37-553: The Nightingale Estate is located in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney , next to Hackney Downs . The estate originally consisted of six 22 story tower blocks , but was redeveloped between 2003-2006 and replaced with mostly low-rise buildings . Only one of the towers, Seaton Point , still remains. The original six 65-metre (213 ft), 22 story Nightingale Estate blocks were approved and built in 1968 by
74-477: A Civic Trust Award for the transformation of its former caretakers' house into the Hackney School of Food — this professional teaching kitchen and community garden is decorated with a large mural by French artist and illustrator Jean Jullien The area and the effects of gentrification upon it, is the subject of the satirical Instagram account, The Real Housewives of Clapton. Hackney (parish) Hackney
111-831: A burst water main on Waterworks Lane off the Lea Bridge Road, with flood water pouring into the River Lea . Upper Clapton is home to one of London's more unusual churches, the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was used as a place of worship by a splinter group of the Catholic Apostolic Church and now is used by the Georgian Orthodox Church . However, the church was originally built by the Agapemonite cult in 1892 as
148-520: A faithful replica of an earlier building, the Great St Helen's Synagogue in the City of London , which was designed by John Davies in 1838. The current building contains a number of original fixtures from its predecessor. Endangered for a while, the synagogue was restored in 2005. The Anchor and Hope pub, which is not far from the south-east corner of Springfield Park, is a survivor of the heavy bombing along
185-411: A spear. The stained glass windows, designed by noted children's book illustrator Walter Crane , and made by J S Sparrow, betray the unconventional nature of the sect as they illustrate the 'true station of womankind'. The church, which was completed in 1895, was designed by Joseph Morris and his family, some of whom were members of the sect. The style is Gothic Revival ; for its "curiosity value" it
222-452: The River Lea (spelled Lea or Lee) to the east. Describing Clapton as approximating to E5 is useful, but informal and imperfect - postcode areas are not intended to define districts. An example of the imperfection of using E5 is that part of the community around Clapton Common is excluded from the postal district despite almost always being publicly viewed as being part of Upper Clapton. The Ancient Parish of Hackney split from Stepney in
259-402: The music videos of bands Travis , Suede , and Blur . Seaton Point is the setting for the 1998 novel of the same name, edited by Robert Dellar and contributed to by him amongst other authors. The BBC television show Top Gear used the estate demolition as part of a stunt for the 'indestructible' Toyota Hilux , which was hoisted onto the roof of Rachel Point. The car still worked after
296-469: The Ancient Catholic Church in 1956, and then by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2005. Close by the Good Shepherd is the stately New Synagogue, on the eastern side of Clapton Common. This Grade II listed building is a little deceptive, appearing much older than it actually is. In spite of its handsome Georgian -style exterior, this is actually post- Edwardian , built in 1915. It is, however,
333-569: The Church of the Ark of the Covenant. The Agapemonites, who held decidedly unconventional views on marriage and the role of women, relocated to Upper Clapton from their spiritual community in Spaxton , Somerset , and had clearly prospered by this time. Although it is fairly conventional in floor plan, the outside of the church is a riot of statuary and symbolism. The main doorways sport large carvings of angels and
370-724: The Constable of the Tower of London) . The military loyalty to the Tower meant local men served in the Tower garrison and Tower Hamlets Militia, rather than the Middlesex Militia. This arrangement lasted until 1900. In 1900 the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was formed, using the boundaries of the former parish, and it became part of the County of London . In 1965 Hackney merged with the boroughs of Shoreditch and Stoke Newington to form
407-630: The Council in the late 1960s and early 1970s were demolished in the 1990s to make way for lowrise Local Authority housing, e.g. the Clapton Park Estate. Clapton F.C. was the original local football team, being formed in 1878. Clapton Community FC split from Clapton F.C. in 2018, and are based in Forest Gate. Leyton Orient , founded in 1881 and playing as Clapton Orient were based in the area, before moving to Leyton in 1937. Secondary schools in
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#1733106862148444-545: The Lea during the Second World War , and is one of the few survivors of the terraced housing that once dominated the area. It is now quite overshadowed by pre- and post-war blocks of flats. Large parts of Lower Clapton look much as they did when the area was first developed in the second half of the 19th century. Most of the housing stock consists of Victorian terraces of various sizes. Several highrise LPS constructions erected by
481-461: The Messiah . Challenged by a jeering mob to prove his godhood by walking across Clapton Pond , Smyth-Pigott declined and retired to Somerset, where he was said to enjoy the favours of as many as seven "spiritual brides" a week. Smyth-Pigott, who also claimed immortality, died in 1927, after which the cult went into decline. The Clapton church had already been abandoned by the cult and was acquired first by
518-691: The Middle Ages and had consistent boundaries from that time on. The area was part of the historic (or ancient) county of Middlesex , but military and most (or all) civil county functions were managed more locally, by the Tower Division (also known as the Tower Hamlets) , a historic ‘county within a county’, under the leadership of the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (the post was always filled by
555-558: The Queen. Henry continued to own the house until his death in January 1547. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , died in the house in Hackney known as the "King's House" on 24 June 1604. The name of the house derives from its purchase by Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke , in 1621 — which led to ownership by the family for over 200 years. The house became tenanted after 1724, but in 1758–9
592-460: The Tudor palace took place in 1955–6. New school buildings were erected in 1960, designed by Armstrong and MacManus. The 2011 England riots affected Clapton, with Clarence Road being the epicentre of the rioting in the district, and was the site of Pauline Pearce 's viral "Heroine of Hackney" speech, where she chastised rioters for their behaviour. In 2018, parts of Clapton were flooded due to
629-471: The area became urbanised, the extent of the area called Clapton eventually increased to encompass most of the north-eastern quarter of Hackney. Because Clapton has never been an administrative unit, it has never had any defined boundaries, though the E5 postcode area (established in 1917) has been influential in shaping perceptions of the area's extent, E5 occupies most of the north-east of Hackney. The district borders
666-501: The area include Clapton Girls' Academy and Mossbourne Community Academy . Mossbourne is located on the site of the former Hackney Downs School . ' BSix Sixth Form College is a sixth form college on a site near the Lea Bridge Roundabout. Primary schools include Millfields Community School, visited by Tony Blair in 2005, and Mandeville Primary School —alma mater of pop star and actor Anthony Newley and 2021 recipient of
703-544: The demolition and was placed on the wall of the Top Gear studios. 51°33′25″N 0°03′36″W / 51.557°N 0.060°W / 51.557; -0.060 Clapton, London Clapton is a district of east London , England, in the London Borough of Hackney . Clapton is divided into Upper Clapton, in the north, and Lower Clapton to the south. Clapton railway station lies 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north-east of Charing Cross . The hamlet of Clapton emerged in
740-458: The four evangelists symbolised by a man, an eagle, a bull and a lion. The same four figures, cast in bronze, look out over the four quarters of the Earth from the base of the steeple. The two flanking weather vanes show a certain symbolic debt to William Blake 's Jerusalem depicting, as they do, a fiery chariot and a sheaf of arrows (presumably of desire), while the main steeple is clearly surmounted by
777-541: The house was modified by a leasee, William Clarke who converted it to a lunatic asylum. The site remained in this use until 1940. The remains of the house were destroyed by enemy action in October 1940. 5.5 acres (0.02 km ) of Brooke House were purchased by the London County Council in 1944, and further bomb damage occurred that year. The house was finally demolished in 1954, and archaeological investigations of
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#1733106862148814-777: The incorporation of The Vestry of the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex by section 42 of the Metropolis Management Act . With Stoke Newington it formed part of the Hackney District, governed by the Hackney District Board of Works, within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such
851-592: The land was taken by Henry VIII ; in settlement of a debt. The King visited the house in April 1535 and on 24 September 1535 he granted his "manor or principal messuage of Hackney" to Thomas Cromwell , his chief minister. Cromwell refurbished the house, and on 1 May 1536, returned the house to the King. In July 1536, Ralph Sadleir brought Mary I of England to the house to swear the Oath of Supremacy before her father, and Jane Seymour ,
888-507: The late 19th century the stretch of road through the Clapton Common to Stamford Hill was named Clapton Common. The junction with Lea Bridge Road is still used to define Upper and Lower Clapton; Kenninghall Road is an extension of Lea Bridge Road and as such also provides a convenient point of reference between the two parts of Clapton. Clapton Park, on the eastern side of Lower Clapton, combines Victorian terraces around Chatsworth Road and
925-458: The manor and Ancient Parish of Hackney . The hamlet of Clapton was, from 1339 (when first recorded) until the 18th century normally rendered as Clopton, meaning the "farm on the hill". The Old English clop - "lump" or "hill" - presumably denoted the high ground which rises from the River Lea. Clapton grew up as a linear hamlet along the road subsequently known as Lower and Upper Clapton Road. As
962-401: The modern London Borough of Hackney , part of a new larger county of Greater London . Clapton was a linear hamlet covering an extended roadside area. From the early 19th century, manorial courts distinguished the parts north and south of Lea Bridge Road as Upper and Lower Clapton, and those names soon passed into general use with Hackney Lane becoming known as Lower and Upper Clapton roads. In
999-640: The original parish boundaries below. The vestry of the parish, in common with all parishes in England, was entrusted with various administrative functions from the 17th century. The parish vestry administered the Poor Law until 1837, until it became part of the Poor Law Union of Hackney. The ecclesiastical and civil roles of the parish increasingly diverged, and by the early nineteenth century they covered different areas. A distinct civil parish dates from 1855, with
1036-474: The parish of St John at Hackney within the Hackney District Boards of Works was divided into seven wards (electing vestrymen ): No. 1 or Stamford Hill (15), No. 2 or West (18), No. 3 or De Beauvoir Town (18), No. 4 or Dalston (18), No. 5 or Hackney (18), No. 6 or Homerton (15) and No. 7 or South (18). In 1894, the district and board were dissolved, with the Hackney vestry taking on its duties within
1073-436: The parish. In 1894 as its population had increased the incorporated vestry was re-divided into eight wards (electing vestrymen ): Stamford Hill (15), West (18), Kingsland (12), Hackney (12), Mare Street (15), South (15), Clapton (12) and Homerton (21). In 1889 Hackney was included in the new County of London , and in 1900 the vestry was dissolved with the parish becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney . The civil parish
1110-472: The post-war Clapton Park Estate. In the east of this neighbourhood, terraced housing was demolished by Hackney Council and rebuilt in the 1970s, with a small shopping precinct around Gilpin Square, and is today mostly a low-rise estate. Chatsworth Road's market, which historically ran 4–5 days a week, was revived as a Sunday market in 2010, having closed in 1990. A large house known as the King's House stood on
1147-460: The site now occupied by BSix Sixth Form College , as early 1476. The house was within a 200-acre (0.81 km ) estate, which was described as the Manor of Hackney from about 1532 to the early 17th century — although there were two other manors in the south of the Parish. In 1532, Henry Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland , acquired the estate from Sir Richard Neville. However, in January 1535
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1184-447: The then Greater London Council . These were (from west to east): In the late 1980s/early 1990s, the flats fell into disrepair. Rising problems of crime and anti-social behaviour on the estate led to some residents taking action. As part of a then UK Government regeneration scheme, Hackney Council drew up plans to redevelop the estate which led to five of the blocks (with the exception of Seaton Point), being demolished. Farnell Point
1221-445: Was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex . The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1792, replacing the nearby former 16th-century parish church dedicated to St Augustine (pulled down in 1798). The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened; the bells were finally removed to the new St John's in 1854. See details of other, more modern, churches within
1258-476: Was abolished when the borough became part of the London Borough of Hackney in 1965. The boundaries of the civil parish were identical to the ancient parish, and it covered 3,289 acres (13.3 km ). The populations recorded in National Censuses were: Hackney St John's Vestry 1801–1899 The ancient parish, was originally dedicated to St Augustine . By c. 1660 it was rededicated to St John
1295-473: Was designated a Grade II-listed building on 12 September 1969. The cult had always been surrounded by scandal during its sojourn in Somerset and, after the move to Clapton, this degenerated into sheer farce. The original leader, Henry James Prince , who claimed to be immortal, died in 1899 and was succeeded by the charming but philandering John Hugh Smyth-Pigott , who wasted no time before declaring himself as
1332-511: Was home to London pirate radio stations in the early 1990s including Kool FM . One such station Rush FM , was subject to a high-profile raid in July 1993 resulting in media coverage about alleged drug and rave party links to stations operating from the estate. The estate is represented on the artwork for the first three singles released 1994 by electronic music act Spring Heel Jack - member Ashley Wales lived at Rachel Point. It has also featured in
1369-445: Was the first to be felled by implosion on 26 July 1998, followed by Embley Point and Southerland Point on 3 December 2000. Finally, Rathbone Point and Rachel Point were demolished on 30 November 2003. Between 2003-2006, a redevelopment saw low-rise housing built to replace the demolished towers. In 2017, Hackney Council announced a £200 million plan to construct 400 homes on the site, in addition to 300 built earlier. Embley Point
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