own municipal government until changes brought about by the Second World War.

===Early 20th century===
Between 1935 and 1937, the curved brick and [[Portland stone]] [[Stoke Newington Town Hall|Town Hall]] was built for the [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington]] by J. Reginald Truelove.<ref>''Architect and Building News'', 8 October 1937, pp. 39–43</ref>

===Second World War===
[[File:Abney park war 2.jpg|thumb|Abney Park Blitz memorial. Most of the space is taken up with the names of the victims of the 1940 Coronation Avenue incident.]]
During World War II, much of the area was damaged in [[the Blitz]] and many were made homeless, although the level of destruction was much lower than in areas of East London further south, such as [[Stepney]], [[Shoreditch]] or even next-door Hackney. The death toll was also relatively low: almost three-quarters of civilian deaths were due to one incident on 13 October 1940, when a crowded shelter at Coronation Avenue off the high street received a direct hit. The memorial to all the residents of the Borough who died in the air raids, including local Jewish people, can be seen in [[Abney Park Cemetery]]. Like Hackney, Stoke Newington avoided most of the later V-weapon attacks, which fell disproportionately on South London; seven V-1s and two V-2s hit the borough.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

Most of the historical buildings at the heart of Stoke Newington survived, at least in a reparable state. Two notable exceptions are the classically grand [[parish church]] of West Hackney, St James's, on Stoke Newington Road, which dated to 1824, and [[St Faith's, Stoke Newington|St Faith's]], a [[Victorian Gothic]] church by [[William Burges]]. Both were so severely damaged, the former in the October 1940 bombing, and the latter by a flying bomb in 1944, that they were entirely demolished. St James's was replaced after the war by a much more modest structure, St Paul's, which is set well back from the street. Traces of the old church's stonework can still be seen facing Stoke Newington Road.

===Postwar developments===
During the war, much residential housing was destroyed, and in the aftermath much was demolished, being considered beyond economic repair. Postwar redevelopment has replaced many of these areas with large estates, some more successful than others. Much of this residential redevelopment was planned by [[Frederick Gibberd]], the designer of [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral]].

===Political radicalism and terrorism===
[[Communist Party of Great Britain|Communist Party]] meetings were held in the Town Hall in the postwar years. From the 1970s onwards the area has experienced, or been associated with, a number of terrorist acts. The 'Stoke Newington 8' were arrested on 20 August 1971 at 359 Amhurst Road for suspected involvement in [[The Angry Brigade]] bombings.
[[File:Stoke Newington Bookshop, London.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Stoke Newington Bookshop, one of the many independent retailers in Stoke Newington]]

Stoke Newington residents Patrick Hayes and Jan Taylor (not originally from the area) were convicted of two IRA bombings and had substantial links to lorry bombs in the 1990s. Both were arrested, firing at officers in Walford Road and later sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

[[Muktar Said Ibrahim]] was convicted, as the ringleader, on an indictment of conspiracy to murder. He planted a failed bomb on a 26 bus that misfired on the [[Hackney Road]] on [[21 July 2005 London bombings|21 July 2005]]. In February 2005, police had sought Ibrahim on an arrest warrant for an outstanding public order offence. After the attack, he was seen on the run in Farleigh Road and arrested in Dalgrano Gardens. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 40 years before being considered for release.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

===21st century===
These days, Stoke Newington is very multicultural, with large [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Irish community in Britain#Irish in England|Irish]], [[British-Turkish people|Turkish]], [[British Jews|Jewish]] and [[British Afro-Caribbean community|Afro-Caribbean]] communities. The area continues to be home to many new and emerging communities, such as [[Polish diaspora|Polish]] and [[Somali people|Somali]] immigrants.

Stoke Newington has undergone major [[gentrification]], as have neighbouring [[Newington Green]], [[Canonbury]] and [[Dalston]]. Church Street includes many independent shops, pubs, bars and cafes.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

In 2022 traders formed the Stoke Newington Business Association and launched "See you in Stokey", a website dedicated to the area with event listings, articles, and area guides.

==Open space==
[[File:Aerial photo of the The Castle Climbing Centre in Stoke Newington, Hackney, London.jpg|thumb|The Castle Climbing Centre]]
In the north of the district is the extensive West Reservoir, now a non-working facility, but open for leisure and surrounded by green space. At the entrance is the Castle Climbing Centre, once the main [[Metropolitan Water Board (London)|Water Board]] pumping station. [[William Chadwell Mylne]] designed it to resemble a towering Scottish castle.

To the south of these facilities is [[Clissold Park]], which contains a small menagerie, aviary and Clissold Mansion, a Grade II [[listed building]], built in the 1790s for Jonathan Hoare, a local Quaker and brother of [[Samuel Hoare Jr|Samuel Hoare]].<ref>[http://www.clissoldpark.com/history.htm Clissold Park users group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105161113/http://www.clissoldpark.com/history.htm |date=5 November 2012 }} accessed 26 March 2007</ref>

East from here and past the two Church of England parish churches, both called St Mary's (Stoke Newington decided to retain the [[The Old Church (Stoke Newington)|old one]], unusual in a London parish), is [[Abney Park Cemetery]], one of the most splendid and enlightened Victorian London cemeteries. It is the main London burial ground for 19th-century nonconformist ministers and [[William Booth]], founder of the [[Salvation Army]], is buried here. It is now a nature reserve. Abney Park was scheduled in 2009 as one of Britain's historical parks and gardens at risk from neglect and decay.<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/historic-at-risk-register/ English Heritage's 'At Risk' register] accessed 5 July 2010</ref>

Across the high street to the east is the fragmented [[Stoke Newington Common]], which has had an extensive and diverse programme of tree planting.

==Reservoirs==
From the 16th century onwards, Stoke Newington has played a prominent role in assuring a water supply to sustain London's rapid growth. The artificial [[New River (London)|New River]] runs through the area and still makes a contribution to London's water. It used to terminate at the [[New River Head]] in [[Finsbury]], but since 1946 its main flow has ended at Stoke Newington reservoirs. The river bank, the [[New River Path]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thameswateruk.co.uk/en_gb/Downloads/PDFs/PBS_New_River_Path_-_a_walk_linking_Hertford_with_Islington_714kb.pdf |title=New River Path |access-date=5 August 2006 |archive-date=28 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928092141/http://www.thameswateruk.co.uk/en_gb/Downloads/PDFs/PBS_New_River_Path_-_a_walk_linking_Hertford_with_Islington_714kb.pdf |url-status=dead }} ''thameswateruk.co.uk''</ref> can be walked for some distance to the north through [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]] and on to its source near [[Hertford]].

[[File:Stoke newington west reservoir 1.jpg|thumb|right|The West reservoir, looking north.]]
Stoke Newington East and West Reservoirs were constructed in 1833 to hold water prior to treatment in the New River Company's filter beds on the other side of Green Lanes, in the area now known as Brownswood Park. Water is now sent from here to the [[Lee Valley Reservoir Chain]] for treatment.

The West Reservoir is now a leisure facility, offering sailing, canoeing and other water sports, plus [[Royal Yachting Association]]-approved sailing courses. On its western edge stands the former filter house, now set out as a visitor centre with a café; some of the old hydraulic machinery can be viewed in the main hall. The pumping station at the reservoir gates, converted to a climbing centre in 1995 was designed in a distinctive castellated style by Robert Billings under the supervision of [[William Chadwell Mylne]] and built in 1854–56.<ref>Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 4: North, London, Penguin, 1999, p. 540</ref> The site is still used as a pumping station for the [[Thames Water Ring Main]].

Besides the water board facilities and the [[New River (London)|New River]], Clissold Park contains two large ornamental lakes, a home to many water birds and a population of [[terrapins]]. These lakes—purportedly the remains of clay pits dug for the bricks used in the building of Clissold House—are all that is left to mark the course of the [[Hackney Brook]], one of London's lost rivers, which once flowed from west to east across Stoke Newington on its way to the [[River Lea]]. In flood at this point, the brook was known to span 10 metres. The two lakes are not fed from the brook, which has disappeared into the maze of sewers under London, but from the mains supply.

==Demography==
At the time of the 2011 census, there were 13,658 residents in Stoke Newington Central ward. Of these, 63.1% were White (44.9% British, 15.2% Other, 2.9% Irish and Gypsy or Irish Traveller, 0.1%). 16.6% was Black (7.3% Caribbean, 6.2% African, 3.1% Other) and 9.9% was Asian (4.2% Indian, 1.3% Pakistani, 1.6% Bangladeshi, 0.8% Chinese and 2% Other).

33.8% of the ward were Christian, 11.1% Muslim, 3.2% Jewish, 39% had no religion and 10% did not state their religion.
<ref>[https://www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Documents/stoke-newington-ward-profile.PDF Stoke Newington Ward Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904200019/https://www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Documents/stoke-newington-ward-profile.PDF |date=4 September 2017 }} (May 2014) Retrieved 4 September 2017. See p. 6.</ref>

==Education==
{{main|List of schools in the London Borough of Hackney}}
[[File:Stoke Newington Boardschool.jpg|thumb|One of the early [[London School Board]] schools: Stoke Newington High Street 1877, now a private residence.]]

===Primary schools===
* Benthal Primary
* Betty Layward Primary
* Grasmere Primary
* Grazebrook Primary
* Holmleigh Primary
* Princess May Primary
* Jubilee Primary
* Simon Marks Jewish Primary School<ref name="jewish school">{{cite news |last1=Sherwood |first1=Harriet |title='It's fun – everyone is different': the Jewish school that unites all faiths |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/22/london-jewish-primary-school-open-to-children-of-all-faiths-and-none |access-date=22 February 2020 |work=The Observer |date=22 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="GIAS 100275">{{cite web |title=Simon Marks Jewish Primary School - GOV.UK |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/100275 |website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |access-date=22 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* Sir Thomas Abney
* Saint Mary's Church of England Primary
* Saint Matthias Church of England Primary
* William Patten Primary

===Secondary schools===
* [[Stoke Newington School]]
* [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill|Our Lady's Catholic High School]]
* [[Skinners' Academy]]
* [[Tawhid Boys School (London)|Tawhid Boys School]]

===Defunct schools===
* [[Newington Academy for Girls]], a Quaker school established 1824 by [[William Allen (English Quaker)|William Allen]]
*  Fleetwood Primary School
* Palatine School, Palatine Road.
* William Wordsworth Secondary School, Wordsworth Road (but official address Palatine Road). This was the old Palatine School.
* Daniel Defoe Secondary School, Ayresome Road. William Wordsworth Secondary School merged with Daniel Defoe Secondary School in 1965 to become Clissold Park School. Both buildings were used until a new school building was built in Clissold Road. The school merged with Woodberry Down Comprehensive to become Stoke Newington School.

==Architecture==
Stoke Newington contains only one Grade I [[listed building]] ([[St Matthias Church (Stoke Newington)|St Matthias Church]]), and several Grade II* and Grade II buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index.htm/ep-listed-buildings-514/ep-listed-buildings-list.htm|title=Homepage - Hackney Council|website=hackney.gov.uk}}</ref>

;Grade I
* [[St Matthias Church (Stoke Newington)|St Matthias Church]], Wordsworth Road

;Grade II*
* 187–191 Stoke Newington High Street
* 81/83 Stoke Newington Church Street
* 85/87 Stoke Newington Church Street
* St Mary's Old Church
* St Mary's New Church
* Clissold House, Clissold Park
* St Andrew's Church, Bethune Road
* The Castle Climbing Centre, Green Lanes
[[File:Banksy in Stoke Newington, detail - geograph.org.uk - 1601631.jpg|thumb|Banksy in Stoke Newington]]
;Grade II
* Stoke Newington Town Hall (restoration in 2010 won the [[Wood Awards]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Stoke Newington Town Hall|url=http://www.woodawards.com/stoke-newington-town-hall/|work=The Wood Awards|access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Abney Park Chapel]]
* [[Newington Green Unitarian Church]]
* 113 Stoke Newington Church Street, one-time residence of the poet and writer [[Anna Laetitia Barbauld]]
* Sanford Terrace
There are many Grade II listed properties on Stoke Newington Church Street, the historical heart of the district, and two other notable residential streets to the west of the district, Albion Road and Clissold Road, are replete with listed properties.

Close to the local pub ''The Lion,'' local resident and property owner Sofie Attrill gave consent for pop group [[Blur (band)|Blur]] to create some publicity for their 2003 single "[[Crazy Beat]]". The album's cover and single artwork were undertaken by [[graffiti]] artist [[Banksy]], with the single featuring a spoof image of the [[British royal family]], replicated as a [[mural]] on the building. By 2009 it had become a tourist attraction, but [[Hackney Council]] wanted to remove all graffiti from the area and tried to contact the building owner to gain her agreement to remove the artwork. Unable to reach her due to incorrect [[Land Registry]] records, they started painting over the artwork with black paint. They were stopped after they had partly covered the mural.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8238896.stm|title=Blur Banksy is ruined by mistake|work=BBC News|date=4 September 2009|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref>

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==Transport and locale==
{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring areas of London.'''
|Northwest = [[Manor House, London|Manor House]]
|North     = [[Stamford Hill]]
|Northeast = [[Upper Clapton]]
|West      = [[Finsbury Park (district)|Finsbury Park]]
|Centre    = Stoke Newington
|East      = [[Upper Clapton]]
|Southwest = [[Newington Green]]
|South     = [[Dalston]]
|Southeast = [[Lower Clapton]]
}}

[[File:Hackney districts.gif|thumb|upright|right|Districts within the [[London Borough of Hackney]].]]
About {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off}} away, the nearest [[List of London Underground stations|London Underground station]] is [[Manor House tube station|Manor House]] on the [[Piccadilly line]].
* [[Lea Valley Lines]] (south to north) — from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
** [[Rectory Road railway station]]
** [[Stoke Newington railway station]]
** [[Stamford Hill railway station]]
It is served by bus routes 67, 73, 76, 106, 141, 149, 243, 276, 341, 393 and 476 and Night Buses N73 and N76. 149, 243 and 341 are 24-hour services.

==Entertainment==
Stoke Newington is well known for its pubs and bars, lively music scene, including [[jazz|contemporary jazz]], and [[open mic]] comedy sessions. The [[Vortex Jazz Club]] used to be on Church Street but has now moved to [[Dalston]].

Since 2010, Stoke Newington has also had its own [[literary festival]], created to celebrate the area's literary and radical history. It takes place in early June in venues across the area and was described in 2011 by ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine as 'Just like [[Hay Festival|Hay-on-Wye]], but in Hackney', by ''[[The Times]]'' as one of its 'Top 5 Summer of Books' and by [[Londonist.com]] as 'a literary festival that's thrown its pretensions in a skip'.

A Stoke Newington [[music festival]] began in 2015 at various venues around town in late October. The 2016 festival saw a performance by [[Thurston Moore]] of [[Sonic Youth]] at the Mascara Bar stage on 23 October and by [[Hank Wangford]] the same evening at the main stage at St Paul's Church Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021164110/https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2016|title=Stoke Newington Music Festival 2016 – 3 days of great music across multiple venues in Stoke Newington|date=21 October 2016}}</ref> For the 2017 festival, the main St Paul's stage was headlined from 20 to 22 October by [[The Cesarians]], [[The Featherz]] and [[The Frank Chickens]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/browse-venues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023231640/https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/browse-venues|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-23|title=Browse venues - Stoke Newington Music Festival (Archive of 2017 line up)|website=stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com}}</ref> In 2018 the St Paul's stage was used only on the 21st, with the Mascara Bar serving as main stage, headlined from 19 to 21 October by the Cesarians again, [[Dodgy]] and Urban Voodoo Machine frontman Paul-Ronney Angel. [[Mediæval Bæbes]] also appeared on the 19th at the Abney Public Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/browse-venues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016034240/https://stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com/browse-venues|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-10-16|title=Browse venues - Stoke Newington Music Festival|website=stokenewingtonmusicfestival.com}}</ref>

==People associated with Stoke Newington==
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===Historical===
* [[Lady Mary Abney]] (1676–1750), inherited the manor and commissioned the first map-based survey.
* [[William Allen (English Quaker)|William Allen]] (1770–1843), Quaker, philanthropist, scientist, abolitionist, and pioneer of girls' education – lived most of his life in Stoke Newington.
* [[Anna Laetitia Barbauld]] (1743–1825), writer and poet, lived at 113 Stoke Newington Church Street
* [[Wynne Edwin Baxter]] (1844–1920), coroner for several of the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders of 1888, died at his home in Church Street in 1920.
* [[John Bransby]] (1784–1857), educator, minister, and headmaster of Manor House School on Church Street, which included Edgar Allan Poe among its pupils.<ref>Baggs, A P, Diane K Bolton, and Patricia E C Croot. "Stoke Newington: Education." ''A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes''. Eds. T F T Baker, and C R Elrington. London: Victoria County History, 1985. 217-223. ''British History Online''. Web. 27 October 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp217-223.</ref>
* [[Catherine Mary Buckton]] (1826–1904), campaigner and writer.
* [[Joseph Conrad]] (1857–1924), author of ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'', lived in Stoke Newington.
* [[Susanna Corder]] (1787–1864), educationist and Quaker biographer
* [[Daniel Defoe]] (c. 1660–1731), writer—born and lived on Church Street. 
* [[Charles Fleetwood]] (1618–1692), Parliamentary General during the [[English Civil War]], later Lord Deputy of Ireland and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces lived in Stoke Newington.
* [[Joseph Jackson Fuller]] (1825–1908), Jamaican missionary to precolonial West Africa.
* [[Leopold George Hill]] (1866–1922), English medical missionary to South China
* [[Samuel Hoare Jr|Samuel Hoare]] (1751–1825), Quaker and abolitionist lived in Paradise Row, Stoke Newington.
* [[John Howard (prison reformer)|John Howard]] (1726–1790), founding father of the prison reform movement, lived in Stoke Newington.
* Rev [[Thomas Jackson (Bishop-designate of Lyttelton)|Thomas Jackson]] Bishop Designate of [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]] 1851 and later a popular preacher at [[St Mary, Stoke Newington]].
* [[Joseph John Jefferson]] (1795–1882), pacifist, minister for Abney Park Chapel and cemetery.
* [[Joseph Jackson Lister]] (1786–1869), Quaker, amateur [[Optical engineering|opticist]] and [[physicist]], inventor of the modern [[microscope]] and the father of [[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister|Joseph Lister]]; spent his early married life in Stoke Newington.
* [[Thomas Manton (minister)|Thomas Manton]] (1620–1677), appointed minister of St Mary's Church 1644/5; a forthright defender of Reformed principles and one of [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s chaplains.
* [[Marguerite Merington]] (1857–1951), writer, was born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Samuel Morley (MP)|Samuel Morley MP]] (1809–1886), businessman, statesman, philanthropist and abolitionist—lived in Stoke Newington.
* [[Edgar Allan Poe]] (1809–1849), American writer – attended Reverend [[John Bransby]]'s Manor House School on Church Street about 1818 while his Scottish-born foster parents visited the United Kingdom.
* [[John Scott (banker)|John Scott]] (1757–1832), evangelical pacifist, one of the founders of the [[Peace Society]] moved to Stoke Newington in 1826.
* [[James Richardson Spensley]] (1867–1915), doctor, [[Genoa CFC]] footballer, manager, [[Scout Leader]] and [[medic]] was born in 1867 in Stoke Newington.
* [[James Stephen (British politician)|James Stephen]] (1758–1832), slavery abolitionist—his father moved the family home to Stoke Newington in 1774.
* [[Isaac Watts]] (1674–1748), theologian, logician and hymnwriter—lived and died at Abney House.
* [[Joseph Woods (architect)|Joseph Woods]] (1776–1864), Quaker, botanist and architect, son of a founding abolitionist by the same name.
* [[John Young (architect)]] (1797–1877), a [[Suffolk]] man who settled in the area and moved in lofty professional circles, but retained his link with the earth through highly creative brickwork.

===20th and 21st centuries===
* [[Diane Abbott]], MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and first black, woman MP, lived in Palatine Avenue.
* [[George Alagiah]], Ceylonese-born British newsreader, journalist and television presenter.
* [[Bad Manners]] come from Stoke Newington. The band were formed at Woodberry Down comprehensive school in 1976.
* [[Richard Bebb]], actor, theatre historian, music archivist—lived in St Mary's Lodge, Lordship Road, as a child.
* [[Mark Bedford|Mark 'Bedders' Bedford]], bass player with [[Madness (band)|Madness]]—lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Ronan Bennett]], writer of the TV dramas ''[[Hidden (2011 TV series)|Hidden]]'' and ''[[Top Boy]]'', born in Ireland, lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Violet Berlin]], television presenter and script writer for interactive/immersive experiences —lives in Stoke Newington 
* [[Buster Bloodvessel]], 1980s pop star, lived on Batley Road.
* [[Marc Bolan]] (born, Mark Feld), musician—lived at 25a Stoke Newington Common until age 15 and went to William Wordsworth Secondary School.
* [[Richard Boon]], the former manager of [[Buzzcocks]], lives in Stoke Newington and formerly worked at Stoke Newington Library.
* [[Eric Bristow]], five times world professional darts champion—born in Stoke Newington and lived at 97 Milton Grove.
* [[Saffron Burrows]], actress, grew up in Stoke Newington and attended [[Stoke Newington School]].
* [[Asa Butterfield]], actor, attended Stoke Newington School, lives in [[Islington]].
* [[Clem Cattini]], musician—born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Bridget Christie]], comedian, actress in ''[[The Change (TV series)|The Change]]''
* [[Ralph Cooperman]] (1927–2009), Olympic fencer born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Horace Cutler|Sir Horace Cutler]], politician—born in the district.
* [[Fyfe Dangerfield]], lead singer of [[Guillemots (band)|Guillemots]] lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[John Diamond (journalist)|John Diamond]], journalist and radio presenter—born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Elton Dean]], experimental jazz saxophonist from [[Bluesology]] lived in Stoke Newington.
* [[DJ Dextrous]], [[Ivor Novello Award|Ivor Novello]] and [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]] awards winning Producer/DJ—born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Rupert Evans]], film and theatre actor, lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Paloma Faith]], singer and actress, raised in Stoke Newington.
* [[Caroline Flack]], TV presenter, died in Stoke Newington
* [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]], political activist and writer—born in Palestine, lived in Stoke Newington.
* [[Reginald Fox]], actor, was born in Stoke Newington on 22 December.
* [[Jonathan Freedland]], journalist and author—lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Rebecca Front]], actress, was born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Nick Grimshaw]], Radio and Television personality lives in Clissold Crescent, Stoke Newington.
* [[Maurice Hope]], professional boxer, went to William Wordsworth Secondary School, Stoke Newington.
* [[Gareth Jones (presenter)|Gareth Jones]], aka Gaz Top, TV presenter and producer—lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]], lead singer with Manfred Mann (now solo) lived at 110 Milton Grove.
* [[Hugh Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney|Hugh Gater Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney]], representative 1958–1965 of the Stoke Newington & Hackney constituency on the London County Council.
* [[Labrinth]], singer, went to Stoke Newington School.
* [[Led by Donkeys]] founders James Sadri, Oliver Knowles, Will Rose and Ben Stewart came up with their idea in Stoke Newington.
* [[Stewart Lee]], comedian and writer – lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Michael Levy, Baron Levy]], impresario and political fundraiser—born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Bernard Lewis]], historian of Islam and the Middle East, born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Ken Livingstone]], former [[Mayor of London]], was the representative for Stoke Newington on the [[Greater London Council]] between 1977 and 1981.
* [[Zöe Lucker]], actress in ''[[Holbyblue]]'' & ''[[Footballers Wives]]'' lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Jean Marsh]], actress and writer, was born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Sheila MacLeod]], novelist and reviewer, and ex-Wife of singer Paul Jones, lived at 110 Milton Grove, Stoke Newington. 
* [[Malcolm McLaren]], manager of [[The Sex Pistols]], brought up at 49 Carysfort Road, Stoke Newington.
* [[Warren Mitchell]], actor—born in the district. 
* [[Kevin MacNeil]], Hebridean-born novelist, poet and playwright, lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Rodney Marsh]], footballer [[Queen's Park Rangers FC]] lived in Palatine Road, Stoke Newington as a child.
* [[John Matthews (footballer)|John Matthews]], footballer – joined [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]] as a 16-year-old apprentice, lived at 51 Church Walk. 
* [[Thurston Moore]], musician—lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[David O'Leary]], football manager and [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]] appearance record holder—born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Roy Pack]], footballer – Arsenal and Portsmouth, born in Stoke Newington and lived at 9 Shelley House, Shakespeare Walk, Stoke Newington.
* [[Professor Green]], (real name Stephen Manderson), rapper, went to Stoke Newington Secondary School.
* [[Pauline Quirke]], actress, born in Hackney, brought up at 79 Gibson Gardens, Stoke Newington.
* [[Andrew Ranken]], drummer in [[The Pogues]] lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Maverick Sabre]], singer-songwriter, was born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Tjinder Singh]], lead singer of [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]], lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Chris Singleton (musician)|Chris Singleton]], Irish singer-songwriter, lives in Stoke Newington.
* [[Felix Swinstead]], pianist and composer, was born in Stoke Newington.
* [[Barbara Windsor]], actress in ''[[EastEnders]]'' and the [[Carry On films]]—born in Shoreditch but grew up in Stoke Newington living in Yoakley Road and Bouverie Road.

==References==
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* [http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1444/stoke-newington-area-guide Time Out Stoke Newington area guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116051449/http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1444/stoke-newington-area-guide |date=16 January 2013 }}

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