Shoreditch
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Shoreditch is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Hackney alongside neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets, which are also perceived as part of the area due to historic ecc
Looking south on Curtain Road, Shoreditch
Shoreditch church
Memorial to Elizabethan actors buried in Shoreditch church
1867 poster from the National Standard Theatre
London Borough of Hackney
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The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in Inner London, England. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street. The borough is named after Hackney, its principal distric
Mare Street in Hackney
Sutton House was built in 1535.
Curtain Theatre circa 1600 print. Note: some authorities believe this to be a depiction of the Theatre – the other Elizabethan theatre in Shoreditch.
St Augustine's Tower, Hackney. A former property of the Knights of St John dating from the 13th century, St Augustine's Tower is Hackney's oldest building. The tower is all that remains of the medieval parish church, which was demolished in 1798.