Hackney may refer to:
Places
London
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Hackney, London
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Quee ...
, a district in London
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Hackney (parish)
Hackney was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th-century parish church dedicated to St Augustine (pulled down in 1798). The original tower of th ...
, the originally medieval ancient parish
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Hackney District (Metropolis)
Hackney was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1894. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Hackney District Board of Works, which consisted of elected ve ...
, a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1894
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Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney.
Formation and boundaries
The borough was one of twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs c ...
, a local government area based on the ancient parish boundaries from 1900 to 1965
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London Borough of Hackney
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...
, a local authority area created in 1965
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Hackney Central
Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross.
The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north o ...
, a sub-district of Hackney which forms the commercial and administrative centre
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Hackney Wick
Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in east London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes a ...
, a sub-district of Hackney
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South Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney
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West Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney
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Hackney Central railway station
Hackney Central is a London Overground station on the North London line in Hackney Central, Greater London. It lies between and and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by National Rail services unde ...
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Hackney Downs railway station
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Hackney Wick railway station
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Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historically common land in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney. The name is sometimes also used to apply to the neighbourhood around the park.
Hackney Downs Park
The Downs open space ...
, an open space in Hackney
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Hackney Marshes
Hackney Marshes is an area of open space in London's Lower Lea Valley, lying on the western bank of the River Lea. It takes its name from its position on the eastern boundary of Hackney, the principal part of the London Borough of Hackney, an ...
, an open space in Hackney
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Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of Labour Co-op.
History
The seat was created in February 1974 from the former seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury. ...
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Hackney Central (ward)
Hackney Central is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Meg Hillier of ...
, a political division of the council
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Hackney Downs (ward)
Hackney Downs is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney, corresponding roughly to the Hackney Downs area of London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.
It was created for the May 2002 local election. There w ...
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Hackney College
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Hackney Wick Stadium
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Hackney Empire, a theatre and concert venue
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Hackney RFC
Hackney Rugby Football Club is a rugby club based in Hackney, London, England. Hackney RFC has five senior teams, playing home matches aSpring Hill Recreation Ground They are currently playing in London 2 North West (a tier 7 league in the Eng ...
, a rugby union club
Elsewhere
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Hackney, Derbyshire
Hackney and Upper Hackney are areas of settlement in Derbyshire, England. The population taken at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Darley Dale.
They are located to the north west of Matlock, and separated from the River Derw ...
, a village near the town of Matlock, England
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Hackney, Guyana
Hackney, is a village in Guyana, standing on the eastern bank of the Pomeroon River, 11 km from its mouth. Formerly the business centre for residents of the coconut
The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree ...
, a village
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Hackney, Kansas
Hackney is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.
History
The town was named after William P. Hackney, a colorful frontier lawyer and politician from Cowley County. Hackney was a station and shipping point on the A ...
, United States
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Hackney, Missouri
Hackney is an unincorporated community in northwest Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was a mill site on the north bank of a meander in the Little Sac River. The old iron Hackney Mill Bridge directly south of the communi ...
, United States
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Hackney, South Australia
Hackney is an inner-eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. It is adjacent to the Adelaide Park Lands, the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide. The O-Bahn Busway passes along Hackney Road, pa ...
, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia
People
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Hackney (surname)
Hackney is an English medieval surname from the village (now London borough) of Hackney.
Notable persons with the surname Hackney include:
By given name
* Alan Hackney (1924–2009), British screenwriter
* Clarence Hackney (1894–1 ...
Other uses
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Hackney (automobile)
The Hackney was a marque of microcar which seated one adult or two children, built in the mid-to-later 1950s by the Gordon W. Morton Company of High Point Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. Hubert H. Hackney applied for a patent for this miniatur ...
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Hackney horse
The Hackney is a recognized breed of horse that was developed in Great Britain. In recent decades, the breeding of the Hackney has been directed toward producing horses that are ideal for carriage driving. They are an elegant high steppin ...
, a breed of horse known for its high trotting action, particularly in harness
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Hackney pony
The Hackney pony is a breed of pony closely related to the Hackney horse. Originally bred to pull carriages, they are used today primarily as show ponies. The breed does not have its own stud book, but shares one with the Hackney horse in ...
, a pony breed with similar characteristics as the Hackney horse, but much smaller.
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Hackney carriage
A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab, black cab, hack or London taxi) is a carriage or car for hire. A hackney of a more expensive or high class was called a remise. A symbol of London and Britain, the black taxi is a common s ...
, taxicabs in London and elsewhere popularly known as 'black cabs'
* Hackney, a type of taxicab in the Republic of Ireland which cannot be "hailed" on the street (see
Taxicabs by country)
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