Dictionary of Meaning

<<Back
Please select a letter:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-9

Tottenham

*** Shopping-Tip: Tottenham
{{infobox London place| |Place= Tottenham |Borough= London Borough of Haringey Haringey |Traditional= Middlesex |Constituency= |PostTown= LONDON |PostCode= N15, N17 |DiallingCode= 020 |GridReference= TQ335905 |GLA= Enfield and Haringey }} '''Tottenham''' is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. It is a suburban development situated 6.6 miles (10.6 km) north north-east of Charing Cross.

Today
Tottenham is the home of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, whose ground at Paxton Road is named ''White Hart Lane'' after the site of the original ground.

Public transport
Two London Underground Lines serve the area that was the Borough of Tottenham. The Piccadilly Line, which opened in 1932 has one station Turnpike Lane tube station Turnpike Lane in Tottenham. The Victoria Line which opened in 1968 has its operating depot in Tottenham at Northumberland Park Depot Northumberland Park and has two stations, Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale station Tottenham Hale situated within the area. National Rail stations, Seven Sisters, South Tottenham station South Tottenham,Tottenham Hale, Bruce Grove railway station Bruce Grove, White Hart Lane railway station White Hart Lane, and Northumberland Park railway station Northumberland Park serve the area. The train service is provided by One (railway) one.

Districts
*Bruce Grove *Broadwater Farm *Harringay the area along Green Lanes was part of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham. *Seven Sisters, London Seven Sisters *South Tottenham *Tottenham Green *Tottenham Hale *Tottenham Marshes *Wood Green Tottenham Wood was an ancient woodland area that covered most of the present Wood Green. *West Green

History
Image:Tottenham_town_hall_1.jpg thumb|right|250px|The old Tottenham town hall, now Haringey Council offices. (November 2005) There has been a settlement at Tottenham, Middlesex for over a thousand years. It grew up along the old Roman Road, Ermine Street, today´s A10 road and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale, today's Monument Way. '''Toteham''' as it was then known was mentioned in the Domesday Book. At that time, 1086 around 70 families lived within the manor, mostly labourers working for the Lord of the Manor. In 1894 Tottenham was created an urban district and on 27th September 1934 it became a municipal borough. As from 1st April 1965 the municipal borough formed part of the London Borough of Haringey. The River Lea formed the eastern boundary of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham with the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. It was the ancient boundary of Middlesex with Essex and the boundary of Danelaw. Today it forms the boundary between the London Borough of Haringey and the London Borough of Waltham Forest. A major tributary of the Lea, the River Moselle (London) River Moselle, also crosses the borough from west to east—this often gave rise to serious flooding until it was mostly covered over in the 19th century. From the Tudor period onwards Tottenham became a popular recreation and leisure destination for wealthy Londoners. Henry VIII of England Henry VIII is known to have visited Bruce Castle and also hunted in Tottenham Wood. A rural Tottenham also featured in Izaak Walton's book ''The Compleat Angler'' published in 1653 [http://manybooks.net/titles/waltonisetext058tcng10.html]. Tottenham remained a semi-rural and upper middle class area until the 1870s. The Great Eastern Railway introduced special workman's trains and fares on its newly opened Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway Enfield and 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. An incident occurred on 23rd January 1909, which was at the time known as the '''Tottenham Outrage'''. Two armed robbers of Russian descent held-up the wages clerk of a Rubber Works in Chesnut Rd. They made their getaway via Tottenham Hale and at the Ferry Boat Inn hijacked a Walthamstow Corporation Tramcar, hotly pursued by the police on another tram. The hijacked tram was stopped but the robbers continued their flight on foot. Being eventually cornered by the police, they shot themselves to evade capture. Four people including a boy of ten were killed (shot dead) and fourteen were wounded during the chase. The incident was later the subject of a Silent Film. During the Second World War, Tottenham also became a target of the The Blitz German Air Offensive against Britain. Bombs fell within the Borough (Elmar Rd) during the first air raid on London on 24th August 1940. The Borough also received V-1 Flying Bomb V1 (4 Incidents) and V-2 Rocket V2 hits, the last of which occurred on 15th March 1945. Wartime shortages also led to the creation of '''Tottenham Pie''', a mixture of household waste food which was converted into feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry. The "pie" was named by Mary of Teck Queen Mary on a visit to Tottenham Refuse Works. Production continued into the Post-war period, its demise came with the merging of the Borough into the new London Borough of Haringey. In 1985, the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham was the scene of riot rioting between the police and local youths following the death of Cynthia Jarrett, a resident of the estate who died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home. One police officer - PC Keith Blakelock - was stabbed in the neck during the riots and later died in hospital. 58 policemen and 24 other people were injured in the fighting. Two of the policemen were injured by gunshots, the riots marking the first time that firearms had been used in that type of confrontation.

Sites or buildings of historical interest
Image:Bruce_castle_1.jpg thumb|right|250px|Bruce Castle, the old Tottenham manor house, now a museum. (November 2005) * '''7 Bruce Grove''' - The building features an English Heritage blue plaque to Luke Howard (1772-1864), the meteorologist who named the clouds in 1802. *'''All Hallows Church''' - Tottenham Parish Church which dates back to Normans Norman times and was for more than 700 years the only church in Tottenham. Presented in 1801 with a bell from the Quebec Garrison which was captured from the french in the battle of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. *'''Broadwater Farm Estate''' - Housing estate built in 1967, that was the site of the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985. *'''Bruce Castle''' - Now a Local History Museum, was Tottenham's 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. [http://www.haringey.gov.uk/leisure/brucecastlemuseum.htm] *'''Harringay Arena and Harringay Stadium Stadium''' (Now Demolished)- Built on the site of a nineteenth century Pottery and Kiln. The Stadium was opened in 1927 and was Londons first greyhound racing track. The Arena opened in 1936. *'''LCC White Hart Lane Estate''' - Now known as the Tower Gardens Estate, construction of this County of London "out of County" LCC cottage housing estate began in 1904. The style of the housing is said to be inspired by houses in Ghent,Belgium. The estate was the home of Harry Champion (Great Cambridge Road), a well known Music Hall star and composer of the song "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am". * '''Markfield Beam Engine''' *'''Tottenham High Cross High Cross''' - Erected sometime between 1600-1609 on the site of an earlier Christian cross, although there is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Ancient Rome Roman Beacon or Marker, situated on low summit on Ermine Street. Tottenham High Cross is often mistakenly thought to be an Eleanor cross. *'''St Ann's Church''' - Consecrated in 1861, St Ann's church houses the organ on which Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed the famous Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream . *'''St Ignatius Church''' - Built between 1894 and 1902, with two towers in the style of a 12th Century German cathedral. Situated at the foot of Stamford Hill, this Catholic Church dominates the area.

History of the railways of Tottenham
Image:South_tottenham_station_1.jpg thumb|right|250px|South Tottenham railway station. (November 2005) *Northern and Eastern Railway - Running from Stratford, London Stratford to Broxbourne was opened 15th September 1840 with two stations in the district called Tottenham Hale station Tottenham & Northumberland Park railway station Marsh Lane. *Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway - Opened 21st July 1868. South Tottenham railway station South Tottenham was opened in 1871, two other stations on this line within Tottenham were opened later. Harringay Park (Green Lanes) opened in 1880 and St Anns Rd station St Anns Rd opened in 1882 closing after service on 8th August 1942. *Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway - The section between Stoke Newington and Lower Edmonton opened July 22,1872 with stations at Stamford Hill (half of the station lies in the Borough), Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove railway station Bruce Grove, and White Hart Lane railway station White Hart Lane in Tottenham. *Palace Gates Line - Opened within Tottenham on 1 January 1878 with stations at Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters and West Green railway station West Green. Passenger services ceased in 1963 with the line finally closing on 7 February 1965. *Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway- Opened 9th July 1894. *London Underground Piccadilly Line - Opened through Tottenham1932. *London Underground Victoria Line - Opened on 1 September 1968.

Nearest places
* London Borough of Enfield * Edmonton, London Edmonton London N18 N18 . * London Borough of Waltham Forest * Walthamstow London E17 E17 . * London Borough of Hackney * Stamford Hill London N16 N16 . * London Borough of Islington * Finsbury Park London N4 N4 . * London Borough of Haringey * Hornsey London N8 N8 . * Wood Green London N22 N22 . {{London Districts}} Category:Districts of London Category:Haringey fr:Tottenham no:Tottenham nn:Tottenham

*** Shopping-Tip: Tottenham