Shoreditch (parish)

Shoreditch
St Leonard
Area
  1881648 acres (2.62 km2)
  1901658 acres (2.66 km2)
  1961659 acres (2.67 km2)
Population
  1881126,591
  1901118,637
  196140,455
Density
  1881195/acre
  1901180/acre
  196161/acre
History
  OriginAncient parish
  Abolished1965
  Succeeded byCoterminous with Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch from 1900
Replaced by London Borough of Hackney
StatusCivil parish
GovernmentVestry of the Parish of Shoreditch (1855—1900)
  HQTown Hall, Old Street

Shoreditch (St Leonard) was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. It was both a civil parish, used for administrative purposes, and an ecclesiastical parish of the Church of England. The parish church is St Leonard's, Shoreditch, often simply called "Shoreditch Church".