HOXTON

Hoxton is situated about 1½ miles from Whitechapel and lies to the north of Old Street and west of Kingsland Road. In the 12th century it was described as open meadows and pastures next to a great forest. By the 16th century it was developed by the wealthy and fashionable inhabitants of London were moving out of the City. In the 17th and 18th centuries Hoxton continued to be developed but still retained its rural appearance.

Many of the City Livery Companies acquired land here for their almshouses. In 1689 Robert Aske left £20,000 to the Haberdashers' Company for the erection of an almshouse for 20 poor single freemen of the Company and schooling for 20 sons of poor freemen. This resulted in the building of Aske's Hospital in Pitfield Street.

In the 19th century the population continued to increase and Hoxton lost its rural appearance. The church of St. John the Baptist was built to the design of Francis Edwards in 1822-6 to create a separate parish as Hoxton was previously part of Shoreditch.

Greenwood's Maps 1827:

Hoxton and surrounding area

Church Records:

• St. John the Baptist, New North Rd
  Baptisms 1830-1932, Marriages 1830-1947, Burials 1826-1868 : LMA
  Baptisms 1932- date, Marriages 1947- date : Not deposited
• Christ Church, New North Rd
  Baptisms 1839-1944, Marriages 1841-1953 : LMA
• Holy Trinity, Bletchley St
  Baptisms 1848-1936, Marriages 1848-1943 : LMA
  Baptisms 1936- date, Marriages 1943- date : Not deposited
• St. Andrew, Canal Rd
  Baptisms 1865-1944, Marriages 1865-1946 : LMA
• St. Mary, Britannia Walk
  Baptisms 1866-1941, Marriages 1873-1940 : LMA
• St. Saviour, Hyde Rd
  Baptisms 1863-1943, Marriages 1866-1948 : LMA
• St. Monica's Priory (Roman Catholic), Hoxton Square
  Baptisms 1864- date : Not deposited
• Aske's Hospital Chapel
  Baptisms 1731-1767,1839, Marriages 1696-1754,&
  Burials 1724-1852,1854 : GL
• Hoxton Academy Congregational Chapel, Fanshawe St
  Marriages1899-1941 : LMA
• Hoxton Chapel (French Church)
  Baptisms 1751-1783, Marriages 1748-1753 : PRO
• Methodist Chapel, New North Rd
  Marriages1851-1912 : LMA
• Methodist Chapel, Philip St
  Baptisms 1901-1903 : LMA
• Pavement Chapel (Congregational), New North Rd
  Baptisms 1778-1828 : PRO
  Baptisms 1845-1888, Marriages 1851-1878 : LMA
• Wesleyan Chapel, Hoxton Old Town
  Baptisms 1817-1837 : PRO

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