Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Why the paving stones in some Ladder roads stop half-way up
Posted by Hugh on 11 July 2007 at 11:50pm (Moved from the now defunct Did You Know........? group)
As I walk home up Hewitt Road, I always wondered why the Council only paved up to just before the passage. Then, recently, having been doing som ework on the area's history, I just realised why. You can see it in Seymour. Where the paving ends, set into the wall on both sides are the old boundary markers between Hornsey and Tottenham. Tottenham put paving down; Hornsey didn't. It's remarkable, the paving line is at an angle precisely in line with the old boundary. Well I never!
As I walk home up Hewitt Road, I always wondered why the Council only paved up to just before the passage. Then, recently, having been doing som ework on the area's history, I just realised why. You can see it in Seymour. Where the paving ends, set into the wall on both sides are the old boundary markers between Hornsey and Tottenham. Tottenham put paving down; Hornsey didn't. It's remarkable, the paving line is at an angle precisely in line with the old boundary. Well I never!
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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...Tottenham put paving down; Hornsey didn't.
I think that was because the Tottenham Corporation was more affluent than Hornsey. Tottenham had much more industry than Hornsey and therefore had much more rateable income than Hornsey ever did. -
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