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It is immediately north of Victoria Park and the area centred on Victoria Park Road and Lauriston Road. Sometimes called Victoria Park Village, particularly by estate agents, to distinguish the residential area from the rest of Hackney. The Bathing Pond in Victoria Park. ... Estate agent is a United Kingdom term roughly synonymous with the United States term real estate broker, a business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and other buildings. ...

In Tudor times, South Hackney consisted of two small settlements. One around the modern Grove and Lauriston Roads; the other where Grove Street and Well Street meet. There were two moated houses, the one on the north side of Well Street belonging to the Knights Hospitaller in 1416. The house survived into the 18th century, but by then it was in decline and the tenants included chimney sweeps. This is commemorated by the name of the Two Black Boys public house^[1]. Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ... The Knights Hospitaller (also known as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta, Cavaliers of Malta, and the Order of St. ... May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

In Lauriston Road, near the church are six almshouses, created by a bequest from William Monger in 1669, and funded by land on Hackney Marshes. This land subsequently came into the control of Sir John Cass (d.1718). The almshouses were rebuilt in 1849, with funds from the Sir John Cass Foundation^[2]. // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... Hackney Marshes is an area of grassland on the bank of the River Lee in the London Borough of Hackney. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Victoria Park was laid out between 1842-1846, the large Victorian villas that characterise this area were built soon after. South Hackney originally had a chapel of ease, but became an independent parish in 1825, with the parish church of St John the Baptist erected in 1848^[3]. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian Era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The area is well served by shops, restaurants and public houses.

Nearest places

• Victoria Park
• Hackney Central
• Hackney Wick
• Homerton

A 'leafy suburb'? Not quite, we are in the small quasi-suburban enclave of South Hackney, a short distance from the old East End. The view is of Well Street Common from Meynell Road. (October 2005)

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References

1. ^ Tudor Hackney at the National Archives accessed 31 October 2006
2. ^ 'Hackney: Charities for the Poor', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney (1995), pp. 166-72 Date accessed: 31 October 2006.
3. ^ Hackney in 1878 accessed 30 October 2006