Shacklewell

Coordinates: 51°33′14″N 0°04′19″W / 51.554°N 0.072°W / 51.554; -0.072

Shacklewell is an area of the London Borough of Hackney.

It began as a hamlet which grew up along Shacklewell Lane and was named after “some springs or wells which were of high repute in former days, but the very site of which is now forgotten.”

The area has never been an administrative unit, and partly for that reason its extent is now only nebulously understood. At one time its sphere of influence grew well beyond its core, but Shacklewell is now mostly forgotten as a place name in everyday use.

History

The village was one of four small villages within the Parish of Hackney, (Dalston, Newington, Shacklewell, and Kingsland), which were all grouped for assessment purposes, together having only as many houses as the village of Hackney. The village of Shacklewell was settled on the eponymous village green, along Shacklewell Lane.

Shacklewell lay a little over 500 yards north of the hamlet of Dalston, which stood on Dalston Lane, with which it was linked by Cecilia Road.