Shacklewell

Shacklewell
Shacklewell
Location within Greater London
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly

Shacklewell is a small locality to the east of Roman Ermine Street (now the A10), in the London Borough of Hackney.

The area was originally a hamlet that developed on Shacklewell Lane in the Ancient Parish and later Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, now a part of the larger modern London Borough of Hackney. The place name is no longer commonly used, and the areas is now generally regarded as part of Dalston, which was originally a separate hamlet 500 yards to the south, and also part of the Parish and Borough of Hackney.

Shacklewell took its name from "some springs or wells which were of high repute in former days, but the very site of which is now forgotten."

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