1889-90 LEAVESDEN VILLA-HAZELLVILLE RD-CROUCH END N. letters from A.S.WEMYSS

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1889-90 LEAVESDEN VILLA-HAZELLVILLE RD-CROUCH END N. letters from A.S.WEMYSS
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1889-90 LEAVESDEN VILLA - HAZELLVILLE RD - CROUCH END N. letters from A.S.WEMYSS
Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately 5 miles from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8).
History
Crouch End
was the junction of four locally important roads. A wooden cross was erected at the junction of these roads, roughly where the Clock Tower now stands, and a small settlement developed around it. Crouch End seems to have developed as the early centre of cultivation for Hornsey, and was where the farmsteads seem to have been grouped.
From the later part of the eighteenth century, Crouch End, along with most of Hornsey, became home to wealthy London merchants seeking a refuge from the City. However, the area remained rural in character until around 1880. The development of the railway changed the area significantly. By 1887 there were seven railway stations in the area. By the end of the 19th century, Crouch End had become a prosperous middle-class suburb due to an influx of mainly clerical workers who could easily commute to the city. The large old houses were replaced by comfortable middle-class housing, public parks were created, and a number of new roads and avenues, such as Elder Avenue and Weston Park, were laid out.
It expanded greatly in the late Victorian period and most of its present-day streets were built up in the late 19th century. By the mid-1930s Crouch End had a popular shopping centre that included a Music Hall in the middle of Topsfield Parade.
Until 1965 it was administratively part of the Municipal Borough of Hornsey and that body's forerunners. In 1965, when local government in London was reorganised, Hornsey merged with the boroughs of Wood Green and Tottenham, and Crouch End became part of the London Borough of Haringey.
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1889-90 LEAVESDEN VILLA - HAZELLVILLE RD - CROUCH END N. letters from A.S.WEMYSS Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately 5 miles from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8).History Crouch End was the junction of four locally important roads. A wooden cross was erected at the junction of these roads, roughly where the Clock Tower now stands, and a small settlement developed around it. Crouch End seems to have developed as the early centre of cultivation for Hornsey, and was where the farmsteads seem to have been grouped. From the later part of the eighteenth century, Crouch End, along with most of Hornsey, became home to wealthy London merchants seeking a refuge from the City. However, the area remained
Street Location
Hazellville Road
EAN
Does Not apply
Country
England
Estate or House name
Leavesden Villa
Family Surname
Wemyss
City/Town/Village/Place
Crouch End N London
England County
Middlesex
Era
1881-1890
Document Type
Manuscript Letters