Hackney

Hackney, a parish of Middlesex, now forming a suburb of London, and 3 miles NNE. of St Paul's. It was at one time a favourite suburban residence of the London citizens, but, the current of fashion having for many years been setting to the west, Hackney no longer holds the rank it formerly did. In its earlier and fashionable days it is by some said to have given its name to hackney-coaches. See CABS.