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Shoreditch
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or an eastern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N.W. by Islington, N.E. by Hackney, E. by Bethnal Green and Stepney, S. by the City of London, and W. by Finsbury. Pop. (1901), 118,637. It is a poor and crowded district extending east and west of Kingsland Road, and has a large artisan population. Chain-making, cabinet work, and other industries are carried on. An old form of the name is Soereditch, and the origin is lost, though early tradition connects it with Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV. The parliamentary borough of Shoreditch includes the Hoxton and Haggerston divisions, each returning one member. In Hoxton is the Shoreditch technical institute. The borough council consists of a mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors. Area, 657.6 acres.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Shoreditch'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/shoreditch.html. 1910.
