In May 1968 students at Guildford School of Art began a " sit-in " at the School in Stoke Park which lasted until mid-summer.

Tracking east from here and past the two Church of England parish churches, both called Saint Mary's ( Stoke Newington strangely decided to retain the old one, unusual in a London parish ), leads to Abney Park Cemetery, one of the most splendid and enlightened of Victorian London cemeteries.

Although this originally terminated at the New River Head in Finsbury, since 1946 its main flow has ended at Stoke Newington reservoirs, though a slow ornamental trickle flows past the West Reservoir to go underground for a stretch on Green Lanes, reappearing for a time in Clissold Park only to disappear underground again on its way to Canonbury.

Stoke Newington East and West Reservoirs, to the north of Clissold Park, are quite substantial for urban facilities.

In the 19th century it was discovered that Stoke Newington Common and Abney Park Cemetery had been part of a Neolithic working area for axe-making, some examples of which can be seen in the Museum of London.

* Chris Singleton, the Irish singer-songwriter, currently lives in Stoke Newington ; his ' Twisted City ' album cover features a girl walking in Abney Park Cemetery.

Its villages include Hanoverville, Schoenersville ( pronounced " SHAY-nerz-vil " and also in Lehigh County ,) Stoke Park, and Westgate Hills.

Other local roads of note include east-to-west Hanoverville Road, Macada Road, and Stoke Park Road and north-to-south Jacksonville Road and Township Line Road.

Edward Baily's public statue to Isaac Watts at Abney Park Cemetery | Abney Park, Stoke Newington

* Dr Isaac Watts – Dr Watts ' Walk, Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London

George Banks died of cancer and pneumonia in Dalston, Hackney, close to London, and is buried nearby at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington with his wife-the author Isabella Banks.

One of the last games of the period was an FA Cup Quarter-final second-leg tie clash between Stoke and Bolton Wanderers ; the match ended in tragedy in what would be known as the Burnden Park disaster – 33 people died and 500 were injured.

* Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire

Stoke Bruerne Park in Northamptonshire was built by Sir Francis Crane, “ receiving the assistance of Inigo Jones ”, between 1629 and 1635.

* Stoke Park Pavilions, Northamptonshire, attributed ( c. 1629 – 35 )

File: Stoke Park Pavilions 2008 08 16. jpg | Stoke Park, attributed

* Bradford Park Avenue ( 1908 – 70 ) and Tottenham Hotspur elected to the Football League after Lincoln City and Stoke FC are expelled.

Stoke FC is not involved in the election process but goes into receivership soon afterwards and is replaced by Tottenham Hotspur, who have lost the election to Bradford Park Avenue.

He was buried with his wife Catherine Booth in the main London burial ground for 19th century non-conformist ministers and tutors, the non-denominational Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington.

Stoke played a home League match against Middlesbrough at Vale Park whilst repair work was on-going.

Housing estates in the modern Aylesbury include: Bedgrove, Broughton, Elm Farm, Elmhurst, Fairford Leys, Haydon Hill, Hawkslade Farm, Meadowcroft, Prebendal Farm, Quarrendon, Queens Park, Southcourt, Stoke Grange, Walton Court, Watermead and the Willows.

However the new Dalston Culture House, the first wing of which has opened on Gillett Square, hosts the Vortex Jazz Club, moved from Stoke Newington in 2005.

In London, notable social centres have included the London Action Resource Centre, rampART, the Freedom Club, 56a Crampton Street infoshop, The Square ' and in the old Vortex Jazz Club on Stoke Newington Church Street.

Stoke City Football Club are an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that play in the Premier League.

In 1878, the club merged with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club, and became Stoke Football Club.

Stoke were to stay at Sweetings Field until a merger with the Stoke Victoria Cricket Club in March 1878, when Stoke moved to the Victoria Ground.

* Stoke Ramblers merges with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club, and becomes Stoke Football Club ( in 1928, it is renamed Stoke City ).

The Crass Collective continued to put on gigs and performances, usually of a collaborative nature, on a regular basis throughout 2003 at the Vortex Club in Stoke Newington, London.

However the Club instead decided to build a new ground and so in 1997 Stoke left the Victoria Ground after 119 years for the new modern 28, 000 seater Britannia Stadium.

The golf course at Stoke Park Club ( formerly Stoke Poges Golf Club ) also appeared in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, during a crucial golf match played between the principal characters.

Shilton became England's number one and was also signed by Stoke City shortly afterwards from Leicester City ( the same club Stoke had bought Banks from ) to take over from Banks in goal at the Victoria Ground.

Hurst wound down his career with Stoke City and also West Bromwich Albion.

He has also lived in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, Clewer near Windsor, Berkshire, Lowestoft in Suffolk and Chelsea Harbour in London.

Stoke, a suburb within today's Guildford, appears in the Book as Stoch, and was also held by William.

Additionally National Rail's Lea Valley Lines also pass through Hackney, with stations at London Fields, Hackney Downs, Rectory Road, Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, and Clapton.

In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area ( though this also includes parts of Stamford Hill and the almost extinct district of Shacklewell ).

Immediately to the south of Stoke Newington is Newington Green, also ill-defined, though originally they were two distinct villages separated by a mile of fields.

Since 2010, Stoke Newington has also had its own literary festival, created to celebrate the area's literary and radical history.

Its course has altered, as it originally flowed to Wisbech, which derives its name from the river, and historically, it has also been known as the River Stoke or Stoke River.

He played 69 Wartime League and Cup games for Stoke, and also made 87 guest appearances for Blackpool.

Stoke also had the main railway station ( other towns were connected by the " loop " line ) making the name of Stoke perhaps the most familiar outside the area.

The up-and-coming indie band All The Young also hail from Stoke.

It should also be remembered that A4s operated on the East Coast Main Line which has more opportunities for high speed running ( particularly Stoke Bank ) than any other in the UK.

Other connections were formed also in the village of Stoke Newington a few miles north of London, where James Stephen's father leased a family home from 1774 onwards called Summerhouse.

Anna Letitia Barbauld, author of An Epistle to William Wilberforce ( 1791 ), also came to live in Stoke Newington in 1802.

Inevitably, Wilberforce also became a frequent visitor to Stoke Newington, combining meetings with William Allen and his Quaker circle with visits to his sister Sarah and brother-in-law James.

Stoke City also became the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Chelsea on 27 January 1974.

In their first home game, Stoke managed to beat Aston Villa 3 – 2, and wins also came against Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion.

Stoke also made it to the quarter finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 1972, beating York City, Arsenal and Manchester City before losing out to eventual winners Chelsea.

It was also the first time since the 1983 – 84 season that Stoke had won three top-flight matches in a row.

He is also a regular columnist for the Stoke Newington based magazine N16.