Dalston History
DALSTON is an ecclesiastical district in the parish of Hackney, and forms part of the Metropolitan borough of Hackney under the “Redistribution of Seats Act,1885,” which, under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1888,” is now within the “County of London,” created under that Act; it is not, therefore, given in the Directory of the County of Middlesex, but is included in Kelly’s London Suburban Directory.
— Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1899)