Editing Hoxton (section)

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[[File:Hoxton square 2.jpg|thumb|Hoxton Square in January 2006. The [[White Cube]] gallery is in the background to the right: the gallery closed in 2012.]]
The geographical distinction between Hoxton and [[Shoreditch]] is often confused. The two districts have a historical link as part of the same [[Manorialism|manor]], and in the 19th century both formed part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch]]. This was incorporated into the newly created [[London Borough of Hackney]] in 1965, but old street signs bearing the name are still to be found throughout the area. Both are also considered to be part of the [[East End of London]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Alan |last=Palmer |title=The East End |publisher=John Murray |location=London |year=1989 |isbn=0-7195-5666-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/eastendfourcentu0000palm/page/14 14, 31–32, 56, 118] |url=https://archive.org/details/eastendfourcentu0000palm/page/14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Cultural Construction of London's East End|last=Newland |first=Paul |publisher=Rodopi |year=2008 |isbn=9789042024540 |location=Amsterdam }}</ref> 

Manufacturing developments in the years after the [[Second World War]] meant that many of the small industries that characterised Hoxton moved out. By the early 1980s, these industrial lofts and buildings came to be occupied by young artists as inexpensive live/work spaces, while exhibitions, [[rave party|raves]] and clubs occupied former office and retail space at the beginning of the 1990s. During this time [[Joshua Compston]] established his Factual Nonsense gallery on Charlotte Road in Shoreditch and organised art fetes in [[Hoxton Square]]. Their presence gradually drew other creative industries into the area, especially magazines, design firms, and [[dot-com company|dot-com]]s.

By the end of the 20th century, the southern half of Hoxton had become a vibrant arts and entertainment district boasting a large number of bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and art galleries. In this period, the new Hoxton residents could be identified by their obscurely fashionable (or "[[irony|ironically]]" unfashionable) clothes and their hair (the so-called "[[Hoxton fin|Hoxton Fin]]", as exemplified by [[Fran Healy (musician)|Fran Healy]] of [[Travis (band)|Travis]]). The excesses and fashion-centricity of Hoxton and Shoreditch denizens have been satirised in the [[satire|satirical]] magazine ''[[Shoreditch twat|Shoreditch Twat]]'', on the [[TVGoHome]] website, and in the [[Britcom|sitcom]] ''[[Nathan Barley]]''. This fashionable area centres around Hoxton Square, a small park bordered mainly by former industrial buildings, as well as the elegant 19th century [[parish church]] of [[St John the Baptist, Hoxton|St John's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnshoxton.org.uk/ |title=St. John Hoxton |publisher=Stjohnshoxton.org.uk |access-date=2014-01-21}}</ref>

The northern half of the district is more residential and contains many [[Social housing|council housing estates]] and new-build private residences. Residents are typically older and the unemployment and crime rates, with the exceptions of drug offences, robbery and theft, are relatively high compared to some parts of the borough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hoxton-ward-profile.pdf|title=Archived version of Hoxton Ward profile from 2010|website=webarchive.org.uk|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=27 May 2010|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100527062706/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hoxton-ward-profile.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hoxton Street Market is the focal point of this end of the district. The market sells a wide range of household goods during the week and specialises in independent fashion, art and design products on Saturdays. Nearby is the [[Museum of the Home]] and Hoxton [[War Memorial]].

{{cn span |text=The Hoxton Trust was established in 1983 and exists to make the area of Hoxton and Shoreditch a better place for everyone who lives or works there. The award-winning community garden is a private space for the benefit of everyone who lives and works in the area. It is maintained by our volunteers and community gardener and is not a council-run park. |date=March 2024}}

Property prices have continued to rise steeply since the early years of the 21st century as property developers have moved to cash in on the area's trendy image, central location and transport links. Some galleries have, as a result, moved to nearby [[Shoreditch]], or have relocated further afield to cheaper districts such as [[London Fields]] or [[Bethnal Green]]. In response, the local council formed a not-for-profit corporation, Shoreditch Our Way (now called The Shoreditch Trust), to buy local buildings and lease them out as community facilities and housing. The extension of the [[East London Line]] (completed in 2010), has provided the local rail access which was lost when the line from [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street]] closed to services.