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	London Borough of Hackney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main commercial and retail centre of Hackney is known as Hackney Central to distinguish it from the rest of the borough.
		To the east is the large open space of the Hackney Marshes and the districts of Hackney Wick and Homerton.
		The borough was formed in 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hackney (860 words)

	London Borough of Hackney - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in the northeast of inner London, formed in 1965 out of the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
		Hackney is one of five host boroughs for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics.
		Hackney is the only inner London borough north of the Thames that currently has no London Underground stations (with the exception of Manor House, in the extreme north-west of the borough, and on the boundary with Haringey).
	open-encyclopedia.com /London_Borough_of_Hackney (184 words)

	HACKNEY - LoveToKnow Article on HACKNEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the east lies the open flat valley of the Lea, which flows in several branches, and is bordered, immediately outside the confines of the borough, by the extensive reservoirs of the East London water-works.
		Among institutions are the German hospital, Dalston, Metropolitan hospital, Kingsland Road, and Eastern Fever hospital, Homerton; and the Hackney polytechnic institute, with which is incorporated the Sir John Cass institute.
		Cass (166617f8), a merchant of the city of London, also a member of parliament and sheriff, bequeathed 1000 for the foundation of a free school; in 1732 the bequest was increased in.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HACKNEY.htm (489 words)

	Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner - The SOLEs of Hackney
		Hackney Marshes, Hackney Downs and Millfields were Lammas land where the ordinary people of the manor had the right to graze their animals for the winter.
		In the 1811 census, William is mentioned as “a labourer of Clapton, Hackney" and is similarly described in 1823 in the register of St John‑at‑Hackney.
		Anyone who knows Hackney Marshes or can imagine the Lea Valley before the river was canalised would have to concede that, in one respect at least, the Hackney of old seems to have the right qualifications to be the source of the Soles.
	www.sole.org.uk /maybe.htm (1481 words)

	Hackney on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hackney Marshes, a large sports and recreation area intersected by the Lea, lies just outside the borough.
		Joshua Hackney, 16, visits with Beatrice Diaz at the Fountain Valley Senior Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
		Joshua Hackney, 16, vacuums at the Fountain Valley Senior Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hackney.asp (661 words)

	HAckney Bumps
		Hackney Bumps are in Clapton Park, off Daubeney Road, E5, next to Hackney Marshes
		Now, we all know from recent Media exposure that Hackney is one of the worst places to live in Britain (at least in respect to living standards etc).
		Now, the Council have plans to re-vigorate the whole of Hackney Playgrounds/Marshes (the bigger park with playgrounds etc that HB is based within).
	www.geocities.com /cr_magazine/hackneybumpds.html (725 words)

	Questions & Answers: Hackneyed
		Hackney is now just a place-name embedded within London, north-east of the City, but then it was a small village.
		By the middle of the sixteenth century, hackney was being applied to people in just this sense, and was abbreviated about the start of the eighteenth century to hack, as in hack work; it was applied in particular to literary drudges who dashed off poor-quality writing to order—hence its modern pejorative application to journalists.
		Hackney horses were also widely available and commonly seen, to the extent that they became commonplace and unremarkable.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-hac1.htm (415 words)

	British Speedway Forum - Hackney Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I would love speedway to return to Hackney, Speedway without London means Speedway will never be recognised as proper sport, unfortunate as that may seem it has to return to the capital.
		Dave jessup was untouchable round there, when I was 15 I was training at hackney and Jessup was flogging spares from his van, I was having trouble with my bike and Dj was kindly fixing my magneto when "your not going to believe this" chris morton come along and started helping him.
		PS I always wondered why the stadium was called Hackney when it was nearer to Leyton or Stratford.
	www.speedwaymanager.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6950&whichpage=2 (1303 words)

	Hackney LCC meeting August 2001
		Hackney LCC would run a stall near the bike park, and keep an eye on the area, but not take responsibility for security.
		Brenda agreed to be liaison person for Hackney LCC, to give local contacts and statistics around women in relation to membership statistics and the membership survey.
		Hackney had run a stall jointly with the Islington Cyclists Group, which attracted a lot of interest.
	www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk /aug01.htm (692 words)

	Walthamstow to the Thames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The marshes are covered in pitches, with hundreds of budding David Beckhams (who was born locally - not in Manchester!) practising their skills here every weekend.
		After passing under Homerton Road the Hackney Cut, as this straight section of the Lee Navigation is known, passes in front of some new flats, alongside Wick Field towards another road crossing.
		Hackney Stadium, built in 1932, was originally on part of the land.
	www.leevalley-online.co.uk /leisure/walks/leavalleywalk7.htm (1457 words)

	Michelle Marsh - Michelle
		In the Chesapeake Bay, salt marshes are found between the salty, wave-swept waters of the Bay and the calmer, fresher waters inland.
		The marsh's sediments can store dissolved ocean chemicals, such as copper, when they reach toxic levels, then release them back into the ocean solution when their levels are low, thus helping to purify the water.
		Marsh, co-owner of Elke's Market Cafe in Allen, is the daughter of Karl and Ria Kuby of Kuby's Sausage House in Dallas.
	michellemarsh.quaismichelle.com (1200 words)

	Hackney Biodiversity Partnership : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The event is being held in association with the Sustainable Borough Sub-partnership of the Hackney Strategic Partnership.
		In 2002 GLA published the results of a survey of Hackney's open spaces and recommended that many Hackney sites should be designated as of Metropolitan, Borough and of Local Importance for wildlife.
		The BAP Partnership will try to ensure that all the SINCs are incorporated into Hackney's next Unitary Plan (UDP) so that the nature conservation value of developments is taken into account in planning decisions.
	www.hackneybiodiversity.org.uk (880 words)

	ENGLISH NATURE - Special Sites
		Jetty Marsh and Hackney Marshes LNRs and the proposed Coombe Valley LNR are in Countryside Stewardship.
		Jetty Marsh LNR is an important 3.7 hectare (ha) wetland and wildlife corridor at the head of the Teign Estuary, which is very popular with local people.
		Hackney Marshes is a wetland wildlife haven, a piece of coutnryside on the doorstep of the people of Kingsteighton.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /special/lnr/lnr_projects_details.asp?ID=28 (238 words)

	PhysApr99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A spokesman close to the team said, "We're not looking for excuses but quite frankly the ball was flat, the pitch was awful and the referee added on way too much time at the end, about 42.5 minutes by my reckoning".
		In a change from usual strategy, Hackney opted for the second half collapse rather than the more traditional early hopelessness, so much a characteristic of their play.
		I was unsighted so I have to rely on the account of Steve the goal scorer, usually a "dipping thirty yard drive which left the 'keeper grasping at air'" means a misdirected back pass bundled in off the calf, but who knows.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /~rmjdsha/PsychAug99.htm (379 words)

	House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		There is little discussion of public transport implications for in Hackney's Lee Valley: it would seem that access to events in the Lee Valley is likely to be by car.
		Hackney and other East London boroughs are already densely populated.
		As Hackney Wick SRB programme has demonstrated, there are quicker, cheaper and more certain ways of helping regeneration in Hackney and Lee Valley than an Olympics bid.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmcumeds/268/268ap37.htm (794 words)

	Hackney Marshes (July '98)
		This was an all-day festival that occured on the 19th of July in a field in deepest Hackney.
		I picked up a friend of mine who'd come down from Brighton for the day from Victoria coach station with her baby son.
		We reached the 'Marshes a little later than we'd planned (at around 4pm.), but still managed to enjoy ourselves all the same.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Tidepool/1551/Festivals/global1.htm (536 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A senior member of the staff at Hackney reference library confirms that the origin of the proper noun "Hackney" is "Haccas Eyot" (Anglo Saxon from Old Norse)meaning "Hacca's Isle".
		He also states that "Hackney" has no connection whatsoever with "hackney", which comes from the Old French word (?) for "hire horse" (not because horses were bred in Hackney).
		Chambers dictionary of etymolgy says Hackney was famous for its horses and the connection is even mentioned in Piers Plowman, they sayz.
	www.collins.co.uk /wordexchange/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=7250 (542 words)

	Hackney Marshes in the Picture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is the first television film of Hackney freelance film-maker John Smith, of Lansdowne Drive.
		It concentrates on the high rise flats in Mandeville Street which overlook the marshes, getting impressions from residents about their life "in the clouds".
		Every effort has been made to trace the original copyright holders, but if any has been inadvertently overlooked Luxonline will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.
	www.luxonline.org.uk /reviews/hackney_gazette.html (98 words)

	Hackney WFC
		Hackney Women's Football Club (HWFC) was founded in 1986 and was the first totally women run team and the first predominantly lesbian team in London, possibly even the UK.
		HWFC was also the first team to instigate a fair play policy, ensuring that all women are encouraged to train and play competitive football regardless of their skills, age, ethnic origin and sexual orientation.
		They are great fun, especially when we get to go away for a Hackney Weekender - an experience in itself and something I'm sure you'll hear about.
	hackneywfc.intheteam.com (344 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		East Marsh is used as football pitches on Sundays and is a feeding ground for gulls, starlings, green woodpeckers, thrushes and fieldfare during the week.
		In June 1894 the Parish of Hackney Wick was established and Hackney Marshes were given to the people of Hackney in perpetuity for recreational use as open space.
		The paths on the Old River Lea and the Marshes, the Bow Back Rivers, the area around the Channelsea River, west and south of the cycle circuit and the northern part of the Greenway* are a magnet for walkers, runners, cyclists and all manner of explorers and nature lovers.
	www.nolondon2012.org /statements.doc (5879 words)

	Robert Brady (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hackney Marshes is the home of English Sunday League Football.
		The Marshes has and does spawn football stars: Terry Venables, Paul Ince and David Beckham to name but a few.
		This is grass roots level football at its purest and these are the real stars of football...The Hackney marsh heroes.
	www.footballissimo.com /brady (128 words)

	COMIS - Hackney Marshes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hackney Marsh User Group aims to increase the awareness and use of the marshes.
		Extra Info: The Trees Section (arboricultural officer) is also based at Hackney Marshes.
		For further assistance or general enquiries concerning council services contact the Hackney Council Call Centre on 020 8356 3000 or email: info@hackney.gov.uk.
	www.hackney.gov.uk /index/information-centre/comis-org.htm?OrgID=6024 (149 words)

	respice - prospice
		In conjunction with this talk there will be a walk from Hackney Marshes to Springfield Park on Monday 19 May from 7pm, led by members of the Hackney Marsh Users Group.
		The walk will be led by members of the Hackney Marsh Users Group and will explore the wildlife and geography of the marshes and parkland.
		Find out about one of London's most delightful parks: opened for the public in 1889, formed from the landscaped grounds of a house named after a love-struck curate; follow the course of a natural and a man- made river; hear about the development of Stoke Newington since Saxon times and stand atop Fat Turkey mound.
	radio.weblogs.com /0109571/categories/hackneyOpenSpaces/2003/05/13.html (294 words)

	Cycling in Hackney News November 1998
		The Friends Bridge is one element in a £500 project to improve access and recreational facilities on Hackney Marshes, run by Groundowrk in partnership with the London Borough of Hackney and the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
		Hackney LCC's borough co-ordinator Douglas Carnall is delighted:"Although the existing routes to the bridge are still far from perfect, Friends Bridge forms a critical link in the National Cycle Network which, within a decade, should be bringing thousands of cycle tourists from the Harwich ferry to the heart of London.
		Hackney web gurus are hard at work on a plan to systematise the gathering of Fumin'Pad data using internet technology.
	www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk /news11-98.htm (3034 words)

	LB Hackney - Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Summer is here and Hackney’s parks are alive with fun and family friendly events, from circus performances to Tai Chi workshops.
		The Discover Hackney Parks Programme is designed to increase access to Hackney Parks.
		Hackney has a total of 62 parks, gardens and open spaces totalling approximately 330 hectares, ranging from the largest concentration of football pitches in Europe at Hackney Marshes to the beautiful and historic settings of Springfield and Clissold parks.
	www.hackney.gov.uk /community-parks.htm (250 words)

	AEOLIAN.CO.UK - Misc - Kite Flying Sites
		Parking is free, in the adjacent car park which has room for about 50 cars.
		Hackney Marshes is a favourite spot for footballers in the winter months, with room for about 20 football pitches (or something like that).
		The Marshes car park is just on the right hand side.
	www.aeolian.co.uk /kites/sites/sites.html (1279 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Organised football began on Hackney Marshes, East London in 1947.
		What had previously been low-lying marshland had been used during the war as a dump for the debris from bomb damage and in 1945 over 150 hectares were grassed over and 110 football pitches marked out.
		The Marshes are used by eight different local leagues including a Turkish League, an Asian league and a women's league.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,10337,00.html (1098 words)

	(GCKRTR) The Other Hackney Marshes by lordhutton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These Hackney Marshes (not the vast areas of football pitches in East London)were once the scene of intense quarrying of Ball Clay (and still are, behind Tesco's).
		Although noisy from the A380 viaduct, the marshes are a beautiful area of reeds and wildlife, with some archaeological remains.
		A nice walk through Hackney Marshes and a nice area to place a cache and really quiet too found the cache straight away.T4TC.TNLN.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=178772 (366 words)

	newsround News
		The replica markers will be installed on Walthamstow Marsh for the first time in over 50 years.
		Sunday February 23rd 2003, starting at 11am Hackney marsh User Group working with Groundwork Hackney will be tree planting on Hackney Marshes.
		Other HMUG activities are funded by Hackney Wick SRB with support from Groundwork Hackney and staff at Hackney Marshes.
	newsround.ground-level.org /xml/rss.xml (1141 words)

	IN DA CLUB football diaries match Fixtures GALLERY CONTACT
		Hackney displayed their trusty second-half doziness after half time and the Lyrics powered home a header at a poorly defended corner.
		For the next 20 minutes it looked like Hackney were going to turn the hooped intruders over, but as the game wore on and Recreativo pushed forward in numbers Lyric hit again on the counter and it was all over bar the handshakes.
		The pitch was not up to our usual standard of lush but well cut Hackney Council manicured green, and as we faced a strapping looking bunch of mostly Gaelic lads, resplendent in the famous green and white hoops of Celtic, we knew we were in for a right ding dong.
	www.recreativofc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Match.htm (3083 words)

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