![]() In the Iron Age and probably until after the Roman period (as the Romans used tribal territories as administrative sub-divisions), the River Lea was considered to separate the territories of the Catuvellauni to the west of the river from the Trinovantes to the east. Subsequently, the name Hackney was applied to the whole ancient parish of Hackney. The place name will have originally referred to just the island or possibly both the island and the manor of the same name based around it. Given the island context, the "hatch" option is unlikely to be correct, so the favoured "Haka's Island" or the "Island on the bend" seem more likely. Or alternatively from "Haca", meaning a hook, and in this context, a bend of the river. ![]()
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