1880 Mare Street, looking north from near Hackney Tower; showing Manor Rooms. Mare Street was a distinct settlement in 1593. By that date it may have included the Flying Horse Inn, said to have been a staging post, the Nag's Head and the Horse and Groom, since all three were 
timber-built. In 1695 Mare Street had 23 residents. By 1720, Mare Street was the most populous district of the parish, with 111 ratepayers, and contained 6 of the 36 select vestrymen in 1729. Tramways were built in 1873. After the First World War the area became more industrial.
During the Second World War, Mare Street suffered bomb damage, including Georgian Houses at the Triangle. By 1993 Mare Street had become a nondescript mixture of low-rise factories, shops and institutional buildings, the tallest being Pitcairn House Looking north from No 381,
George James's photograph of about 1872 includes the Manor House at No 387 [with the prominent porch],then home to the Hackney Literary Institute,but built in 1845 for J.R.D.Tyssen on the site of the Mermaid Assembly Rooms.The advert for Ibbetson's Tea was a recent addition to
the blank wall of Wilkinson's Grocery-literaly a sign of things to come. HA
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