Wood Green was originally a clearing in the dense forests of oak, ash and beech that covered most of what is now North London.
running through the forest from the clearing at Wood Green to Ermine Street, the main Roman road from London to the north east.
During the 1000 years before the Norman Conquest, the county of Middlesex was established and divided into administrative areas called Hundreds.
[1] By 1619 (the date of the first known map) the land to the north and south of Lordship Lane had been cleared of woodland and was mostly in cultivation.
Bus routes 123, 144, 243, 318 and W3 serve the lane: A Channel 4 News report revealed that in 2004/5, Haringey Council collected £3.2m in fines for traffic offences occurring in the street, a figure greater than any other street in the country.
Earl of Dorset's 1619 Tottenham survey.
Western End of Lordship Lane looking North c1910.
Wood Green Crown Court, Lordship Lane, London N22.
Chapmans Green.
Junction of Lordship Lane and Boreham Road looking east c1908.
Lordship Lane at Moselle bridge looking West 1893.
Bruce Castle.
Former gas showrooms at East End of Lordship Lane.
Enfield Magistrates Court, Lordship Lane, London N17.
Junction of Lordship Lane and Mount Pleasant Road looking East 1903.
Mount Pleasant Fields looking South from Lordship Lane 1892.
Broadwater Farm House looking South from Lordship Lane 1892.
The public toilets outside the recreation ground, Lordship Lane, London N17.
