Search Results for: islington

Mildmay Park, Islington An increas­ingly cosmopolitan locality situated on the north-eastern edge of Canonbury, north of Balls Pond Road The road now called King Henry’s Walk…

Pentonville, Islington An under­priv­i­leged inner-city district situated between King’s Cross and the Angel Pentonville prison (which is really in Barnsbury) opened in 1842 and is…

Finsbury, Islington A very indis­tinct area situated north of the City of London First recorded in the 13th century, the manor of Finsbury covered a…

Isledon Village, Islington A 1990s mixed-tenure project with 211 dwellings, situated in south-west Finsbury Park ‘Isledon’ is an old form of ‘Islington’, although the estate…

Little Italy, Camden/Islington A nickname applied to the south-western corner of Clerken­well because of its strong Italian connec­tions, which go back at least two centuries…

Stroud Green, Haringey/Islington Situated north of Finsbury Park station and south of Hornsey Vale, Stroud Green is ‘an inter­esting, not very well known, Victorian urban…

Archway, Islington Archway Road skirts the eastern side of Highgate Hill and the Archway locality is at its southern end In the early 19th century…

Crouch Hill, Islington/Haringey The hill is part of the Northern Heights that extend eastward from Hampstead and Highgate, while the road of that name links…

…may suggest, the Cale­donian Market began life on a site adjacent to Islington’s Cale­donian Road, where it func­tioned as a general market in the second…

St Luke’s, Islington A little-used name for the area surrounding the western half of Old Street After the marshes here were drained in the 16th…