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Posted Oct 19, 2006 by KickIt2
I´m afraid the article is incorrect in as much as Harringay was part of the Municipal Borough Of Tottenham and not part of Hornsey as stated. The Boundary ran close to Green Lanes at the southern most of the "Ladder" streets but veered more westerly further north.
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Posted Oct 28, 2006 by Number Six
Are you sure? I got my info from a history book in Wood Green library... and just tried to double-check it on the Internet and turned up this page here:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22525
Which says:
"Hornsey became a U.D. under the Local Government Act, 1894, and was divided into the 8 wards of Highgate, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Hornsey (divided in 1903), (fn. 51) North and South Harringay, Stroud Green, and Finsbury Park, each with 3 members. (fn. 52)"
It doesn't say where the boundaries of North or South Harringay wards were, though. I'm willing to be corrected on this.
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Posted Oct 31, 2006 by KickIt2
Yes I am VERY sure. The Border used to be easily seen, as Tottenham lamp standards were different to the Hornsey ones. I grew up in one of the "Gardens" and went to a "Tottenham" school. The width of the wedge of "Tottenham" land, east of Green Lanes was as wide as Duckett's Common At the Turnpike Lane end of the "Ladder" streets which was in the "Municipal Borough of Tottenham".
While writing this, I'm trying to think were I can get visual confirmation of this. I'll get back to you.
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Posted Oct 31, 2006 by KickIt2
Sorry, In the previous posting I meant "West" of Green Lanes and not "East". Is it possible to edit a posting?
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Posted Oct 31, 2006 by KickIt2
So... I´ve found this map, which although not very detailed, does show the Boundary as I remember it.
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/b...st=true&u_id=10001444&c_id=10001043
It is also possible to click on to other periods...
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Posted Oct 31, 2006 by Number Six
 We'll have to see about updating the entry, in that case. There are one or two things that need tightening up anyway - I wrote it while the old Homebase was there, and they've since knocked that down and built the retail part.
Which of the Gardens did you live on? I moved to Somerset this summer, but before that I lived in Harringay for six years on and off - had a flat on Kimberley Gardens and lived in a house on Stanhope Gardens...
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Posted Oct 31, 2006 by KickIt2
I lived in Warwick Gardens, but it's a long time ago. I now live in Berlin, Germany. I did go back and look at the area in 2000.
Regarding the "Piccadilly Line Underground Station" The station at the Salisbury, to be called St Ann's Rd, was seriously considered in the Piccadilly Line extension proposals, but Frank Pick, who was mostly responsible for London Transport's now World Famous "House Style", decided the area was well enough served with trams and buses and the station was never built.
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