Hodgston Square

Also known as “Hoxston Square” is an English, Country Dance Tune in 6/8 or Triple Hornpipe 3/2 time in D Major. The tune was apparently composed by one John Young, c. 1710 and can be found in the second edition of The Dancing Master (1710 - 1728). Hodgsdon Square was in the old Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch in Middlesex County; the name Hodgsdon dating back to Anglo-Saxon times (meaning the 'fortified farm of Hoch, or Hocq'). Spelled Hoxton Square, it has been absorbed into the east end of London and is thought to be one of the oldest squares in the city, laid out by Samuel Blewitt and Robert Hackshaw in 1683 on land land leased from the Austen family.