In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Shoreditch like this:
Shoreditch, parl. bor. and par., Middlesex, in E. of London, 648 ac., pop. 126,591; has stations on North London and East London Railways, ½ mile NE. of Broad Street Station and ½ mile NE. of Liverpool Street Station. Shoreditch returns 2 members to Parliament (2 divisions - viz., Hoxton and Haggerstone, 1 member for each division); it was made a parl. bor. in 1885.
Shoreditch through time
Shoreditch is now part of Hackney district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hackney has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shoreditch itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shoreditch, in Hackney and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/959
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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