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HumansettlementinEnglandShoreditchisadistrictintheEastEndofLondoninEngland,andformsthesouthernpartoftheLondonBoroughofHackney.NeighbouringpartsofTowerHamletsarealsoperceivedaspartofthearea.Inthe16thcentury,ShoreditchwasanimportantcentreoftheElizabethanTheatre,andithasbeenanimportantentertainmentcentresincethattime.Today,ithostsmanypubs,barsandnightclubs.[1][2]ThemostcommercialareaslieclosesttothecityofLondonandalongtheA10Road,withtherestmostlyresidential.[3]Toponymy[edit]Earlyspellingsofthen...
Human settlement in England
Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area.
In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an important centre of the Elizabethan Theatre, and it has been an important entertainment centre since that time. Today, it hosts many pubs, bars and nightclubs.[1][2] The most commercial areas lie closest to the city of London and along the A10 Road, with the rest mostly residential.[3]
Toponymy[edit]Early spellings of the name include Soredich (c. 1148), Soresdic (1183–4), Sordig (1204), Schoresdich (1220–21), and other variants.[4][5]Toponymists are generally agreed that the name derives from Old English "scoradīc", i.e. "shore-ditch", the shore being a riverbank or prominent slope;[6] but there is disagreement as to the identity of the "shore" in question. A suggestion made by Eilert Ekwall in 19...