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Stoke Newington is a place in the London Borough of Hackney.
Stoke Newington includes Clissold Park, the historic and pretty
Abney Park Cemetary , as well as the primary schools St. Mary's
School and William Patten , and the secondary school Stoke
Newington School . Stoke Newington has been settled for hundreds
of years, with possible Saxon settlements in the area near River
Lea. In the middle ages and Tudor times it was a small village
on the outskirts of London, frequently visited by wayfarers as a
pit stop before journeying North. During the 18th and 19th
century, as London expanded, Stoke Newington was absorbed, and
was no longer a separate village. Also at this time, many
expensive and large houses were built to house London's
expanding population of nouveau riche. During World War II, much
of the area was destroyed in the Blitz, and many were made
homeless. However luckily, many histor