76-774: Enfield Lock is an area in the London Borough of Enfield , north London . It is approximately located east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass, and extends to the River Lee Navigation , including the Enfield Island Village . The locality gains its name from the lock on the River Lee Navigation. Today's Enfield Lock was rebuilt in 1922. The area forms part of
152-457: A grade II listed art deco factory building can be found along Southbury Road, with the former Ripaults Factory , now an office building for Travis Perkins . The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the two ancient parishes of Enfield and Edmonton, and was historically part of the county of Middlesex . Both parishes were made local board districts in 1850, each with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for
228-556: A borough, the Tottenham name is used by some to this day to describe the whole of the area formerly covered by the old borough, incorporating the N17 postcode area and part of N15. However, there are differing views as to what constitutes the Tottenham neighbourhood in the present day. Many think of Tottenham today as most of the area covered by the N17 post code, sometimes using the phrase 'Tottenham Proper' to describe it and to distinguish it from
304-537: A branch of Allied Carpets also destroyed by fire, and widespread looting in nearby Wood Green shopping centre and the retail park at Tottenham Hale. Several flats above shops on Tottenham High Road collapsed due to the fires. 26 shared ownership flats in the Union Point development above the Carpetright store – built in the landmark Cooperative department store building – were also destroyed by fire. The triggering event
380-568: A direct link to Heathrow Airport , the M11 (for Stansted Airport ) and the M1 (for Luton Airport ), along with several other arterial routes across both East Anglia and South East England . The M25 passes through the Holmesdale Tunnel, just to the north of Enfield Lock. The River Lee Navigation passes north–south through Enfield Lock. The lock after which the area is named is numbered "13" along
456-574: A few roads in the locality. Roads such as Ordnance Road, Salisbury Road and Medcalf Road are still populated by families who have lived in the Enfield Lock area for several generations. After rioting had spread from neighbouring Tottenham on 8 August 2011, the Sony DADC / PIAS distribution centre on the Innova Business Park was looted and destroyed by fire. The Home Secretary , Theresa May ,
532-448: A formal notice of the killing. The circumstances surrounding Duggan's death were not entirely clear at the time of the riot. On 17 August 2011, the Prince of Wales and his wife Duchess of Cornwall visited an emergency center to meet victims of the riots. Tottenham is the biggest part of the parliamentary constituency of Tottenham . The constituency was created in 1885 when the first MP
608-587: A ground in the borough when they merged with Brimsdown Rovers for the start of the 2011/2012 season. Saracens Rugby Football Club used to play in Enfield and still train at Bramley Road sports ground near Cockfosters . The principal cricket clubs in the area are Enfield, Winchmore Hill Cricket Club , Edmonton and Southgate, with many others playing cricket in and around the borough such as, Enfield Invicta, Mayfield CC, Myddleton House, North Enfield CC , Botany Bay and Holtwhites Trinibis CC. Many clubs play in either
684-476: A higher attendance, appliances from throughout London can be mobilised to meet the needs of the area if required. The three fire stations operate a total of five pumping appliances, one rescue tender, a command unit and a USAR unit. Of the three fire stations within the borough, Enfield is mobilised to the most incidents and has the largest station ground (the area of which Enfield is the first appliance to attend). The borough's museums include Forty Hall and
760-615: A history of armaments manufacture—see Royal Small Arms Factory . The Lee–Enfield .303 rifle was standard issue for the British Army until 1957, although its usage carried on afterwards for some time. Other firearms manufactured there include the Bren and Sten machine guns—the "en" in both cases denoting the place of manufacture. The world's first solid state circuitry colour televisions were manufactured by Ferguson at their now closed plant in Enfield. The first mass-produced dishwasher
836-482: A new leisure centre, a supermarket, and many other civic features. Many local activities are located around the A10 road , on the sites of former industrial enterprises, which has a number of large retail outlets and a large multiplex Cineworld cinema. The cinema also hosts Jubilee Church on a Sunday morning; whilst cinemagoers continue to watch films in the other screens, a charismatic church which draws its worshippers from
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#1732855566469912-499: A semi-rural and upper middle class area until the 1870s. In late 1870s, the Great Eastern Railway introduced special workman's trains and fares on its newly opened Enfield and Walthamstow branch lines. Tottenham's low-lying fields and market gardens were then rapidly transformed into cheap housing for the lower middle and working classes, who were able to commute cheaply to inner London. The workman's fare policy stimulated
988-566: A separate authority. In 1894, Tottenham was reconstituted first as an urban district , based at Tottenham Town Hall , then as a municipal borough in 1934. Under the Local Government Act 1963 , it became part of the larger London Borough of Haringey . The Tottenham neighbourhood is now one of twenty neighbourhoods in Haringey . Its elevation is approximately 33 ft (10 m) above sea level. Because of Tottenham's long history as
1064-418: A series of riots precipitated by the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan , a 29-year-old man in Tottenham, by police officers on 4 August 2011. Attacks were carried out on two police cars, a bus, a Post Office and several local shops from 8:00 pm onwards on 6 August 2011. Riot police vans attended the scene of disturbances on Tottenham High Road. Later in the evening, the riot spread, with an Aldi supermarket and
1140-580: A wide area, hiring several auditoria for worship. The western part of Enfield is largely residential, with shopping centres in Southgate , Palmers Green and Cockfosters . Parts of Enfield experienced rioting in August 2011 , in which a private car and a van were set alight and completely destroyed, a police car vandalised (smashed windows) and a number of shops in Enfield Town Centre as well as others in
1216-470: Is 'open land of a man called Ēana', or 'where lambs are reared', from the Old English feld with an Old English personal name or with Old English ēan 'lamb'. The feld would have been a reference to an area cleared of trees within woodland that would later become known as Enfield Chase . In Roman times , Enfield was connected to Londinium by Ermine Street , the great Roman road which stretched all
1292-601: Is Enfield's largest school, and The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London also has a campus in the borough. In 2007 a new school named Oasis Academy Enfield was opened, following the takeover of Albany by the Oasis Company as Oasis Academy Hadley . The Latymer School is another Grammar school in the borough, and is based in the Edmonton area. Enfield County School is an all girls comprehensive school which sits opposite Enfield Grammar Boys school in Enfield town. It
1368-492: Is a London borough in Greater London, England. The main communities in the borough are Edmonton , Enfield , Southgate and Palmers Green . Enfield is an Outer London borough and forms part of North London , being the northernmost borough and bordering Hertfordshire to the north and Essex to the northeast. The local authority is Enfield London Borough Council , based at Enfield Civic Centre . The borough's population
1444-470: Is a local newspaper published by Newsquest . Tottenham cake is a sponge cake baked in large metal trays, covered either in pink icing or jam (and occasionally decorated with shredded desiccated coconut). Tottenham cake's origins are unclear. There is reference to "tottenham cakes" as early as 1891 when the Far Famed Cake Company are credited as the originators of the confection. Singer Adele
1520-673: Is a split site school with the lower years situated towards the area of Forty Hall. Middlesex University , the former polytechnic, used to have two campuses in Enfield: Cat Hill and Trent Park . These sites both closed in 2011 and courses were relocated to the Hendon campus. Oak Hill Theological College , an associate college of Middlesex University, is located in the borough. Capel Manor College also offers various courses. The London Borough of Enfield has three fire stations; Edmonton, Enfield and Southgate. However, if an incident requires
1596-471: Is a town in north London , England, within the London Borough of Haringey . It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London . Tottenham is centred 6 mi (10 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross , bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow , across the River Lea , to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in
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#17328555664691672-493: Is also played in the area with Futsal Club Enfield who were founded in 2007 playing in the National Futsal League Premiership South Division for 2019/20. Gaelic Football is also played in the area. The club North London Shamrocks play at Tottenhall Playing FIelds. Tottenham Tottenham ( / ˈ t ɒ t ən ə m / , TOT -ən-əm , / t ɒ t n ə m / , tot-nəm )
1748-651: Is estimated to be 333,794. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere , Welwyn Hatfield and Broxbourne (in Hertfordshire ), and to the east is Epping Forest District in Essex. Enfield was recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as Enefelde , and as Einefeld in 1214, Enfeld in 1293, and Enfild in 1564: that
1824-461: Is home to the well-renowned Enfield Grammar School , founded in 1558, which still uses its Tudor building which is now often referred to as the Old Hall. Enfield Grammar School is based in the center of Enfield Town. St Ignatius' College is the borough's largest Catholic school and one of the best-performing non-selective schools in the borough, at both GCSE and A-Level . Bishop Stopford's School
1900-543: Is in Travelcard Zone 5 . Oyster Cards are valid at all three stations for travel southbound, and northbound as far as Broxbourne , or on some services, Hertford East . Enfield Lock is not on the London Underground network. The A1010 (Hertford Road) passes north–south to the west of Enfield Lock, linking the area to Edmonton and Tottenham to the south, and Waltham Cross , Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt to
1976-486: Is known in heraldry as an " Enfield " (or colloquially as the Enfield beast), and is used extensively as a logo representing Enfield, particularly by the borough council. The borough's Civic Centre is in Silver Street, Enfield Town , and is home to the council. Enfield Town is also home to the local credit union, North London Credit Union . In 2007, Enfield Town centre completed a major redevelopment project under
2052-646: Is part of the present A10 road ), and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale , the present Monument Way. When the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086, about 70 families lived within the area of the manor, mostly labourers working for the Lord of the Manor . A humorous poem entitled the Tournament of Tottenham , written around 1400, describes a mock-battle between peasants vying for the reeve 's daughter. The River Lea (or Lee )
2128-555: Is primarily maintained by the London Borough of Enfield . Enfield Lock is well connected to National and International cycle networks: Section 18 of the London LOOP , a long distance footpath , can be accessed at Enfield Lock railway station. The path connects with the Lea Valley Walk above Enfield Lock at Ordnance Road. Angling is allowed on the River Lee Navigation upstream and downstream of Enfield Lock. Information from
2204-419: Is responsible for local primary health care, taking over this role from Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust in 2013. Another hospital in the borough, Highlands , was closed in 1993. The London Borough of Enfield is the education authority for the district. Education is provided in a mix of community , voluntary aided and state schools . A number of private schools are also located in the borough. The borough
2280-457: Is thought, developed into 'Tottenham'. The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Toteham , in the ancient hundred of Edmonton . It is not related to Tottenham Court Road in Central London, though the two names share a similar-sounding root. There has been a settlement at Tottenham for over a thousand years. It grew up along the old Roman road , Ermine Street (some of which
2356-501: Is well served by many London Bus routes, including: 41, 76, 123, 149 , 192 , 230, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476, W3 and W4 The area is connected to both London and National cycle networks, with provisions for recreational and commuter cycling across Tottenham. The River Lea towpath is a shared-use path maintained by the Canal and River Trust . Cycling infrastructure in maintained primarily by Transport for London (TfL) and
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2432-714: The Lee Valley Park and the Enfield Lock Conservation Area. On its eastern boundary Enfield Lock has marshland formerly used as a testing site between the Royal Small Arms Factory and the Gunpowder Mills, beyond this is the village of Sewardstone and the Epping forest boundary. To the south is Brimsdown , the north Waltham Cross and to the west Bullsmoor and Freezywater . Enfield Lock forms part of
2508-738: The London Assembly , the borough forms part of the Enfield and Haringey constituency. Religion in London Borough of Enfield (2021) Two major NHS hospitals, Chase Farm Hospital operated by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and North Middlesex Hospital operated by the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, are located in the borough. NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group
2584-483: The London Borough of Haringey . Tottenham is the home of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur . From 1899 until 2017, the club's home ground was White Hart Lane . In 2017, White Hart Lane ground closed and demolition commenced to make way for a new stadium on the same site, known as the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , as part of a wider project for the redevelopment of the area . The new stadium
2660-1093: The Queen Elizabeth II athletics stadium, the Enfield Ignatians Rugby Club and numerous football , rugby and baseball diamonds. The playing fields were used as a POW camp for Italians during World War II . The second largest playing fields are at Firs Farm on Firs Lane. There are a handful of rugby pitches along with more than a dozen football pitches. These are used by local amateur football clubs including Winchmore Hill Football Club , Mayfield Athletic FC and Southgate County FC. The pitches drain reasonably well but are generally in poor condition with old, rusted goalposts. The changing facilities are also very dilapidated, with some changing rooms being no more than concrete sheds with corrugated roofs. Many sports teams and clubs are located in Enfield; Winchmore Hill Sports Club , Winchmore Hill Football Club , Enfield Town F.C. , Enfield 1893 F.C. , Cockfosters F.C. , Enfield Borough F.C. and Futsal Club Enfield are
2736-516: The Windrush era in the mid-20th century, it became one of the most ethnically diverse areas in Britain. It has more recently become home to an increased population from Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. At the 2011 census, the population of Tottenham was 129,237. Tottenham is believed to have been named after Tota, a farmer, whose hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book . 'Tota's hamlet', it
2812-552: The Broadwater Farm Estate on 6 October 1985 following the death of Cynthia Jarrett. Jarrett was a resident of Tottenham who lived about one mile (two kilometres) from the estate, who died of heart failure during a police search of her home. The tension between local black youths and the largely white Metropolitan Police had been high due to a combination of local issues and the aftermath of riots in Brixton which had occurred in
2888-531: The Enfield Retail Park being broken into and looted. The Sony Distribution Centre in the Innova Business Park, near Waltham Cross, was burnt to the ground. In September 2012, a year after the attack, a rebuilt Sony Distribution Centre was opened by the prime minister, David Cameron. The local authority is Enfield Council, based at the Civic Centre on Silver Street in Enfield. Since 2000, for elections to
2964-532: The Enfield Town Market Place and St. Andrew's Church, the school having been extended several times since 1586. A new hall and further additions were completed shortly before World War II. Nearby historically was the palace of Edward VI , where Elizabeth I lived while a princess, including during the final illness of Henry VIII . Edward was taken there to join her, so that in the company of his sister, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford could break
3040-681: The Great , in order to keep the Danes to the east of the River Lea . After the Norman Conquest , both Enfield and Edmonton were mentioned in Domesday Book . Both had churches, and Enfield had 400 inhabitants, Edmonton 300. Enfield is also described as having a "parc". This parc—a heavily forested area for hunting—was key to Enfield's existence in the Middle Ages (see Enfield Old Park ). Wealthy Londoners came to Enfield first to hunt, and then to build houses in
3116-400: The London boundary. Enfield Lock is recorded thus in 1710, earlier as Norhtlok (1355), The Locke (1657), i.e. 'the (northern) lock or river barrier (near Enfield)', from Middle English lok . The area was first developed from about 1812 when a government-owned rifle factory, which was later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, was built. The factory was built towards
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3192-766: The Middlesex Cricket League or the Hertfordshire League. Enfield, Southgate, and Winchmore Hill have long been the area's most successful cricket clubs, regularly competing in the Middlesex Premier League. Enfield (in 1988) and Southgate (in 1977) are both past winners of the ECB National Club Cricket Championship The main swimming club in the borough is Enfield Swim Squad, which was created from an amalgamation of Edmonton Phoenix S.C. and Griffins S.C. of Enfield. Futsal
3268-595: The River Lea Anglers Club. National Cycle Route 1 follows the River Lea towpath to Gunpowder Park. Gunpowder Park, which lies to the east of Enfield Lock, is a large open space consisting mostly of marshland and lakes. The land is owned and managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park and is open to the public. London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield ( pronunciation )
3344-762: The River Lee. The navigable river links boats northbound to Hertford and the River Stort . The River Stort is navigable for canal traffic to Harlow and Bishop's Stortford . Southbound, the River Lee passes through Ponders End , Tottenham Hale and Stratford in the East End . From Stratford, the Hertford Union Canal carries canal traffic westbound towards the Regent's Canal , which eventually leads to Camden Lock and Paddington . Cycling infrastructure in Enfield Lock
3420-640: The United Kingdom during the past three decades. This followed the rise of gangs and drug wars throughout the area, notably those involving the Tottenham Mandem gang and various gangs from Hackney and all of the areas surrounding Tottenham, and the emergence of an organised crime ring known as the Turkish mafia fought other London gangs to allegedly control more than 90% of the UK's heroin market . In 1999, Tottenham
3496-430: The area saw large-scale development of council housing , including tower blocks . Until 1965 Tottenham was in the historic county of Middlesex . In 1965, the borough of Tottenham merged with the municipal boroughs of Hornsey and Wood Green to form the London Borough of Haringey. Tottenham is renowned for its multicultural , ethnically diverse population. Following an influx of an Afro-Caribbean population during
3572-1069: The borough, participating in various ceremonies and events throughout the year, including the Enfield Town Show, St Georges Day Parade and on Remembrance Day Parade. The Air Training Corps has three units in the area, No.85 (Enfield & Southgate) Squadron based in Winchmore Hill and Enfield Town, No.1159 (Edmonton) Squadron based in Edmonton, No.1571 (Ayleward) Squadron based in Aylward School and No.2473 (Highlands & Southgate) Squadron in Highlands School, Southgate. The Red Room music and film project ran from 2008 – 2014 based in Ponders End, aimed at 13 – 19 year olds supported and funded by Enfield Council. Enfield Dispatch and Enfield Independent provide local news. Enfield's King George's Field , named in memory of King George V , includes
3648-458: The earliest groups of immigrants to settle in the area, starting from the UK's Windrush era. The Seven Sisters ward has the largest proportion of Jewish residents among Haringey wards, at 18.1%. In the 2011 UK Census, the ethnic composition of the Tottenham constituency , of which Tottenham is a large part, was as follows: Tottenham has been one of the main hotspots for gangs and gun crime in
3724-509: The end of the Napoleonic War on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marshland at Enfield Lock on the banks of both the River Lea and the River Lee Navigation . The RSAF was closed in the late 1980s, shortly after privatisation, and the majority of the former site has now been redeveloped into a large housing development: Enfield Island Village . The original machine shop frontage and
3800-463: The garden exhibitions at Capel Manor , Myddleton House (part of the Lee Valley Park ) and the Whitewebbs Museum of Transport. The Borough's own museum is based in Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road. Scouting and Guiding have many groups within Enfield. The annual St George's Day Parade has around a thousand young people marching through Enfield Town, led by the Enfield District Scout Band. The Boys' and Girls' Brigade are also quite active within
3876-469: The green, wooded surroundings. In 1303, Edward I of England granted Enfield a charter to hold a weekly market , which has continued up to this day. The old market cross was removed in the early 20th century to make way for a monument to the coronation of King Edward VII , but was preserved by the horticulturalist E. A. Bowles for his garden at nearby Myddelton House, where it remains today. Enfield Grammar School with its Tudor Old Hall stands next to
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#17328555664693952-467: The last of which occurred on 15 March 1945. Wartime shortages led to the creation of Tottenham Pudding, a mixture of household waste food which was converted into feeding stuff for pigs and poultry. The "pudding" was named by Queen Mary on a visit to Tottenham Refuse Works. Production continued into the post-war period, its demise coinciding with the merging of the borough into the new London Borough of Haringey. The Broadwater Farm riot occurred around
4028-409: The late-19th century, becoming a working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the lower-middle and working classes. It has been home to the Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur since 1882. The parish of Tottenham was granted urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the Second World War ,
4104-412: The most prominent. The once successful football club, Enfield FC, were forced into a nomadic existence after the sale of their Southbury Road ground and became defunct at the end of the 2006/2007 season after years of ground sharing at many Hertfordshire based clubs. Enfield 1893 were formed after Enfield FC's demise and have spent time groundsharing at Ware FC and Broxbourne Borough FC. They finally found
4180-433: The name PalaceXchange while retaining the Palace Gardens Shopping Centre. An extension was added to the existing retail area with many new shops, and a second multi-storey car park was built along with a new road layout. A major redevelopment of Edmonton Green including the shopping centre, and adjacent municipal housing over a wide area, started in 1999. This is still on-going, and provides new housing, health facilities,
4256-407: The news to Edward, formally announcing the death of their royal father in the presence chamber at Enfield, on his knees to make formal obeisance to the boy as King. Later Elizabeth held court there when she was queen (this was remembered in the name Palace Gardens that was a street running behind Pearsons department store and is still recalled in the name of Enfield's shopping centre). Enfield has
4332-446: The north. The A1055 (Mollison Avenue) links Enfield Lock to the A10 (Great Cambridge Road) towards Hertford . Southbound, the road passes through Brimsdown , Ponder's End and Tottenham Hale . The M25 London Orbital Motorway forms the northern border of Enfield Lock. From Enfield Lock, the road can be accessed via the A10 at junction 25, to the north of Bulls Cross . The M25 carries traffic around London, giving Enfield Lock
4408-427: The older part of the rear structure has been retained and was converted into workshops and retail units by the Enfield Enterprise Agency. Until the construction of the M25 in the 1980s, the Enfield island Village which began to house many families from local councils such as Harringey and Hackney, and the later building of the A1055 , the area was much like a village with only a small population and consisting of only
4484-472: The other parts of the old borough. A claim made by MP David Lammy in 2011, indicated that at that time Tottenham had the highest unemployment rate in London and the eighth highest in the United Kingdom, and it had some of the highest poverty rates within the country. Tottenham has a multicultural population, with many ethnic groups inhabiting the area. It contains one of the largest and most significant populations of Afro-Caribbean people. These were among
4560-445: The police and shot themselves rather than be captured. Fourteen other people were wounded during the chase. The incident later became the subject of a silent film . During the Second World War Tottenham was one of the many targets of the German air offensive against Britain. Bombs fell in the borough (Elmar Road) during the first air raid on London on 24 August 1940. The borough also received V-1 (four incidents) and V-2 hits,
4636-479: The previous week. The response of some of the black community in Tottenham and surrounding areas culminated in a riot beginning on Tottenham High Road and ending in Broadwater Farm Estate. One police officer, Keith Blakelock , was murdered ; 58 policemen and 24 other people were injured in the fighting. Two of the policemen were injured by gunshots during the riot, the first time that firearms had been used in that type of confrontation. The 2011 Tottenham riots were
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#17328555664694712-421: The provision of infrastructure. The Edmonton district was divided in 1881, when its western part was made a separate district called Southgate. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . Each of the three urban districts was later raised to the status of a municipal borough : Southgate in 1933, Edmonton in 1937, and Enfield in 1955. The modern borough
4788-475: The relatively early development of the area into a London suburb. In 1894, Tottenham was made an urban district and on 27 September 1934 it became a municipal borough . As from 1 April 1965, the municipal borough formed part of the London Borough of Haringey together with Hornsey and Wood Green . An incident occurred on 23 January 1909, which was at the time known as the Tottenham Outrage . Two armed robbers, Latvian Jews of Russian extraction , held up
4864-424: The time. The current MP is David Lammy who won a by-election in 2000 following the death of Bernie Grant . Tottenham was at the center of a local administrative area from the medieval period until 1965. The administrative area developed from a parish in Middlesex into an Urban sanitary district in 1875, after a local board of health had been established in 1850. It was then divided in 1888 and Wood Green became
4940-463: The wages clerk of rubber works in Chestnut Road. They made their getaway via Tottenham Marshes and fled across the Lea. On the opposite bank of the river, they 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. After firing their weapons and killing two people, Ralph Joscelyne, aged 10, and PC William Tyler, they were eventually cornered by
5016-404: The way up to York . Artefacts found in the early 1900s reveal that there were Roman settlements in the areas that are now Edmonton and Bush Hill Park. In 790 King Offa of Mercia was recorded as giving the lands of Edmonton to St Albans Abbey . The area became strategically important as East Anglia was taken over by the Danes . In the 890s strongholds were built by men loyal to King Alfred
5092-419: Was Joseph Howard of the Conservative Party . The boundaries were redrawn in 1918, and Tottenham was divided into two separate constituencies: Tottenham North and Tottenham South . Since being reinstated in 1950, it has been predominantly represented by MPs from the Labour Party , with the exception of Alan Brown who defected to the Conservatives due to disagreement with the Labour Party's defence policy at
5168-400: Was born in Tottenham. Another source states the cake "was originally sold by the baker Henry Chalkley from 1901, who was a Friend (or Quaker ), at the price of one old penny, with smaller mis-shaped pieces sold for half an old penny". The pink colouring was derived from mulberries found growing at the Tottenham Friends burial ground. Originally "a peculiar local invention" of north London,
5244-420: Was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former boroughs of Enfield, Edmonton and Southgate, which were all abolished at the same time. The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs. The armorial bearings of these three boroughs were also merged. The heraldic beast on the shield of the Enfield coat of arms
5320-474: Was due to open in September 2018, but was delayed until later in the 2018–19 season . The stadium was opened on 3 April 2019. For the 2017–18 season and most of the 2018–19 season , the club played their home games at Wembley . Tottenham also has two non-League football clubs, Haringey Borough F.C. who currently play at Coles Park Stadium and Park View who play at the White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre . The Tottenham & Wood Green Independent
5396-445: Was identified as one of the yardies ' strongholds in London, along with Hackney , Harlesden , Peckham and Brixton . The Victoria line passes through Tottenham, calling at Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale . This connects Tottenham directly to Walthamstow , the West End and Brixton . The line has its operating depot in the area at Northumberland Park . The area is served by two train operating companies : Tottenham
5472-616: Was manufactured in Hotpoint 's now closed Enfield plant. The Barclays Bank branch in Enfield was the first place in the world to have an ATM or cash machine; it was officially opened in June 1967 by Reg Varney , a television actor and personality most famous for his lead role in the comedy series On the Buses . This historical event was marked by a silver plaque on the wall of the bank, and later by an English Heritage Blue plaque . A fine example of
5548-646: Was mostly covered in the 19th century. From the Tudor period onwards, Tottenham became a popular recreation and leisure destination for wealthy Londoners. 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. The area became noted for its large Quaker population and its schools (including Rowland Hill at Bruce Castle ). Tottenham remained
5624-604: Was shown the destroyed distribution centre by chief police officers and firefighters on 12 August 2011. In September 2012, the Prime Minister , David Cameron , opened the rebuilt warehouse. The Enfield Lock ward, which also covers Enfield Island Village , is 54% white (38% British, 15% Other, 1% Irish) as of the 2011 census. 23% of the population is black (15% African, 8% Caribbean, 4% Other). Enfield Lock and Turkey Street are in London Travelcard Zone 6 . Brimsdown
5700-714: Was the eastern boundary between the Municipal Boroughs of Tottenham and Walthamstow . It is the ancient boundary between Middlesex and Essex and also formed the western boundary of the Viking controlled Danelaw . Today it is the boundary between the London Boroughs of Haringey and Waltham Forest . A major tributary of the Lea , the River Moselle , also crosses the borough from west to east, and often caused serious flooding until it
5776-415: Was when a group of over one hundred local Tottenham residents set out to undertake a protest march against the killing of Mark Duggan , who was shot by police officers assigned to Operation Trident earlier in the week. The crowd made up of Duggan's family and local community leaders, gathered outside Tottenham police station on 6 August 2011 to protest the failure of the police to provide family members with
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