Kingsland was a small road-side settlement centred on
Kingsland High Street on the
Old North Road (the present A10), around the junction with Dalston Lane. It is no longer discernable as a separate settlement, though the historic street pattern remains. Since the opening of Dalston Junction station in 1865, the area has become known as
Dalston, which was originally a separate hamlet further east. Though once part of the county of
Middlesex, the area is now within the
London Borough of Hackney.