HACKNEY

Hackney

Hackney was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th-century parish church dedicated to St Augustine . The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened; the bells were finally removed to the new St John's in 1854. See details of other, more modern, churches within the original parish boundaries below.

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hackney

Noun

  1. An ordinary horse.
  2. A carriage for hire or a cab.
  3. A horse used to ride or drive.
  4. A breed of English horse.
  5. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Verb

  1. To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
  2. To use as a hackney.

Adjective

  1. Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.
    hackney coaches
    hackney authors


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