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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 1004 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHOREDITCH  , an eastern

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metropolitan
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borough of
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London,
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England, bounded N.W. by
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Islington, N.E. by
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Hackney, E. by Bethnal
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Green and
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Stepney, S. by the
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City of London, and W. by
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Finsbury . Pop . (1901), 118,637 . It is a poor and crowded
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district extending
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east and
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west of Kingsland Road, and has a large
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artisan
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population .
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Chain-making,
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cabinet
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work, and other
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industries are carried on . An old
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form of the name is Soersditch, and the ofigin is lost, though
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early tradition connects it with Jane
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Shore,
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mistress of
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Edward IV . The
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parliamentary borough of Shoreditch includes the Hoxton and Haggerston divisions, each returning one member . In Hoxton is the Shoreditch technical
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institute . The borough
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council consists of a
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mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors .
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Area, 657.6 acres .

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