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Shepherdess Walk and Edward Street to the St. Luke's
Boundary, and thence by that boundary, near the City Road,
until it intersects the Church Ward Boundary in Old Street
Road.
No. 4—Wenlock Ward. — North and West of the Hoxton
Boundary. The Eastern Boundary commences at the New
North Road, corner of Nicholas Street, thence by Mintern
Street and Bridport Place, over the Rosemary Branch Bridge,
and thence by the Islington and St. Luke's Boundaries, the
Canal, Wharf Road, &c., to the Boundary of Hoxton Ward
in Edward Street.
No. 5—Whitmore Ward.—All that part North of Church
Ward, and East of Wenlock Ward, and West of a line
commencing at Kingsland Road, by the end of Mary Street,
and continuing a few yards over the Bridge. The Parish of
Hackney is the Northern Boundary.
No. 6—Kingsland Ward.—The line commences at the point of
Ivingsland and Hackney Roads, opposite Shoreditch Church,
and continuing by Hackney Road to Brunswick Street, thence
to the Regent's Canal, thence by the Canal to Kingsland
Road, and by that Road to the point at Shoreditch Church.
No. 7—Haggerstone Ward.—All that part of the Parish lying
East of Brunswick Street and South of the Regent's Canal.
The Boundary of the Parish is the Hackney Road, from
Brunswick Street to Gloucester Place, and continues by an
irregular line and crosses over the Goldsmith's Row Bridge.
No. 8—Acton Ward.—All that part of the Parish lying on the
Hackney side of the Regent's Canal aud East of the
Kingsland Road. The Northern Boundary is the Parish
of Hackney.
Under the Reform Act of 1832 the Parish was united with
others to form the Borough of the Tower Hamlets: but under the
Representation of the People Act, 1867, Shoreditch, together with
the adjoining Parishes of Hackney and Bethnal Green, was constituted
as the Borough of Hackney, and returns two Members to
serve in Parliament.