Tottenham Lane is a street in

Crouch End Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban villag ...

and

Hornsey Hornsey is a district of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner Lo ...

in the

London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of t ...

. The street runs from the centre of Crouch End at the clock tower, north to the junction of the High Street and Turnpike Lane (A504).

Buildings

Hornsey and Crouch End Ordnance Survey map 1890s

The street is notable for Broadway Parade (east) and Topsfield Parade (west) on either side of the street at the immediate southern end. Broadway Parade was built by the developer and architect

John Cathles Hill John Cathles Hill (1857 – 5 April 1915) was an architect and property developer who was influential in the development of parts of suburban north London. Early life John C. HillPress coverage of Hill during his lifetime almost never referre ...

. Topsfield Parade was built on the estate of

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by James Edmondson of Highbury and replaced

Topsfield Hall Topsfield Hall was a Georgian house in Crouch End Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been desc ...

, a Georgian mansion that was sold in 1892. Edmonsons later built identical shopping parades in

Muswell Hill Muswell Hill is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. The hill, which reaches over above sea level, is situated north of Charing Cross. Neighbouring areas include Highgate, Hampstead Garden Suburb, East Finchl ...

At the southern end, on the corner with Elder Avenue, is The Queens, a

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public house described in

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as "one of suburban London's outstanding grand pubs". The

Crouch End Hippodrome The Crouch End Hippodrome, originally the Queen's Opera House, was a theatre that once stood in Tottenham Lane, Crouch End Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Ha ...

, opened as the Queen's Opera House in 1897, was a theatre that once stood at the southern end of the street on the western side. It was a reconstruction of the former Crouch End Athenaeum. Later it was a cinema before being damaged by bombing during the Second World War and subsequently demolished apart from the front which still stands in Topsfield Parade.The Crouch End Hippodrome, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End.
arthurlloyd.co.uk Retrieved 25 December 2016. The grade II listed Holy Innocents

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church is in the street.

Hornsey railway station Hornsey railway station is in Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey, north London. It is on the Great Northern route that forms part of the East Coast Main Line, down the line from , and is situated between to the south and to the nort ...

is in the north of the street.

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