Tottenham, London, England


Tottenham, London, England - Definition

Tottenham
OS Grid Reference:	TQ335905 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ335905)
Administration
Borough:	Haringey
County:	Greater London
Region:	Greater London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial County:	Greater London
Traditional County:	Middlesex
Post Office and Telephone
Postal County:	London
Postcode:	N15, N17
Dialling Code:	020

Tottenham is an area in North London, England, Originally a rural area in the County of Middlesex later an Urban District, it became a Borough in 1934, then a part of London Borough of Haringey in 1965. Tottenham grew up along the old Roman Road, Ermine Street and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale, todays Monument Way.

A rural Tottenham featured in Isaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. Tottenham remained a semi-rural and upper middle class area until the 1870s. The Great Eastern Railway introduced special Workmans Trains & Fares on its newly opened Enfield & Chingford Branch Lines. Tottenham's market gardens and low-lying fields were then rapidly transformed into cheap housing for the lower-middle and working classes, who were able to commute cheaply to inner London. This fare policy stimulated the relatively early development of the area into a London suburb.

The River Lea that formed the eastern boundary of the Borough of Tottenham to Walthamstow, Middlesex to Essex, was also the boundary of Danelaw. This is now the boundary of the London Borough Haringey to London Borough of Waltham Forest. Tottenham is the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, whose ground at Paxton Road is named White Hart Lane after the site of the original ground.

Contents

1 Districts

2 Sites of Historical Interest

2.1 All Hallows Church
2.2 Broadwater Farm
2.3 Bruce Castle
2.4 Harringay Arena
2.5 High Cross

3 Public Transportation

3.1 History of the Railways of Tottenham

3.1.1 Northern & Eastern Railway
3.1.2 Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway
3.1.3 Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway
3.1.4 Palace Gates Line
3.1.5 Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway
3.1.6 London Underground Piccadilly Line
3.1.7 London Underground Victoria Line

4 Postal Districts

5 Neighbouring Boroughs & Districts

6 See also

Districts

Bruce Grove
Broadwater Farm
Harringay the area along Green Lanes was administratively part of the Borough of Tottenham.
Seven Sisters gets its name from a circle of seven trees (now replanted) that were planted by a Tottenham resident ca. 1700s on Page Green Common to commemorate his daughters. The Seven Sisters Road was constructed in the 1830s to provide a link across countryside from Tottenham to Holloway.
South Tottenham
Tottenham Green
Tottenham Hale
Tottenham Marshes
Tottenham Wood was an ancient woodland area that covered most of the present Wood Green.
West Green

Sites of Historical Interest

All Hallows Church

Broadwater Farm

Housing estate built 1967, site of Broadwater Farm riot of 1986, in which two people were killed.

Bruce Castle

Now a Local History Museum, was Tottenhams Manor House, named after the father of the Lord of the Manor. It was purchased by Sir Rowland Hill and he was living here when he as Postmaster General introduced the Penny Postage in 1840.[1] (http://www.haringey.gov.uk/leisure/bruce_castle_museum.htm)

Harringay Arena

(Now Demolished)

High Cross

Erected sometime between 1600-1609 on the site of an earlier Christian cross. Often mistakenly thought to be an Eleanor cross.

Public Transportation

Two London Underground Lines serve Tottenham. The Piccadilly Line opened in 1932 has one station Turnpike Lane in Tottenham. The Victoria Line which opened in 1968 has its operating depot in Tottenham at Northumberland Park and has two stations, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale situated within the area. Suburban railway stations, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane, and Northumberland Park serve the area.The train service is provided WAGN.

Postal Districts

The former Borough of Tottenham was divided into three London postal district s.

N15 South Tottenham, N17 Tottenham and N4 Harringay (Finsbury Park).