VicLondon-Highbury

Highbury, the West End

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As with Islington and Highgate, Highbury is a collection of different neighbourhoods. Highbury is east of Islington and near Hoxton, part of the East End, and is mostly inhabited by farmers and skilled labourers. Some small, family owned factories produce nished goods like furniture, leather goods, and the like. North of St. Paul’s Road the housing begins to get less crowded, and like portions of Upper Holloway, we see cottages with yards surrounded by wrought iron fences or low stone walls. The Highbury Fields provide playing space for the residents, and in the north Highbury Vale is more solidly middle-class and purposely rural in character, an oasis from London in London.