Hackney may refer to:
Places
London
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Hackney, London, 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), 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 ...
, a local government area based on the ancient parish boundaries from 1900 to 1965
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London Borough of Hackney, 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
South Hackney is an area of Hackney in London, England within the Borough of Hackney. It is about northeast of Charing Cross.
The Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy on the corner of Victoria Park Road and Lammas Walk utilises the buildings of ...
, a sub-district of Hackney
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West Hackney
West Hackney is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, situated on the eastern side of Ermine Street, the major Roman Road better known as the A10.
The area was part of the Ancient Parish and subsequent Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, bu ...
, 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 under ...
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Hackney Downs railway station
Hackney Downs is a London Overground and National Rail station in Hackney Central and serves the old common land of Hackney Downs in Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney, it is on the Lea Valley lines and West Anglia Main Line. It is ...
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Hackney Wick railway station
Hackney Wick is a station on the North London Line in the area of Hackney Wick, East London. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail on the r ...
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Hackney Downs, an open space in Hackney
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Hackney Marshes, an open space in Hackney
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Hackney (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney was a two-seat constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created under the Representation of the People Act, 1867 (often termed Second Reform Act) from the former northern parishes of the Tower Hamlets constituency and ab ...
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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 ...
, a political division of the council
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Hackney College
New City College (NCC) is a large college of further education with campuses in East London and Essex. The college was formed in 2016 with the amalgamation of separate colleges, beginning with the merger between Tower Hamlets College and Hackney C ...
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Hackney Wick Stadium
Hackney Wick Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium located at Waterden Road in the London Borough of Hackney.
Origins
The site chosen for the stadium was on land known as Hackney Marshes west of the River Lea and on the west sid ...
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Hackney Empire
Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by ''The Guardian'' as ‘the most beautiful theatre in L ...
, 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 En ...
, 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 Derwe ...
, 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 estates of the lower Pomeroon River, Hackney is still of some importance. ...
, 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 ...
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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– ...
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 ...
, 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
Taxicabs in a single country often share a set of common properties, but there is a wide variation from country to country in the vehicles used, the circumstances under which they may be hired and the regulatory regime to which these are subject ...
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