Editing Homerton (section)

===Industry and housing===
[[File:Homerton, former church of St Paul - geograph.org.uk - 3283837.jpg|thumb|The church of St Paul, Lower Homerton, built 1890-91]]
The coming of the railways and the building of the fever hospital drove many of the wealthier residents away. The tightly packed Victorian streets provided homes for the clerks and employees of the new purpose-built factories (like Berger Paints) being built in the area. From 1937 onwards, the [[London County Council]] built mass housing, sweeping away the worst of the slums, but also eliminating many older buildings containing shops on Homerton High Street, effectively destroying it as a commercial area. The [[Matchbox (toy company)|Lesney]] die cast model factory was built in the 1940s on the Homerton side of the Lee Navigation, just north of Homerton Road, producing for many years their ''[[Matchbox (toy company)|Matchbox]]'' brand. The factory closed in 1990 and was demolished in 2010.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

The oldest surviving residential building in Hackney is [[Sutton House, London|Sutton House]] on Homerton High Street. It was built in 1535 and is owned and run by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].