TOTTENHAM

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TOTTENHAM , an urban

district

DISTRICT

in the Tottenham parliamentary division of

Middlesex

MIDDLESEX
MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST
EARL
- EARL
OF (1575-1645)

, England, forming a north suburb of London, 61 m. north of London Bridge, adjoining Edmonton on the south. Pop. (Igor), 102,541. Its full name, not now in use, was Tottenham High Cross, from the cross near the centre of the township. The origin and significance of this cross are doubtful. The present structure was erected c. 1600, and ornamented with stucco in 18(39. In the time of Isaak Walton there stood by it a shady

arbour

ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " herber " or " erber," O. Fr. herbier, from Lat. herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the 16th century was written " ar

to which the angler was wont to resort. Formerly Tottenham was noted for its " greens," in the centre of one of which stood the famous old elm trees called the " Seven Sisters "; these were removed in 184o, but the name is pre-served in the Seven Sisters Road. Bruce castle, on the site of the old mansion of the Bruces, but built probably by Sir William Compton in the beginning of the 16th century, was occupied by a boarding-school founded by Mr (afterwards Sir) Rowland Hill in 1827 on the system instituted by him at Hazlewood, Birmingham. It became public property in 1892. The church of All Hallows, Tottenham, was given by David, king of Scotland (c. 1126) to the canons of the church of Holy Trinity, London. It retains Perpendicular portions, a south porch of brick of the 16th century and numerous ancient monuments and brasses. The grammar school was enlarged and endowed in 1686 by Sarah, dowager duchess of Somerset. The urban

district

DISTRICT

formerly included

Wood

Green to the west, but this became a separate urban district in 1888 (pop. 34,233).
In the reign of Edward the Confessor the manor of Tottenham was possessed by

Earl

EARL

Waltheof. It was inherited by his daughter Maud, who was married first to Simon de St Liz and after-wards to David, son of

Malcolm

MALCOLM
MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

III., king of Scotland, who was created by Henry I. earl of Huntingdon, and received possessionof all the lands formerly held by Earl Waltheof. The manor thus descended to William the Lion, king of Scotland, and was granted by him in 1184 to his brother David, earl of Angus and Galloway, the grant being confirmed in 1199 by King John of England, who created him earl of Huntingdon. He married Maud, heiress of Hugh, earl of Chester, and his son John inherited both earldoms. The son married Helen, daughter of Llewelyn, prince of Wales, by whom he was poisoned in 1237, dying without issue. She retained possession till 1254, when the manor was divided between his coheirs Robert de Brus, John de

Baliol

BALIOL
BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–1315)

and Henry de Hastings, each division forming a distinct manor bearing the name of its owner. In 1429 they were reunited in the possession of John Gedeney, alderman of London.
William Bedwell, the Arabic scholar, was vicar of Tottenham, and published in 1632 a Briefe Description of the Towne of Tottenham, in which he printed for the, first time the

burlesque

BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful
trick
- TRICK
)

poem, the Turnament of Tottenham.

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