populations recorded in National Censuses were: Hackney St John's Vestry 1801–1899 Ecclesiastical parish The ancient parish, was originally dedicated to St Augustine. By 1660 it was rededicated to St John the Baptist and usually referred to as St John at Hackney. It and its successors are in the Diocese of London. From 1825, building and the population of Hackney increased rapidly and new parishes were formed, a few of which have since been dissolved: St John of Jerusalem, South Hackney in 1825 St James, West Hackney aka (West Hackney Church) in 1825 St Thomas the Apostle, Stamford Hill in 1828 St Philip, Dalston in 1841 St Peter, De Beauvoir Town in 1841 St Barnabas, Homerton in 1846 St James the Greater, Clapton in 1863 St Augustine of Canterbury, Hackney Wick in 1867 St Matthew, Upper Clapton in 1866 Christ Church, Clapton in 1871 All Saints, Lower Clapton in 1873 St Luke, Homerton in 1873 Holy Trinity, Dalston in 1879 All Souls, Clapton Park in 1884 St Michael and All Angels, Stoke Newington Common in 1886 St Paul, Lower Homerton in 1889 St Mary of Eton, Hackney Wick in 1893 St Bartholomew, Dalston in 1897 Periphal parts of the ancient parish contributed to three other new parishes as follows: St Michael and All Angels, South Hackney London Fields in 1865 — with parts of St Jude, Bethnal Green Christ Church, South Hackney in 1871 — with parts of St James the Less, Bethnal Green, St John, Bethnal Green, and St Stephen, Haggerston St Mark, Dalston in 1871 — with parts of St Matthias, Stoke Newington External links Hackney Local Government Description of Hackney Parish in 1839 Description of Hackney Parish in 1868 Hackney Churches Sources Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.1, Frederic Youngs, London, 1979 History of the London Borough of Hackney Religion in the London Borough of Hackney Parishes governed by vestries (Metropolis) Parishes united into districts (Metropolis) Former civil parishes in London Bills of mortality parishes