HAGGERSTON

Haggerston is situated about 1½ miles north of Whitechapel and ¾ mile north of Shoreditch in an area bounded by Kingsland Road to the west and Hackney Road to the south. In the 17th century, being near enough to London, was the residence of gentlemen of leisure and scholars.

Still predominantly rural into the 18th century, it's nearness to the City encouraged the building of almshouses by many City companies. The only one remaining today being the Ironmongers'. The building is now a museum of furniture and domestic art, named after Sir Robert Geffrye, a former Lord Mayor of London and master of the Ironmongers' Company, the Geffrye Museum.

The church of St. Mary was built to the design of John Nash in 1822-6 and was destroyed in the 2nd World War.

Greenwood's Maps 1827:

Haggerston and surrounding area [245 Kbytes].

Church Records:

• St. My, Hagargerston Rd
  Baptisms 1830-1949,
  Marriages 1830-1949,
  Burials 1829-1864 : LMA
• St. Mary's Hall
  Baptisms 1942-1949,
  Marriages 1944-1949
• St. Chad, Nichols Sq.
  Baptisms 1864-1949,
  Marriages 1870-1975 : LMA
• St. Columba, Kingsland Rd
  Baptisms 1864-1975,
  Marriages 1873-1974 : LMA
• St. Paul, Broke Rd
  Baptisms 1893-1906,
  Marriages 1967-1971 : LMA
  Baptisms 1860-1893, 1906-1970,
  Marriages 1861-1967, Destroyed
• St. Stephen, Goldsmith's Row
  Baptisms 1864-1953,
  Marriages 1903-1951 : LMA
• North East Hospital for Children
  Baptisms 1904-1907
• Gloucester Chapel, New Haggerston
  Baptisms 1837-1859,
  Burials 1837-1852 : PRO
• Gloucester Chapel (Independent)
  Baptisms 1814-1837 : PRO