Stamford Hill

For other uses, see Stamford Hill (disambiguation).

Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill is located in Greater London
Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill
Location within Greater London
Area2 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Population68,050 [1]
• Density34,025/sq mi (13,137/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ335875
• Charing Cross5.5 mi (8.9 km) SSW
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtN15, N16
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly
List of places
UK
England
London
51°34′14″N 0°04′22″W / 51.5705°N 0.0727°W / 51.5705; -0.0727

Stamford Hill is an area in Inner London, England, about 5.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross. The neighbourhood is a sub-district of Hackney, the major component of the London Borough of Hackney, and is known for its Hasidic community, the largest concentration of orthodox Ashkenazi in Europe.

The district takes its name from the eponymous hill, which reaches a height of 108 ft (33m) AOD,[2] and the originally Roman A10 also takes the name "Stamford Hill", as it makes its way through the area.

The hill is believed[3] to be named after the ford where the A10 crossed the Hackney Brook on the southern edge of the hill. Sanford and Saundfordhill are referred to in documents from the 1200s, and mean "sand Ford".[4] Roque's map of 1745 shows a bridge, which replaced the ford, referred to as "Stamford Bridge".[5]

The hill rises gently from the former course of the Hackney Brook to the south, and its steeper northern slope provided a natural boundary for the traditional (parish and borough) extent of Hackney, and now does so for the wider modern borough.

  1. ^ "Ward Profiles". Data.london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ Archaeological Study of Hackney, see page 3 https://content.historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/planning/apa-hackney.pdf
  3. ^ "Hackney: Newington and Stamford Hill - British History Online". British-history.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, Ekwall, 4th Edition 1990
  5. ^ "Stoke Newington Common - Hackney Council". Hackney.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2018.