The document explores the evolving boundaries of Stoke Newington, highlighting historical changes in local governance and community identity. It discusses how residents perceive their location in relation to changing ward and parish definitions, as well as the impact of boundary reforms over the years. Key milestones include the establishment of various administrative structures, notably from 1734 to the present day.

1. On maps and in minds:
The boundaries of Stoke
Newington
Amir Dotan

2. Who cares about
boundaries anyway???!

3. Stoke Newington

4. Disclaimer
I am not here today to tell you if you live in
Stoke Newington or not

5. Google, where is Stoke Newington?

6. RightMove, where is Stoke Newington?

9. “I live in Mildmay Grove North. When I first moved
to the area years ago I used to tell people I live in
Canonbury. These days I say I live in Dalston”

12. Mike Hall

13. Is Stoke
Newington
East or
North
London?

14. Where is ‘your’ Stoke
Newington?

20. “That’s Stamford Hill,
not Stoke Newington”

21. In 2014 new ward boundaries were introduced in Hackney

22. “Stamford Hill is an area of Inner London.The
neighbourhood is a sub-district of Hackney”

25. Is it all of N16?

26. The old parish?

27. The old borough?

28. Is it the ‘Stoke Newington’
constituency boundaries?
Proposed 2018Current

29. It used to be (fairly) easy to
know where were the
boundaries of Stoke Newington

30. 1734 - The Demesne of the Manor of Stoke Newington
Demesne: A piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use.

32. 1814 - Parish boundaries

34. 1846 - St Mary
Stoke Newington
parish boundaries

35. 1734 1814 1846

44. Sir John Johnson Runtz - First Mayor
of Stoke Newington 1900-1
First Stoke Newington Town Hall,
Milton Grove 1900-37

45. 1900-1965
Metropolitan
Borough of
Stoke
Newington
boundaries

46. Metropolitan Borough of Stoke
Newington (1900-65)
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
(1900-65)
1916 Wards

47. 1935 street directory

48. Stoke Newington Road (1-175 odd)
High Street (17-217 odd)

58. Pre-1965:
‘Borough of
Hackney’
Since 1965:
’London
Borough of
Hackney’

59. Stoke Newington
Hackney
Shoreditch

60. London Borough of
Kingsland??

62. An ill-defined district
since 1965