Newington Green

Newington Green. . , Building Memories A Guide to Newington Green Islington , 1480 Medieval village in Middlesex Forest clearing , 1500 , 1530 – 40s Henry VIII kept his concubines in Bishop’s Palace at northeast corner , 1530 – 40s Henry VIII stayed at hunting lodge on south side , 1600 , 1658 52 – 55 Newington Green built , 1660s A place for secret activities of non-conformists , 1689 Act of Toleration , 1690s Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe , 1690s Civet cats raised on green for perfume industry , 1700 , 1708 Chapel built by the non-conformists , 1741 Common well on Green , 1742 Green was enclosed with railings , 1758 - 91 Richard Price, chamel minister lived at 54 Newington Green , 1763 Samuel Rogers, poet, born at 52 Newington Green , 1780s Mary Wollstonecraft lived on the Green and ran a school , 1800 , 1802 Anna Laetitia Barbauld moves to Newington Green , 1850s North London Railway constructed to south , 1880s Green planted with London plane tee , 1880s – 1930s Piano making at the Factory , 1883 – 1946 Mildmay Cottage Hospital and Nurses Home built , 1890s First school built , 1892 National and Provincial Bank , 1900 , 1900 Mildmay Club built , 1900s Arbour Leaf Company, flower makers, at no. 31 , 1930s Second school built , 1936 China Inland Mission built , 1939 – 45 world war two bomb shelter under the Green School bombed , 1940s First stage of Turkish Cypriot immigration , 1940s Third school built , 1955 – 74 Second stage of Turkish Cypriot immigration , 1970 Hathersage Coury built , 1970 Newington Green designated a Conservation Area , 1970s Early muppet puppets mad at green , 1995 Holland House built by the Peabody Trust , 2000 , 2003 China Inland Mission redeveloped as student accomodation , 2003 Regeneration of Newington Green commenced