Upper Holloway
Upper Holloway is an area in the London Borough of Islington, London, centred on the upper part of Holloway Road and Junction Road, forming part of North London.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Country — England • Region — London • Official Name — Upper Holloway • Constituency Westminster — Islington North • Post Town — LONDON • Postcode Area — N • Postcode District — N19 • London Borough — Islington • Dial Code — 020 • Os Grid Reference — TQ295869 • Charingx Distance Mi — 3.75 • Charingx Direction — N
History
History
• Illustration — A map showing the Upper Holloway ward of Islington Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.
Toponymy
Toponymy
The part of the Great North Road through north of the parish of Islington was known as the Holloway by 1307, a name later applied to the communities that formed along it. Upper Holloway is the original designation of the N19 postal district and the term is still used by the Royal Mail.
Urban development
Urban development
Upper Holloway was one of several hamlets within the ancient parish of St Mary Islington. As the population of the parish was increasing, the Church of St John Upper Holloway was built to meet local need, using the provisions of the Church Building Act 1818. It was consecrated in 1828 and in 1830 a new ecclesiastical parish was created, beginning the subdivision of the parish of Islington for this purpose. The area around Hornsey Road was traditionally known as "Tollington" and this name was used in the Domesday Book. This name has largely fallen out of use, but it remains as the name as an electoral ward on the local council and also of the parish of the Church of England in the area, and some local businesses still use the name in their name.
Media
Media
The classic late Victorian comic novel Diary of a Nobody is set in Upper Holloway. The BBC's BBC Doomsday Project has some content for this area.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Upper Holloway, revision 1313629560 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 27 September 2026.
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