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1849

CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN LONDON. 899 DIED IN SHOREDITCH

1851

POPULATION OF SHOREDITCH 109,257

1861

SHOREDITCH POPULATION PEAKS AT 129,364

1855

METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT ACT GAVE NEW POWERS AND DUTIES TO LONDON VESTRIES – OPENS A NEW ERA IN SHOREDITCH OF PROGRESSIVE REFORMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1863

SUB-COMMITTEE OF SHOREDITCH VESTRY FORMED TO OVERSEE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOWN HALL

1866

OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN SHOREDITCH CONTAINED BY INNOVATIVE WORK OF DR BARNES

1880 - 1889

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL IS A MAJOR VENUE FOR MUSIC HALL

1888

12 NOVEMBER: THE INQUEST INTO THE MURDER OF MARY KELLY, LAST VICTIM OF THE RIPPER, HELD AT SHOREDITCH VESTRY HALL

1889

WORK BEGINS ON EXTENSION TO TOWN HALL DESIGNED BY WILLIAM G HUNT

1897

shoreditch refuse destructor opened. news of this innovative work spreads across the world. shoreditch praised as a 'model vestry' by Lord Rosebury

1900

SHOREDITCH BOROUGH COUNCIL CREATED. ADOPT THE MOTTO ‘MORE LIGHT, MORE POWER’

1904

15 AUGUST: FIRE DESTROYS ASSEMBLY HALL. THE NEW EXTENSION IS BUILT.

1910

THE TOWN HALL WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER SHOREDITCH BODIES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY

1913

SYLVIA PANKHURST ARRESTED AT THE TOWN HALL

TOWN HALL IS AT THE CENTRE OF COMMUNITY LIFE, HOSTING WEDDINGS, DANCES & PUBLIC EVENTS

1943

SHOREDITCH BOROUGH ADOPTS SUBMARINE 'THRASHER' AS PART OF WW2 FUNDRAISING

1955

22 SEPTEMBER: SHOREDITCH TAKES PART IN LAUNCH BROADCAST OF ITV WITH THE FIRST EVER TELEVISED BOXING MATCH AT SHOREDITCH AND LEADS TO 20 YEARS OF HOSTING FIGHTS IN THE TOWN HALL

1965

SHOREDITCH COUNCIL MERGES WITH HACKNEY

1990

WHIRL-Y-GIG NIGHTCLUB RUNS AT SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL UNTIL LATE 1990s

1996

town hall is placed on list of 'buildings at risk' by English Heritage

1997

shoreditch town hall trust created to save the building

2004

building reopens to the public as an independent events and community space

2012

a new phase - shoreditch town hall establishes itself as a destination arts and live events venue