and
Anthony Newley were both born here.]]
is a place in the
London Borough Of Hackney .
Original location of
Homerton College , once a Dissenting Academy; which became a teacher training institution, and which is now a full college of the
University Of Cambridge offering nearly all subjects.
Seventies
Glam Rock singer
Marc Bolan was born in Hackney Hospital, on Homerton High Street. The hospital, originally built in 1841 as a
Workhouse , finally closed in 1995, its poor reputation contrasting with that of the new Homerton University Hospital which opened in 1987 on a site nearby.
Homerton's links with popular music continued with the arrival of Toerag, an eight track recording studio which uses reclaimed 1960s analogue equipment, where notably the
White Stripes ' acclaimed 2003 album
Elephant was produced.
Although this has been, in recent years, a rather depressed area of Hackney, itself a poor borough, Homerton's prospects are brightening. The arrival of the Channel Link at nearby
Stratford , coupled with the
London Summer Olympics , which will take place nearby in 2012, may well spell a revival in its fortunes.
The oldest residential building in east London is
Sutton House on Homerton High Street. It was built in 1535 and is owned and run by the
National Trust .
Homerton is served by the
Homerton University Hospital , an NHS foundation trust hospital.
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