Hackney was a local government

Local government

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 district within the metropolitan area of London

London

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, England from 1855 to 1894. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855

Metropolis Management Act 1855

The Metropolis Management Act 1855 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Metropolitan Board of Works, a London-wide body to co-ordinate the construction of the city's infrastructure. The Act also created a second tier of local government consisting of parish vestries...

 and was governed by the Hackney District Board of Works, which consisted of elected vestrymen. It was in the part of the county of Middlesex

Middlesex

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 that was within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works

Metropolitan Board of Works

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. In 1889 it became part of the County of London

County of London

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 and the district board functioned as a local authority under the London County Council

London County Council

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Area

The district comprised the civil parish

Civil parish

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es of Hackney

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 . The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be...

 and Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington (parish)

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Abolition

The district was abolished in 1894 with the vestry of each parish taking on local administration. Each parish would go on to form a metropolitan borough in the County of London in 1900. These two were merged with Shoreditch

Shoreditch (parish)

Shoreditch was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. It was both a civil parish, used for administrative purposes, and an ecclesiastical parish of the Church of England...

 in 1965 to form the London Borough of Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....

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