Hoxton Square
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Hoxton Square is a garden square situated in Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney, in London's East End. Formerly home to industrial premises, since the 1990s it has become the heart of the Hoxton arts and media scene, as well as being a hub of the thriving local entertainment district. Since the year 2000 the square's buildings, largely of Victorian vintage, have become host to a variety of bars, restaurants and clubs. In the summer, the square is extremely popular.
The south side of the square is home to the White Cube art gallery, known for representing a number of the movement of Young British Artists.
[edit] History
From 1699 to 1729 an Academy was situated in the square, offering a wide curriculum and also allowing "free enquiry" by its students. Samuel Pike, who lived in a house in the square, offered theological teaching from 1750. Samuel Morton Savage also opened his Hoxton Square Academy there, which closed in 1785.[1] The Christian theologian John Thomas was born in Hoxton Square in 1805,[2] and in 1810 the square was home to Peter Durand, who filed the first English patent for the process of tinning food.
James Parkinson (1755-1824), the physician (author of An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, the subject of which is now known as Parkinson's disease), was in practice at 1 Hoxton Square, which is commemorated with a blue plaque on the site.
[edit] References
- ^ Private Education from the Sixteenth Century: Developments from the 16th to the early 19th century. From 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 (1969), pp. 241-55. Date accessed: 20 April 2007.
- ^ Biographical Notes from Thomas' Elpis Israel
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