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The name Wood Green derives from ‘Woodlegh’ or 'Woodlea', a Saxon word meaning open ground near a wood, which in this case relates to an opening in Tottenham Wood, an extensive area of woodland which formerly covered most of this area and westward to Muswell Hill. [4] The earliest surviving written record of ‘Woodlegh’ is a reference in ...
Formerly called. "Wood Green, The Animals Charity", "Wood Green Animal Shelters". The original animal shelter in Lordship Lane, Wood Green. Woodgreen Pets Charity was founded in 1924 by Miss Louisa Snow. She had been concerned at the large number of abandoned and injured animals on the streets of London following the First World War.
The "Wood" is Godshill Inclosure which separates the village from the rest of the New Forest; "Green" is a common name in southern England for a secondary settlement. [11] The civil parish of Woodgreen consisting of just 47 acres [10] was created in 1858. [12] In 1932 the parish was much enlarged with the addition of 166 acres from Breamore ...
The Mall Wood Green is a large shopping centre and residential complex in Wood Green, north London. It was originally known as Wood Green Shopping City . As of 2006 [update] The Mall had over 100 retail shops, [1] seven of them anchor stores , 45 market stalls, [2] and an average of 221,000 customers per week. [3]
Fishmongers Arms. / 51.6009; -0.1120. The Fishmongers Arms is a former public house in Wood Green in the London Borough of Haringey. Built in 1855 on the site of the former Wood Green Farm, [1] Its name derived from the adjacent Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Almshouses, which were demolished in 1956 for the construction of the Haringey Civic ...
Wood Green is a London Underground station. It is on the Piccadilly line between Turnpike Lane and Bounds Green stations and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It is located at junction of High Road, Wood Green and Lordship Lane. It serves Wood Green Shopping City and the nearby Haringey Council administrative complex as well as a densely populated ...
St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church in Trinity Road, Wood Green, London. [1] It was built as Trinity Methodist Church in 1871 to the design of the reverend R.N. Johnson and became Greek Orthodox in 1970. It was greatly rebuilt after a fire in 1986 with the help of the Greek community and fundraising events notably a ...
Wood Green Tube, Buses - 29, 121, 232, 329, W3, W4. Woodside Park is a public park in Wood Green. The site was originally part of the much larger Chitts Hill Estate which covered a large part of Wood Green and beyond. Most of what later became the park was developed as Earlham Grove House and grounds in 1865. [1]