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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 />

Continued overleaf...<br />

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