August 2016
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East life<br />
Dean of Windsor and a courtier<br />
of Henry VII.<br />
The medieval church was the<br />
religious centre of the Hackney<br />
community until the parish<br />
decided to build St John’s<br />
in 1814.<br />
According to the first census<br />
in 1801 Hackney had a<br />
population of 12,700 and the<br />
building project was started<br />
after St <strong>August</strong>ine’s could<br />
no longer accommodate the<br />
area's growing population. The<br />
medieval church could only hold<br />
800 people.<br />
The tower has its bell, a key part in its history<br />
The new church was meant<br />
to hold 3,000 worshippers,<br />
but the budget of £10,000<br />
was insufficient and St John’s<br />
church was built without a bell<br />
tower. St <strong>August</strong>ine’s Church<br />
was demolished but the tower<br />
survived.<br />
“So Hackney ended up with a<br />
church without a bell tower<br />
and a tower without a church,”<br />
Laurie explains.<br />
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