Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Where the **** is "Turnpike Lane"?
If you've been around the site for a while, you may well be aware of my interest in neighbourhood names. Some of you may remember when I set out to discover what name the man in the street uses when referring to Harringay. (More discussions on a similar theme).
Reading a recent posting about Turnpike Lane, I was interested to see how extensive is the area that people refer to when using the name "Turnpike Lane". I imagine this is another example of how tube and train station names influence Londoners' sense of what a place is called (and why, for example, a good number of people refer to Harringay as Harringay Green Lanes).
For me Turnpike Lane is a stretch of road between Duckett's Common and Wightman Road. What does it mean for you?
(For some reason I thought I ought to continue the four star theme when headlining postings about place names. My apologies to anyone whose sensibilities I have offended)
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Permalink Reply by james walsh on
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Hugh* In the eighties Turnpike lane was synonymous with 'bedsit land'. we considered 'Turnpike Lane' as being an area bordered in the north by Turnpike lane itself - to the west by Whightman road - to the east by Green lanes and to the south roughly down to say, Mattison road. So roughly the northerly part of the ladder. I'm not sure why it was so vague. Funny aren't we ?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Thanks for the reply. My guess is that people will have highly personalised notions of what the name refers to. If this thread gets enough replies to make it worthwhile, I'll map the areas roughly and see if we can come up with a sense of how local people see it, including any change over time.
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Permalink Reply by empyrean_aisles on
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I'd agree with a "stretch of road between Duckett's Common and Wightman Road".
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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As you have described Hugh. I've been here since the mid-90s. I do feel that Turnpike Lane could market itself a bit more as a Brick Lane (with further streetscape & business investment) but, prob with less of the Hackney Set trappings.
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I've lived in Harringay (that's how it was spelt back in the day) for 43 years and Turnpike Lane to me has always been the area from the start of Ducketts Common (Frobisher Rd) to Wightman Road and also a small stretch of Westbury Avenue
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Harringay still is spelt that way, Polly. Only the borough version is spelt differently. See the whole story here.
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Permalink Reply by Abi on
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In my head it's the road itself plus the bit round Westbury Avenue up to Lordship Lane.
Source: hippie parents lived (squatted, probably) there in the 70s and I have a few friends who live between the Tube station and Noel Park. I think the latter started to refer to their area as 'Noel Park' a couple of years ago, but it was most definitely 'Turnpike Lane' when they moved in mid-00s.
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For me, it's just the road itself and the tube station. So I might refer to the "Tesco by Turnpike Lane", meaning the one near the tube station.
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Permalink Reply by Albert Ross on
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Id say the description of 'Turnpike Lane the area' would be the block up to Wightman and back to say Seymour or Hewitt on the ladder.
Id also say the area a couple of roads parallel on the North side of Turnpike Lane would be included up and including Coleraine and Lyttleton road.
To the East side of the High Road/Green Lanes Westbeech, Whymark, Graham, Langham, Carlingford up to Waldeck would also be included to my mind.
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Finsbury Park, according to its finest hostelry. http://www.londonsheltonhotel.co.uk/
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