In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hackney Wick like this:

HACKNEY WICK, a hamlet in Hackney parish, Middlesex; 1¼ mile E by S of Church Street, Hackney.

Hackney Wick through time

Hackney Wick is now part of HACKNEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how HACKNEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hackney Wick itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hackney Wick, in Hackney and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23627

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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