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Tottenham is an urban area of north London , England in the London Borough Of Haringey , situated 6.6 miles (10.6 km) north-east of Charing Cross . HISTORY 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 is today's A10 Road locally) and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale , today's Monument Way. Early Tottenham Toteham as it was then known was mentioned in the 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 . 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 , 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 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 {Link without Title} . Tottenham remained a semi-rural and upper middle class area until the 1870s. Modern Tottenham In late 1870 the Great Eastern Railway introduced special workman's trains and fares on its newly opened Enfield and Chingford 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. This fare policy stimulated the relatively early development of the area into a London suburb. An incident occurred on 23 January 1909 , which was at the time known as the Tottenham Outrage. Two armed robbers of Russian Extraction held-up the wages clerk of a Rubber Works in Chesnut Rd. They made their getaway via Tottenham Marshes and across the Lea where 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. Being eventually cornered by the police, they shot themselves to evade capture. Two were shot and killed - PC Tyler and Ralph Joscelyn, a boy of ten; fourteen were wounded during the chase. The incident later became the subject of a Silent Film . During the Second World War , Tottenham also became a target of the German Air Offensive against Britain. Bombs fell within the Borough (Elmar Rd) during the first air raid on London on 24 August 1940 . The Borough also received V1 (4 Incidents) and V2 hits, the last of which occurred on 15 March 1945 . Wartime shortages also led to the creation of Tottenham Pudding, a mixture of household waste food which was converted into feeding stuffs 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 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 ing 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 killed. 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
dominate the western part of Tottenham.]]
History of the railways of Tottenham
TODAY Tottenham is a Multicultural hotspot with many different ethnic groups inhabiting the area, the largest groups are the African-Caribbean , West African , Cypriot , Turkish , Irish , Portuguese populations. After Brixton , Tottenham probably has the largest " Jamaican Population " as a percentage in the United Kingdom. Tottenham is also home to the largest Ghanaian Population in the United Kingdom & largest population of Ghana ians in Europe. More investment is slowly being pumped into Tottenham which is needed. Certain areas were becoming run down and crime levels were rising and this is due to the fact that Haringey, the London Borough Tottenham is part of, is classed as an Outer London Borough and so obtains less funding than the Inner-city boroughs, although it has exactly the same socioeconomic problems. Home to Premiership football Tottenham is also widely known for being the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, whose ground on the High Road is named '' White Hart Lane '' after the White Hart Inn that it was built behind. Public transport Two London Underground Lines serve the Tottenham area. The Piccadilly Line , which opened in 1932 has one station Turnpike Lane which was the first Underground station within the Tottenham Borough boundaries. 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. National Rail stations, Seven Sisters, South Tottenham , Tottenham Hale, Bruce Grove , White Hart Lane , and Northumberland Park serve the area. The train services are provided by 'one' and Silverlink . Districts
CULTURE Music The Urban Music genre of Grime has a large presence in Tottenham. There are many Mc 's and crews residing there. Most notably JME and Skepta from the ' Boy Better Know ' label. Dizzee Rascal one of the main figureheads of Grime once said that he had to travel to Tottenham to get heard on the radio, now he is somewhat of a Grime superstar. INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH TOTTENHAM
EDUCATION For details of education in Tottenham see the London Borough Of Haringey article. NEIGHBOURING AREAS
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