Upper Holloway

For "Upper Holloway", an area of the village of Holloway, in Derbyshire, see Holloway, Derbyshire.

Upper Holloway
Church of St John
Upper Holloway Upper Holloway shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ295869
– Charing Cross	3.75 mi (6.0 km) N
London borough	Islington
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N19
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Islington North
London Assembly	North East
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Coordinates: 51°33′58″N 0°07′52″W / 51.566°N 0.131°W / 51.566; -0.131

A map showing the Upper Holloway ward of Islington Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.

Upper Holloway is a district in the London Borough of Islington, London, centred on the A1 Holloway Road.

History

Toponymy

Upper Holloway is the original designation of the N19 postal district and the term is still used by the Royal Mail.^[1]

Urban development

Upper Holloway was one of several hamlets within the ancient parish of St Mary Islington.^[2] As the population of the parish was increasing, the Church of St John Upper Holloway was build to meet local need, using the provisions of the Church Building Act 1818. It was consecrated in 1828 and in 1830 a new ecclesiastical parish was created, beginning the subdivision of the parish of Islington for this purpose.^[3]^[4]

Media

The classic late Victorian comic novel Diary of a Nobody is set in Upper Holloway. The BBC's BBC Doomsday Project has some content for this area here:. Digital Public art project landscape-Portrait asked respondents about themselves and their area. The responses below relate to the postcode N19 4EH which is in Tollington ward in Upper Holloway.^[5]

What is it like to live in this area ?

What sort of people live in your neighbourhood ?

How you been able to make friends here ?

References

London Borough of Islington

Districts	Angel Archway Barnsbury Canonbury Clerkenwell Farringdon Finsbury Finsbury Park Highbury Highgate Holloway Islington Kings Cross Lower Holloway Mildmay Nag's Head Newington Green Pentonville St. Luke's Tufnell Park Upper Holloway

Attractions	Almeida Theatre Business Design Centre Emirates Stadium House of Detention museum Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art Islington Local History Centre Islington Museum The King's Head Theatre London Canal Museum Museum of the Order of St John Sadler's Wells Theatre St. Luke's LSO Union Chapel Wesley's Chapel

Street markets	Camden Passage Chapel Market Exmouth Market Nag's Head Market Whitecross Street Market

Parks and open spaces	Barnard Park Bingfield Park Bunhill Fields Caledonian Park Gillespie Park Highbury Fields King Square Gardens Paradise Park Quaker Gardens Rosemary Gardens Spa Fields Gardens Whittington Park

Constituencies	Islington South and Finsbury Islington North

Tube and rail stations	Angel Archway Arsenal Caledonian Road Canonbury Crouch Hill Drayton Park Essex Road Farringdon Finsbury Park Highbury and Islington Holloway Road Old Street Tufnell Park Upper Holloway

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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