Editing Stamford Hill

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'''Stamford Hill''' is an area in [[Inner London]], England, about 5.5 miles north-east of [[Charing Cross]]. The neighbourhood is a sub-district of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]], the major component of the [[London Borough of Hackney]], and is known for its [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] community, the largest concentration of orthodox [[Ashkenazi]] in Europe.

The district takes its name from the eponymous hill, which reaches a height of 108 ft (33m) [[Ordnance datum|AOD]],<ref>Archaeological Study of Hackney, see page 3 https://content.historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/planning/apa-hackney.pdf</ref> and the [[Ermine Street|originally Roman A10]] also takes the name "Stamford Hill", as it makes its way through the area.

The hill is believed<ref name="british-history.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol10/pp38-44|title=Hackney: Newington and Stamford Hill - British History Online|website=British-history.ac.uk}}</ref> to be named after the ford where the A10 crossed the [[Hackney Brook]] on the southern edge of the hill. Sanford and Saundfordhill are referred to in documents from the 1200s, and mean "sand Ford".<ref>Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, Ekwall, 4th Edition 1990</ref> [[John Roque|Roque's]] map of 1745 shows a bridge, which replaced the ford, referred to as "Stamford Bridge".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hackney.gov.uk/stoke-newington-common|title=Stoke Newington Common - Hackney Council|website=Hackney.gov.uk|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

The hill rises gently from the former course of the [[Hackney Brook]] to the south, and its steeper northern slope provided a natural boundary for the traditional ([[Hackney (parish)|parish]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|borough]]) extent of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]], and now does so for the [[London Borough of Hackney|wider modern borough]].

==History==
[[File:Hackney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|right|A map showing the Stamford Hill ward of Hackney Metropolitan Borough, as it appeared in 1916.]]
Stamford Hill lies on the old [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] road of [[Ermine Street]], on the high ground where it meets the Clapton Road, which runs from [[Hackney Central|central Hackney]]. By the 18th century, the Roman road (now numbered as the A10) was subject to heavy traffic, including goods wagons pulled by six or more horses, and this caused the surface of the road to deteriorate. The local parishes appealed to Parliament in 1713 for the right to set up a [[Turnpike trust|Turnpike Trust]], to pay for repairs and maintenance. Gates were installed at [[Kingsland, London|Kingsland]] and Stamford Hill, to collect the tolls.<ref>[http://www.brickfields.org.uk/text/georgian-transport.html ''Georgian Transport''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315031251/http://www.brickfields.org.uk/text/georgian-transport.html |date=15 March 2018 }} (Brickfields Spitalfields) accessed 18 May 2009</ref>

[[John Roque|Roque's]] map of 1745 shows a handful of buildings around the Turnpike, and by 1795, the A10 was lined with the large homes and extensive grounds of wealthy financiers and merchants attracted, in part, by the elevated position.<ref name="auto">The London Encyclopaedia, Weinreb and Hibbert, 1983</ref>

Stamford Hill had a [[gibbet]] that was used to display the remains of criminals executed at [[Tyburn]] in the 1740s. In 1765, a map of the area showed the Gibbet Field south of the road from Clapton Common, behind Cedar House.<ref name=bho38>"Hackney: Newington and Stamford Hill." A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10, Hackney. Ed. T F T Baker. London: Victoria County History, 1995. 38-44. British History Online. Web. 15 December 2018. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol10/pp38-44.</ref>

The area remained essentially rural in character, and little more was built until the arrival of the railway in 1872,<ref name="auto"/> and the tram system at about the same time. Stamford Hill was the point where the tram line coming north from the City<ref>The North Metropolitan Tramways Co. inaugurated 1872, and ran from [[Moorgate]] via Kingsland and Stoke Newington Roads to Stamford Hill</ref> met the [[Hackney, London|Hackney]] tram line,<ref>The North Metropolitan from [[Bishopsgate]] ran through Mare Street, and thence to [[Upper Clapton|Clapton]], opened in 1872, and was extended to Clapton Common in 1875, reaching Stamford Hill in 1902,</ref> and so, it became a busy interchange, with a depot opening in 1873.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22693 'Hackney: Communications', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney (1995), pp. 4-10] Date accessed: 1 November 2006.</ref> Electrification commenced in 1902 and by 1924 a service was commenced between Stamford Hill and [[Camden Town]] along Amhurst Park.<ref>'Hackney: Communications', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10, Hackney, ed. T F T Baker (London, 1995), pp. 4-10. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol10/pp4-10 [accessed 23 December 2022].</ref>

Stamford Hill had many eminent Jewish residents, including the [[Montefiore (surname)|Montefiore family]]. [[Italy|Italian]]-born Moses Vita Montefiore (died 1789) was living there in 1763. His son Joseph (died 1804) married Rachel Mocatta, and his grandson Abraham Montefiore (died 1824) married Henrietta, whose father, the financier [[Nathan Meyer Rothschild]], lived near the modern Colberg Place from 1818 to 1835. The Montefiores' property a little further south was to be transformed by Abraham's grandson, Claude Montefiore, into Montefiore House school. With the increased development of the area, many distinguished families moved away: In 1842, there were few remaining of the wealthy Jews who had once settled in Hackney.<ref name=brithist>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22716. 'Hackney: Judaism', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney (1995), pp. 145-48]. Date accessed: 31 October 2006.</ref> The [[philanthropist]] and [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolitionist]] [[Samuel Morley (MP)|MP Samuel Morley]] had a residence here from about 1860. The gardening writer and [[cottage garden]]er [[Margery Fish]] was born here in 1892.<ref>ODNB entry by Catherine Horwood. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48830 Retrieved 2 November 2012. Pay-walled.]</ref>

Until the late 20th century, East London was the focus of Jewish life in England, with settlement heavily focussed on an area in and around [[Whitechapel]], extending from [[Bishopsgate]] to [[Cable Street]].<ref>Mapping Society, The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography, Laura Vaughan https://ucldigitalpress.co.uk/Book/Article/67/91/5048/</ref> The area was chosen because of its cheap rents and the independent trades, [[East End of London#Weaving and mulberries|notably weaving and textiles, known colloquially as "the rag trade"]].<ref>East London Papers, Volume 6, Number 2, December 1963</ref> [[History of the Jews in England|Prosperity, integration and later severe wartime bomb damage]] saw the community disperse to other parts of East London and more widely. From the 1880's, Stamford Hill received a new influx of Jews from the core area of East End settlement<ref>[http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_SDDRGVT ''Kosher in the country'], ''[[The Economist]]'' 1 June 2006 accessed 14 August 2007</ref> and, in 1915, the New Synagogue was transferred to Stamford Hill to serve this growing population. 

In 1926, the [[Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations]] was established in Stamford Hill, and this became a magnet for other strictly observant Jews, many fleeing [[Nazi]] persecution in the years before the [[Second World War]].<ref name=brithist/> Also, many Jewish families came to the area from other areas of London, refugees in their own way from bombing and post-war clearances for new housing. One of the early Hasidic leaders in Stamford Hill was the [[Shotzer Rebbe]]. The [[Hungarian revolution of 1956|Hungarian uprising]] also led to an influx of Haredi Jews fleeing hardship under [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] rule. Another notable Jewish resident, from 1955 until his death in 2000, was the spiritual head of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Rabbi [[Chanoch Dov Padwa]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

==Governance==
Stamford Hill has never been an administrative area in its own right; it has always been an area of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]]. Hackney was an administrative unit with consistent boundaries from the early Middle Ages to the creation of the larger modern borough in 1965. Hackney was based for many centuries on the [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|Ancient Parish]] of [[Hackney (parish)|Hackney]].

The area was part of the [[Historic counties of England|historic (or ancient) county]] of [[Middlesex]], but military and most (or all) civil county functions were managed more locally, by the [[Tower division|Tower Division (also known as the Tower Hamlets)]], a historic 'county within a county', under the leadership of the [[Constable of the Tower of London|Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (the post was always filled by the Constable of the Tower of London)]]. The military loyalty to the Tower meant local men served in the Tower garrison and Tower Hamlets Militia, rather than the Middlesex Militia.<ref>The London Encyclopaedia, 4th Edition, 1983, Weinreb and Hibbert</ref><ref>East London Papers, Volume 8, Number 2, The Name 'Tower Hamlets'. M.J. Power, December 1965</ref>
 
The Ancient Parishes provided a framework for both civil (administrative) and ecclesiastical (church) functions, but during the nineteenth century, there was a divergence into distinct civil and ecclesiastical parish systems. In London, the Ecclesiastical Parishes sub-divided to better serve the needs of a growing population, while the Civil Parishes continued to be based on the same Ancient Parish areas.

The [[London Government Act 1899]] converted the parishes into [[Metropolitan Borough]]s based on the same boundaries, sometimes with minor rationalisations.
In 1965, [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] merged with [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]] to form the new [[London Borough of Hackney]].

== Geography and boundaries ==
Stamford Hill is a gravel topped feature, overlooking the [[River Lea#Course|Lower and Middle Lea Valley]], which reaches a height of 108 ft (33m) [[Ordnance datum|AOD]].<ref>Archaeological Study of Hackney, see page 3 https://content.historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/planning/apa-hackney.pdf</ref><ref>'The Physique of Middlesex', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1, Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, the Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes To 1870, Private Education From Sixteenth Century, ed. J S Cockburn, H P F King, K G T McDonnell( London, 1969), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol1/pp1-10 [accessed 22 January 2025].</ref>

The district's usual definition is based on the physical feature of the hill and the neighbourhood's location within the [[Hackney (parish)|Ancient Parish]] and subsequent (with almost identical boundaries) [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney]].<ref name="british-history.ac.uk" /> It also reflects the fact that what was [[Ermine Street|originally the Roman A10]] also takes the name 'Stamford Hill' as goes over the hill between the brook and the borough boundary.

'''Northern boundary with [[Tottenham]]:''' Takes the northern boundary of the [[Hackney (parish)|AP]]\[[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|MB]] of Hackney. This corresponds to the current boundary between the [[London Borough of Hackney|modern borough of Hackney]] and [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]].

'''Western boundary with [[Stoke Newington]]:''' Takes part of the [[Hackney (parish)|AP]]\[[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|MB]] of Hackney's boundary with the [[Stoke Newington (parish)|AP]]\[[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|MB]] of Stoke Newington along Bethune Road and down to the A10.<ref>Describes Stoke Newingtons boundaries with Hackney and other neighbours https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol8/pp139-140</ref>

'''Southern Boundary with [[West Hackney]]:''' The east–west course of the [[Hackney Brook]], which may have been as wide as 22m at this point,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.locallocalhistory.co.uk/gsn/page07.htm|title=Hackney Brook|website=www.locallocalhistory.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref> provided a natural southern boundary for the district, however the river was culverted and it is now difficult to discern its former course on the ground. This has led to very ambiguous boundary, along its former course, in the Cazenove\Northwold Road area.

'''East and south-east boundary with [[Upper Clapton]]:''' [[Upper Clapton]] is also part of [[Hackney, London|Hackney]] and shares much of the eastern side of the hill. There is little tradition of a particular border. The [[London postal districts|post code boundary]] is sometimes used but this is arbitrary: post code areas are not intended to define districts.

== Demography ==
The high fertility of the Haredi community contributes to the area having one of highest birthrates in the UK, with a [[crude birth rate]] of more than 25 per 1,000 of the population, twice the UK average.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_333877.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307041829/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_333877.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=live|title=Ward Level Mid-Year Population Estimates (experimental), Mid-2012|website=One.gov.uk|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

The data table shows 2011 ONS Census data<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2xls.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922120621/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2xls.aspx |archive-date=22 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for the wards around Stamford Hill, where respondents indicated a religion:<ref>In the 2011 UK census, respondents were voluntarily asked to identify their religion.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Ward|| All||Christian||Buddhist||Hindu||Jewish||Muslim||Sikh||other||No religion||not stated
|-
|[[Cazenove (ward)|Cazenove]]||13,392||3,823||93||70||2,868||2,210||122||53||2,730||1,423
|-
|[[Lordship (ward)|Lordship]]||12,280||3,251||80||49||3,179||977||98||56||3,119||1,471
|-
|[[New River (ward)|New River]]||12,551||3,965||102||40||3,591||1,362||48||33||1,870||1,540
|-
|[[Springfield (Hackney ward)|Springfield]]||12,378||3,799||57||39||3,604||1,745||111||46||1,436||1,541
|-
|[[Seven Sisters, London|Seven Sisters]]||15,968||6,219||165||165||2,883||2,338||75||73||2,639||1,411
|-
! Total ||66,569||21,057||497||363||16,125||8,632||454||261||11,794||7,386
|}

:''The London Borough of Hackney has expressed its concern that Haredi Jewish residents are seriously under-counted in the Census data, as the religion question is voluntary.''<ref>'Torah, worship and acts of loving kindness' - Christine Holman and Naomi Holman, [[De Montfort University]], November 2002.</ref>

==Haredi Jewish community==
[[File:Stamford hill.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jews]] in Stamford Hill.]]
Stamford Hill is at the centre of an [[Ashkenazi]] [[Haredi Judaism|strictly-Orthodox Jewish]], and predominantly [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]], community estimated to be some 15,000 strong, and growing at a rate of around 5% each year.<ref name="destinationhackney.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationhackney.co.uk/neighbourhoods/stamford-hill|title=Love Hackney - Love Hackney|website=Destinationhackney.co.uk|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192516/http://www.destinationhackney.co.uk/neighbourhoods/stamford-hill|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Learning Trust|url=http://www.learningtrust.co.uk/schools/secondary_schools/docs/ss_brochure_2011/ss_brochure_2011_pdf15.pdf|access-date=25 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126040158/http://www.learningtrust.co.uk/schools/secondary_schools/docs/ss_brochure_2011/ss_brochure_2011_pdf15.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is the largest Hasidic community in Europe, and referred to as a ''square mile of piety'',<ref name=brithist/> reflecting the many Jewish men seen walking in their distinctive clothes on their way to and from worship. The congregations often represent historical links with particular areas of Eastern Europe in their dress and their worship. Many also retain links with congregations around the world. The largest of these congregations is the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] dynasty, which has five directly associated synagogues; [[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belz]] is another large community, with four synagogues. As well as Stamford Hill's own Jewish population, there are also many observant Jews in neighbouring [[Upper Clapton]], [[West Hackney]], [[Stoke Newington]], and [[Tottenham]]; there may be as many as 80 synagogues in this wider area.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

A volunteer emergency response first-aid service called [[Hatzola]] (the Hebrew word for rescue) and a volunteer community watch group called [[Shomrim (volunteers)|Shomrim]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonshomrim.com/about-us.html |title=About Us - SHOMRIM North & East London |access-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111065514/http://www.londonshomrim.com/about-us.html |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> (the Hebrew word for watchmen) are run by, and largely for, the Jewish community.<ref>
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2666123.stm Jewish health service offers local care - BBC Health 19 January 2003] accessed on 11 December 2006</ref>

The strictly Orthodox Jewish community relies mostly on private education for schooling, with almost all Jewish children attending private, single-sex Jewish schools.<ref name=telegraph-20110225>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8326339/Inside-the-private-world-of-Londons-ultra-Orthodox-Jews.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226100657/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8326339/Inside-the-private-world-of-Londons-ultra-Orthodox-Jews.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2011 |title=Inside the private world of London's ultra-Orthodox Jews |newspaper=The Telegraph | date=25 February 2011 |location=London |author=Mick Brown |access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> In 2005, the Stamford Hill [[Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School]] achieved [[voluntary-aided]] status.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/65089 |title=- Ofsted |access-date=19 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707210841/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/65089 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2014, the [[Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations|Oxford, Cambridge, and RSA (OCR) Exam board]], having conducted an investigation into alleged exam malpractice, concluded that the school had [[Sanitization (classified information)|redacted]] questions involving the [[evolution]] of species on [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] science exam questions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2013/10/jewish-faith-school-caught-censoring-questions-on-science-exam-papers|title=Jewish faith school caught censoring questions on science exam papers|publisher=secularism.org.uk/ |date=2013-10-10 |access-date=2013-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jewish school redacts exam to remove evolution questions|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26437882|publisher=bbc.co.uk/|date=2014-03-04}}</ref> [[Ofqual]] subsequently ruled that blocking out exam questions is malpractice, and, accordingly, not permissible.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evolution exam questions cannot be blocked, says Ofqual|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26823183 |date=2014-03-31|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The same year, it was reported by the [[BBC]] that many of the [[yeshiva]]s in the area "usually don't provide any maths, English or science" classes and were operating "without the most basic health, safety, and child welfare checks".<ref>{{cite news |title=Is there a problem with unregistered schools? |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43170447 }}</ref> In an article on Stamford Hill yeshivas, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' cited government documents obtained by [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Dispatches (TV programme)|Dispatches]]'' and the [[Jewish Chronicle]] as saying that between 800 and 1000 boys aged between 13 and 16 are "missing" from the school system in the borough of Hackney alone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thousand boys disappear from school system |date=14 July 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10964563/Thousand-boys-disappear-from-school-system.html |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref name=eveningstandard>{{Cite news|title='1000 boys at illegal schools'|last=Bryant|first=Miranda|date=14 July 2014|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|page=7}}</ref>

Haredi families, on average, have 5.9 children, almost 2.5 times the average for England and Wales, and many families live in over-crowded flats.<ref name=Ynet>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3198170,00.html Ynet ''London Haredim considering move''] ([[Reuters]]/YNET 1 October 2006) accessed 19 June 2009</ref> National planning policy and guidance are applied by the local council, prohibiting development of family housing. This has led to conflict between the council and the Jewish population, sometimes represented by the [[Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations]]. [[Agudas Israel Housing Association]] is active in developing housing for the Jewish community in Stamford Hill.<ref name=telegraph-20110225 />

There is also a notable population of [[Yemenite Jews]], especially [[History of the Jews in Aden|Adeni Jews]] who originated in the port city of [[Aden]] in [[Yemen]]. They settled in Stamford Hill, after fleeing [[1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aden|anti-Jewish violence]] at the end of the [[Aden Protectorate]]. The Adeni Congregation synagogue, Nahalat Yosef, is named after the original Adeni synagogue in Yemen.<ref>The synagogues are named for the book ''Nahalat Yosef'' by Shemu'el Yosef Yeshuah. The book is named for his father, but contains a systematic exposition of rabbinical law and ethics. A second part details his travels in Palestine and the particular customs of Adeni Jews. In ''The Jews of the British Crown Colony of Aden'', Reuben Ahroni, pp. 170&ndash;1 (Brill, 1994) {{ISBN|90-04-10110-1}}</ref> A further wave of immigration of Yemenite Jews occurred in the 1990s and 2000s when several families escaped antisemitic persecution from [[Houthi movement|Houthis]] in the north of Yemen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yemeni families flee persecution for Stamford Hill |url=https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2010/03/yemeni-families-flee-persecution-for.html |website=JewishRefugees.org.uk |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2014, the community met with controversy after a sign was spotted in the location reading, "Women should please walk along this side of the road only".<ref name=Independent>{{cite web|last1=Saul|first1=Heather|title=Stamford Hill council removes 'unacceptable' posters telling women which side of the road to walk down|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-council-removes-unacceptable-stamford-hill-posters-telling-women-which-side-of-the-road-to-walk-down-9746012.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-council-removes-unacceptable-stamford-hill-posters-telling-women-which-side-of-the-road-to-walk-down-9746012.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|date=21 September 2014|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref> The sign was reportedly put up for a Torah Procession parade, and was meant to provide directions for members who wished to avoid contact with the opposite sex.<ref name=Independent/> After complaints about the sign were raised, a group of [[Shomrim (neighborhood watch group)|Shomrim]] who regularly police the area contacted the organisers to tell them that the posters "lacked explanation". The posters were removed, and the organisers agreed to take the signs down more quickly the following year.<ref name=Evening>{{cite news|last1=Blundy|first1=Rachel|title=Hackney council removes 'unacceptable' posters telling women which side of the road they should walk on|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hackney-council-removes-unacceptable-posters-telling-women-which-side-of-the-road-they-should-walk-on-9743995.html|newspaper=[[The Evening Standard]]|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref><!-- (article cannot be found on Evening Standard website, perhaps a wayback link could be sourced?) -->

Since the 2011 census, there has been a migration of Stamford Hill Hasidic Jews to [[Canvey Island]], in [[Essex]]. Canvey Island has a fairly homogenous ethnic make-up, and did not previously have a significant Jewish presence, but community relations appear to be good, and were the subject of a TV documentary.<ref>Jewish Chronicle article describing the migration and the BBC documentary https://www.thejc.com/culture/tv/tv-review-canvey-the-promised-island-1.451767</ref>

==Education==
{{For|education in Stamford Hill|List of schools in the London Borough of Hackney}}

The [[Jesuit]] order founded [[St Ignatius' College]], nearby, at the foot of the hill, on High Road, Tottenham, in 1894,<ref name="Victoria County History, 1976">{{cite web |title=Tottenham: Roman catholicism Pages 355-356 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5, Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp355-356 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 1976 |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> The school consisted of two houses called Morecombe Lodge and Burleigh House. In 1907, the college was recognised by the Board of Education, and began to receive public money. Notable former pupils of St Ignatius include [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[John Carmel Heenan|Cardinal Heenan]]. It remained as a grammar school until 1968, and then became a two-form entry comprehensive school, the Lower School being located at the old Cardinal Allen School in Enfield, and the Upper School in new premises at Turkey Street, Enfield.

Today, [[Lubavitch Senior Girls' School]], [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill|Our Lady's RC High School]], [[Skinners' Academy]], and [[Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School]] are secondary schools located in the area.

There are also many independent or Haredi schools in the area.

== Notable people ==
* [[Lionel Blair]] (1928–2021), Canadian-born British actor, grew up in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-15 |title=Lionel Blair {{!}} My family values |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/feb/15/lionel-blair-my-family-values |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bernard Butler]] (born 1970), guitarist, known for his time with [[Suede (band)|Suede]]; born in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bernard Butler Official biography |url=https://bernardbutler.com/biography |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=bernardbutler.com}}</ref>
* [[Mel Calman]] (1931–1994), cartoonist and writer, was born in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-02-12 |title=Obituary: Mel Calman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mel-calman-1393696.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mel-calman-1393696.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dave Kaye]] (1906–1996), pianist, lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 1940 |title=Notice |pages=4137 |work=[[The London Gazette]] |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203223146/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |archive-date=2022-02-03 |url-status=live |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Leona Lewis]] (born 1985), singer, songwriter, first female winner of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]''; lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-04 |title=LEONA THROUGH THE ROOF |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/leona-through-the-roof-7643418 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Hackney Gazette |language=en-UK}}</ref>
* [[Moses Montefiore]] (1784 –1885), financier and philanthropist, lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-09 |title=Stamford Hill - Hackney's best kept secret |url=https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2013/02/09/stamford-hill-hackneys-best-kept-secret/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Hackney Citizen |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Morley (MP)|Samuel Morley]] (1809–1886), philanthropist and [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolitionist]], born in Homerton and lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morley, Samuel (1809-1886) {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/gallery/members/morley-samuel-(1809-1886)-1 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
* [[Chanoch Dov Padwa|Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padwa]] (1908–2000), [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] [[posek]], [[Talmud]]ist and [[rabbi]]nic leader, lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rabbi Chanoch Padwa |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1368138/Rabbi-Chanoch-Padwa.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=30 August 2000 }}</ref>
* [[Nathan Meyer Rothschild]] (1777–1836), financier, lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) {{!}} Rothschild Family |url=https://family.rothschildarchive.org/people/25-nathan-mayer-rothschild-1777-1836 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=family.rothschildarchive.org}}</ref>
* [[Mark Williams (cricketer, born 1955)|Mark Williams]] (born 1955), cricketer, was born in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Williams |url=https://www.cricketarchive.com/Middlesex/Players/33/33893/33893.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.cricketarchive.com}}</ref>
* [[Clavish]] (born 1998), rapper, was born in Stamford Hill
* Paul Greer (born 1975), creator of the Nitro Warriors series of popular stop-motion films, lived in Stamford Hill<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbishley |first=Sam |date=2023-02-22 |title=Filmmaker creates incredible stop-motion chase scenes using Hot-Wheels toy cars |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/22/filmmaker-creates-stop-motion-chase-scenes-using-hot-wheels-toy-cars-18331696/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref>

==Transport and locale==
===Nearby areas===

*North-west - [[Harringay]]
*North - [[South Tottenham]]
*North-east - [[Walthamstow]]
*West - [[Manor House, London|Manor House]]
*Centre - Stamford Hill
*East - [[Clapton, London|Clapton]]
*North - [[Finsbury Park (district)|Finsbury Park]]
*South - [[Stoke Newington]]
*South-east - [[Upper Clapton]]

===Nearest stations===
* [[Stamford Hill railway station|Stamford Hill Overground station]]
* [[South Tottenham railway station|South Tottenham Overground station]]
* [[Manor House tube station]]
* [[Seven Sisters station]]
* [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington Overground station]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/99/a8869099.shtml memories of Montefiore House School 1944-1950]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604100055/http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/gla/publications/factsandfigures/dmag-briefing-2006-27.pdf ''2001 Census profile: The Jewish population of London'' - GLA Data Management Group (September 2006)] accessed 13 December 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080603214005/http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/terns2/index.htm The Reservoirs Nature Society (TeRNS)]

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