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| Upper Holloway was one of several hamlets within the ancient parish of ].<ref>http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp1-3</ref> As the population of the parish was increasing, the ] was build to meet local need, using the provisions of the ]. It was consecrated in 1828 and 1830 a new ] was created, beginning the subdivision of the parish of Islington for this purpose.<ref>http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a3eaf346-6fc2-4b24-8e33-52a2cf05ebd0</ref><ref>http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15327&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=</ref> | Upper Holloway was one of several hamlets within the ancient parish of ].<ref>http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp1-3</ref> As the population of the parish was increasing, the ] was build to meet local need, using the provisions of the ]. It was consecrated in 1828 and in 1830 a new ] was created, beginning the subdivision of the parish of Islington for this purpose.<ref>http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a3eaf346-6fc2-4b24-8e33-52a2cf05ebd0</ref><ref>http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15327&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=</ref> | ||
| ==Media== | ==Media== | ||
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For "Upper Holloway", an area of the village of Holloway, in Derbyshire, see Holloway, Derbyshire.Human settlement in England
Upper Holloway is a district in the London Borough of Islington, London, centred on the A1 Holloway Road.
History
Toponymy
Upper Holloway is the original designation of the N19 postal district and the term is still used by the Royal Mail.
Urban development
Upper Holloway was one of several hamlets within the ancient parish of St Mary Islington. As the population of the parish was increasing, the Church of St John Upper Holloway was build to meet local need, using the provisions of the Church Building Act 1818. It was consecrated in 1828 and in 1830 a new ecclesiastical parish was created, beginning the subdivision of the parish of Islington for this purpose.
Media
The classic late Victorian comic novel Diary of a Nobody is set in Upper Holloway. The BBC's BBC Doomsday Project has some content for this area here:. Digital Public art project landscape-Portrait asked respondents about themselves and their area. The responses below relate to the postcode N19 4EH which is in Tollington ward in Upper Holloway.
References
- http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/11july_current_non-geos-original.pdf
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp1-3
- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a3eaf346-6fc2-4b24-8e33-52a2cf05ebd0
- http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15327&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=
- See: http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000011284
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