Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Where do I live?
Stupid question! I don’t know the name of my area. I thought maybe I was in the ladder, as that’s what showed up on the covid map, but some old timer at the pub said I was way off.
I live in N4 1, Hermitage road area. What’s this called?
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Permalink Reply by Ozbawn on
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Finsbury Park, according to the Post Office but it probably has a number of names based on Parish, local government electoral wards, local history and recent parochial branding (eg. The warehouse district). Personally, I'd go with The Hermitage with an accent on the e.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The Swordfish District?
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I've heard it called the Warehouse District. However, based on who you see loitering on street corners at night around there I just assumed that was a misspelling.
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The Ladder is the bit bounded by Turnpike Lane, Green Lanes, Endymion Road and Wightman Road and looks a bit like a ladder. I’ve heard the Hermitage Road area described as the Warehouse District. Maybe it’s time for locals to get a bit creative with branding.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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It's part of Harringay. The Finsbury Park Post Office reference is to the name of the sorting office where your post used to be sorted (now closed). To bring that logic up to date, you'd now have to say you live in Tufnell Park!
Manor House Levels, I assume is a joke.
On the wee map I drew some years back, I referred to the south eastern part of Harringay (not Haringey) as Hermitage and Warehouse District. But, in actual fact, I don't think it has a commonly used name.
It's soon to become part of new ward called Hermitage & Gardens.
See my piece here.
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This is how Rightmove refer to it Hugh
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Google Maps has become as influential as I suspected it would be 10/15 years ago. It's now the go-to place to find out map info. But they have no published criteria about how area names are added and taken away.
Because I suspected the way things would go, 10/15 years ago I was a regular on Google Maps, getting Harringay and other local places on the map. Harringay was a particular struggle. It took me three or four years to get it on the map and in the right place. I finally did it in 2012. But I notice that both Harringay and Crouch End have recently disappeared.
Someone didn't like the name/boundaries I first added for HWD and it got edited. If you search Maps, you'll see the boundaries they defined. I thought fair enough and left well enough alone. (I emphasise that although I put it on Google Maps, I didn't invent the name. I got it from talking to people who lived in that part of Harringay and what I heard accorded with the history of the area.).
For some reason, Harringay, Hornsey and Crouch End, never showed boundaries.
Wood Green was left off the map for years and I finally added it about four of five years ago. For some reason, that shows boundaries.
Google closed London neighbourhoods for public editing some years ago. As a result, decisions now seem to be taken in California or Delhi and it's getting more and more idiosyncratic. Open Street Maps is now a much more reliable source.
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Permalink Reply by Nick Hare on
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Hugh you're a prophet and a hero. But I'm slightly disappointed you didn't go with 'Civilian Commercial Sector 14-F' as I suggested back in 2012 https://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/harringay-s-sub-neighbourh...
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