 For part of its length, as Stoke Newington Road and High Street, it formed Hackney's western boundary.The parish stretched eastward about 3,600 metres to Temple Mills on the river Lea.Besides Hackney village, the parish included Dalston, Shacklewell, Stamford Hill, Upper and Lower Clapton, Homerton, Hackney Wick, and parts of Stoke Newington village and Kingsland.