14 amazing facts you never knew about Islington
I made this for amusement a few years ago. I grabbed a whole bunch of facts from Pamela Shields’ excellent book, ‘Islington, the first 2,000 years’ (Amazon link) and put them together in this infographic. Did you know the population of Tollington c.1066 was 9 people? There’s around 10,000 today. Or that Whittington Hospital is…
Take a look at the map of Historic Tollington (updated)
Since we published the rare aerial view of our area last week so many people have shared more interesting information concerning our local area, and we hope to share more and more of this here. The landmarks of local history What we have here is a map created by the incredibly vibrant Tollington Park Action…
Wray back machine: Wray Crescent and the Hackney Brook
We’re looking for historical stories, pictures and any interesting data concerning Wray Crescent and the surrounding area, so if you have anything you’d like to share, please drop us a line. When Wray Crescent was a crescent Today we have this fascinating image thanks to Britain From Above and Historic England. We think it was…