Building    From 1863 

Hoxton Hall

Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence. Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer (of Huntley and Palmer biscuits) for the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance Mission. 1893 in his will Palmer left the hall to the Quaker Bedford Institute. 1910 the hall was extended. It is now used as a community centre.

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Hoxton Hall

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Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall. Built 1863 as a music hall. Owned since 1893 by Bedford Institu...

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The Island

The Island

This 1870 map shows that the land between Stoke Newington Common and Hackney Downs, to the east of where the railway was to be built, was entirely undeveloped and occupied by three large areas, eac...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Young Men's Christian Association

Young Men's Christian Association

The original object was "to promote the spiritual and mental improvement of young men engaged in the drapery trade."

Group, Community / Clubs, Religion

4 memorials
Bromley and Beckenham Philatelic Society
2 memorials