Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHACKLEWELL

SHACKLEWELL, a metropolitan suburb in Hackney, St. John parish, Middlesex; 3 miles N N E of St. Paul's, London. It has a large church, in the Grecian style; and it was the residence of Mrs. Heron, Sir T. More's daughter, and of the Rowes.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a metropolitan suburb"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Middlesex AncC
Place: Shacklewell

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