Hackney

A poet, essayist and author of children's books. In 1802 the Barbaulds moved to 113 Church Street, Stoke Newington. She died in 1825 and was buried at St Mary's, Stoke Newington.

An educationist and Quaker biographer. In 1824, with help from William Allen, she opened Newington Academy for Girls in Fleetwood House, Stoke Newington. George Shillibeer trialled the world's first school bus for her school.

A novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion. She was born in Hackney in 1816; her parents were Sephardic Jewish refugees from Portugal who settled there.

The author of Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. As a child she lived in Dalston, and from 1832 in Stoke Newington, where she went to school for the first time.

A music hall singer and comedian, called the 'Queen of the Music Hall'. She was born in Hoxton in 1870, and as a child her father showed off her singing at the Eagle Tavern in Hoxton.

An actress known for the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders. She was born in Shoreditch in 1937, and from 1939, during World War II, lived with her mother's family in Stoke Newington.

A pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. She spent her early childhood in Clapton, in Hackney, and went to school there.

A javelin thrower who broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 metres at the 1986 European Athletics Championships. She was born in Stoke Newington in 1961.

From the 1100s until 1539, Holywell Priory in Shoreditch was a house of Augustinian canonesses.

Newington Academy for Girls in Stoke Newington was a new Quaker school. The world's first school bus was trialled for it.