What is "shacklewell"

Shacklewell is an area of the London Borough of Hackney.

It began as a hamlet which grew up along Shacklewell Lane and was named after “some springs or wells which were of high repute in former days, but the very site of which is now forgotten.”

The area has never been an administrative unit, and partly for that reason its extent is now only nebulously understood. At one time its sphere of influence grew well beyond its core, but Shacklewell is now mostly forgotten as a place name in everyday use.