Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Passage N4 - London's Longest Alley
From the Ian Visits site for your edification & delectation:
At just under a mile in length, this is the longest alley in London, and predates the Harringay Ladder*.
(*Note from site Admin: We're not sure that Ian has this right. The map he links to from 1872 does not show anything along the route of the Passage. Plus we must remember that it's called passage or alley because it is a narrow path running between buildings. Clearly, it can't predate the buildings tat defined it!)
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Thanks for reminding us of this.
I think the guy who wrote the piece you link to is a little misleading in his choice of phrasing. The passage certainly doesn't predate the Ladder. I think it's more accurate to say that the route of the passage was settled before the Ladder was built-up (by the construction of the Hornsey Outfall Sewer in the 1870s). The Passage itself was only created as the houses were built. It wasn't properly paved over until the 1890s.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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There was I believe a public footpath before but from my HJ days I believe it actually covers the midway sewer that runs between Turnpike and Endymion. The others are under Wightman and Green Lanes of course.
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