Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch

Shoreditch
Shoreditch Town Hall
Shoreditch Town Hall

Shoreditch shown within the County of London
Area
 • 1911/1931658 acres (2.66 km2)
 • 1961659 acres (2.67 km2)
Population
 • 1911111,390
 • 193197,042
 • 196140,455
Density
 • 1911169/acre
 • 1931147/acre
 • 196161/acre
History
 • OriginShoreditch and Norton Folgate
 • Created1899
 • Abolished1965
 • Succeeded byLondon Borough of Hackney
StatusMetropolitan borough
GovernmentShoreditch Borough Council
 • HQOld Street
 • MottoMore Light, More Power

Coat of Arms adopted by the Borough Council
Map Map of borough boundary

The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington and the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney to form the London Borough of Hackney.

The borough was made up of three main districts, Shoreditch, Hoxton and Haggerston, and covered much of the north-western and northern East End of London. An individual coat of arms was never granted to the metropolitan borough council; they adopted the arms of the second lord of the manor of Shoreditch, John de Northampton.