30-596: The Archway Tavern in Archway, London , is on Highgate Hill near Archway tube station . The site has housed pubs since the 1700s, with the current building being built in 1888. At one point, a cable car service up Highgate Hill terminated outside the tavern. In 2014, the Archway Tavern was closed because of a licensing dispute. It was briefly re-opened as the Intrepid Fox , and at one point operated as
60-602: A diverse population with a proportionally larger White British, Irish, Other White and Jewish populations compared to the London and Islington averages. The demographics of the two wards which Archway falls (predominantly in) are as follows: The Archway area has the highest percentages of Jews in Islington - at the 2021 Census the Archway East area was 2.9% Jewish, Archway West was 1.6% and Tufnell Park 2.8%. The community
90-593: A large Irish community in the area since the 1830s, before the mass migration of the Great Famine . Many of them worked in building railways and roads and became known as " navigators ". After the Second World War, the Irish community formed in the area continued to grow as the newly opened Whittington Hospital recruited nurses from Ireland. Although immigration slowed as the country became more prosperous,
120-458: A toll gate, where travellers paid for the next stage of their journey, as is recorded by a plaque at 1 Pauntley Street, an apartment block. Highgate Hill, the road from Archway to Highgate village, was the route of the first motorised cable car in Europe. It operated from 1884 to 1909. Highgate tube station (later renamed 'Highgate Archway' and subsequently just 'Archway') opened on 22 June 1907 as
150-490: A venue called Dusk till Dawn, but remained largely closed for several years. In 2020, plans were made to reopen it, following the resolution of licensing issues regarding the pub and its adjacent nightclub. As of 2021, the pub is back to being open full time. During the shutdown, the building was locally listed by Islington Council as "a historic feature and a focal point of the Town Centre" to resist any change of use of
180-553: Is Archway tube station on the Northern line . The nearest London Overground station is Upper Holloway . Archway is served by the following bus routes: 4 , 17, 41, 43 (24 hour), 134 (24 hour), 143, 210, 263, 390 (24 hour), C11 and W5. Also Night Bus routes N20, N41 and N271. A legend perpetuated by the name of the hospital and a statue on the older street leading, beside the hospital, to Highgate records Dick Whittington , medieval Mayor of London failing to make his fortune in
210-535: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This pub -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Archway, London Archway is an area of north London , England, in the London Borough of Islington 3.8 miles (6 km) north of Charing Cross . It straddles the A1 and is named after a local landmark, the high, single-arched Highgate Archway Bridge which crossed
240-587: Is known as the Whittington Stone and is next to a pub of the same name on Highgate Hill, a street in Archway. The memorial marks the legendary site where 'Dick Whittington' Sir Richard's folkloric alter ego, returning home discouraged after a disastrous attempt to make his fortune in the city, heard the bells of St Mary le Bow ring out, 'Turn again Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London.' Seeing
270-465: Is largest in the Whitehall Park area (between Archway, Highgate and Crouch End) which is close to 10% Jewish. The Junction ward has the 4th highest percentage of White Irish people in wards in London. The Whittington Hospital forms a large site in the west of the area. Larger open spaces include Archway Park , Dartmouth Park , Hillside Park and Navigator Square . Archway forms part of
300-669: The London post town within the N19 postcode district , served from the Royal Mail Upper Holloway Delivery Office. Archway adjoins Highgate and Crouch End to the north, with Hornsey Lane forming the London Borough of Islington boundary with the London Borough of Haringey . In the west, is Dartmouth Park , with Dartmouth Park Hill forming the boundary with the London Borough of Camden . To
330-415: The Irish influence on the area can still be seen in pubs such as The Mother Red Cap, the supply of Irish newspapers in local newsagents and the naming of the pedestrian precinct as Navigator Square , after the Irish navigators who built many of the roads in the area. Islington (parish) Islington was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London , England. It was an ancient parish within
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#1732776072269360-560: The boundary with Hornsey to the north also became the northern limit of the London metropolitan district. Archway is part of the Islington North Parliament constituency . It is mostly in the Islington ward of Junction , which is named after Junction Road and partly in the ward of Hillrise . Each ward elects three councillors to Islington London Borough Council . Archway has seen a significant shift in demographics through waves of migration and gentrification, and has
390-556: The bridge simply as "Highgate Archway". A few residents, especially those born and locally raised in the early 20th century, refer to the area with a definite article (as " the Archway"). Seven bus routes in London terminate at 'Archway', the term having become mainstream after the tube station, originally called Highgate , was renamed Highgate (Archway) in 1939, and subsequently Archway (Highgate) in 1941, and Archway in 1947. The ecclesiastical parishes (once having had poor-relief vestries employing highwaymen, for example) before
420-413: The building from being a public house. The building is now owned by the property company Searchgrade Limited, which bought it for £3.8m in 2019. The interior of the pub was used as the cover of The Kinks ' studio album Muswell Hillbillies . 51°33′58″N 0°08′06″W / 51.5660°N 0.1350°W / 51.5660; -0.1350 This article about a London building or structure
450-455: The building of a maternity hospital and drains for the poor of London during his lifetime, he left his wealth to a broad-based charity which continues into the 21st century. Pauntley Street takes its name from the village of Pauntley in the Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire , traditionally regarded as Dick Whittington's birthplace. The Whittington Hospital is also named after him. There has been
480-484: The city heard the Bow Bells (those of St Mary-le-Bow , a church on Cheapside ) from here, a distance of 4.5 miles (7.2 km) leading to the later homage "turn again Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London", inscribed on the supporting stone protected by railings. On top of the thick tablet, his cat of English folklore is cast in stone. A restored 1821 memorial stone topped with a small statue of Whittington's Cat
510-593: The combined area became 3,672 acres (14.9 km ); in 2005, this had a population of 182,600, or a population density of 12,288/km . In 1901 Islington the population density was 26,778/km . Islington Local History Centre holds records of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, including council and committee minutes, rate books and publications. Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers
540-744: The corner of Holloway Road and Camden Road. The electric supply service became part of the London Electricity Board following the Electricity Act 1947 . It was a local act parish so it did not come under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and the vestry continued to be responsible for poor relief, instead of a separately elected board of guardians. This anomaly was rectified by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 6). The parish
570-1068: The county of Middlesex , and formed part of The Metropolis from 1855. The parish was transferred to the County of London in 1889 and became a metropolitan borough in 1900. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury to form the London Borough of Islington in Greater London in 1965. The borough comprised the districts of Pentonville (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Islington (also partly in Clerkenwell/Finsbury), Barnsbury , Lower Holloway , Holloway , Tufnell Park (also partly in St Pancras), Archway , Highbury , and Canonbury . The neighbouring boroughs were Finsbury , Hackney , Stoke Newington , Shoreditch , St Pancras . The parish of St Mary Islington operated as an open vestry . It
600-523: The laws that disestablished their secular components do not mention Archway. Those covering the area are parts of traditional parent parishes named Whitehall Park, Upper Holloway , St John the Evangelist, Upper Holloway and a very small part of a Highgate, Islington parish. The Archway Road is part of the A1 or Great North Road , one of the original toll roads . From 1813 to 1864, the cutting contained
630-641: The northern terminus of the Highgate branch of the Northern Line. The ancient parish of Islington stretched over three miles from its southern boundary to meet with the parish of Hornsey at its north. The area that became Archway is located at the northwestern part of this parish. The parish was government by the St Mary Islington open vestry . The vestry was incorporated by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 as an administrative vestry and
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#1732776072269660-452: The road in a cutting to the north. It has a modern commercial hub around Vantage Point (formerly Archway Tower) and Archway tube station . Archway's name developed in reference to the old bridge carrying Hornsey Lane from Highgate to Crouch End , over the cutting of Archway Road. The original, brick-built, single-arched bridge of 1813 was replaced in 1900 by the current cast-iron Hornsey Lane Bridge . The 1893 Ordnance Survey map shows
690-656: The vestry was abolished and replaced by the Islington Metropolitan Borough Council. The act allowed for the London County Council (1889-1965) and the metropolitan boroughs to transfer powers to and from each other, if both the county council and a majority of the boroughs agreed. Unlike municipal boroughs which received a grant of a charter of incorporation, the London metropolitan boroughs had no charters, being created by act of parliament. The first election of councillors
720-485: The west of the point where the three boroughs meet at the top of Highgate Hill is Waterlow Park . South of Archway is Upper Holloway and Tufnell Park . Archway market place and Vantage Point , the tallest building in Archway, are next to the tube station. The photograph for the cover of The Kinks ' 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies was taken in the Archway Tavern . The nearest London Underground station
750-564: Was added to the bills of mortality area in 1636. The vestry was incorporated by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 as an administrative vestry in the metropolitan area managed by Metropolitan Board of Works . On 21 March 1889 the MBW was abolished and the parish was transferred from the County of Middlesex to the newly formed County of London . Because of the reforms directed by the London Government Act 1899 , on 1 November 1900
780-501: Was formed in 1900. Statistics compiled by the London County Council , in 1901 show the population growth in London, over the preceding century. The area of the borough in 1901 was 3,091 acres (12.5 km ). The populations recorded in National Censuses were: Islington Vestry 1801–1899 Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961 By comparison, after amalgamation with Finsbury , to form the modern London Borough of Islington ,
810-451: Was large enough in terms of population to avoid being grouped into a poor law union and remained a single parish for this purpose. Islington Town Hall on Upper Street was the headquarters of Metropolitan Borough of Islington and remains the headquarters of its successor body, Islington London Borough Council . The metropolitan borough was conterminous with the Vestry authority, when it
840-586: Was re-divided into eleven wards (electing vestrymen ): No. 1 or Tufnell (12), No. 2 or Upper Holloway (12), No. 3 or Tollington (9), No. 4 or Lower Holloway (15), No. 5 or West Highbury (15), No. 6 or East Highbury (12), No. 7 or Thornhill (9), No. 8 or Barnsbury (6), No. 9 or St Mary's (9), No. 10 or Canonbury (9) and No. 11 or St Peter's (12). The metropolitan borough was divided into eleven wards for elections: Barnsbury, Canonbury, Highbury, Lower Holloway, Mildmay, St Mary, St Peter, Thornhill, Tollington, Tufnell and Upper Holloway. For elections to Parliament ,
870-503: Was set for 1 November 1900, with a third of the councillors going out of office each year. The borough was divided into wards, with three councillors for each ward. There were aldermen at a ratio of one to every six councillors. The chairman of the council received the title of mayor . The vestry started work on an electricity supply service at Eden Grove in 1894, which became operational in 1896. New streets were lit with electric light from 1906. In 1936 electricity showrooms were opened at
900-413: Was to be divided into wards; as such the incorporated vestry of St Mary Islington was divided into six wards (electing vestrymen ): No. 1 or Upper Holloway (9), No. 2 or Lower Holloway (12), No. 3 or Highbury (15), No. 4 or Thornhill (18), No. 5 or Barnsbury (18), No. 6 or St Mary's (15), No. 7 or Canonbury (15) and No. 8 or St Peter's (18). In 1896 as its population had increased the incorporated vestry
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