Tottenham () was a local government district in north east

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from 1850 to 1965. It was part of the

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and

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History

In 1850 a

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was established for the

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Tottenham Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...

and in 1875 the local board became an urban sanitary authority, without change of name. The ancient parish had included

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and in 1888 the district was divided, with Wood Green gaining its own local board. The sanitary district was reconstituted as an

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in 1894 under the

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and Wood Green was removed from the parish. In 1934 the urban district was incorporated as a

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. In 1965, the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London under the

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to be combined with that of other districts to form the present-day

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Coat of arms

Tottenham was granted a

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on 13 September 1934. The arms was: "

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a saltire couped or on a

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indented of the last a helm

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between two billets azure each charged with an estoile of the second." The crest was: "Issuant from a mural crown or a demi-lion gules supporting a seax (sword)

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pomelled and hilted or". The supporters were: "On either side a

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reguardant gules gorged with a mural crown pendant therefrom by a chain or a

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; the dexter ermine and the sinister or, charged with a maunch also gules. The motto was "Do well and doubt not".

References

External links

A Vision of Britain - Tottenham UD/MBTottenham Local Government, Victoria County History of Middlesex (British History Online)
Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 History of local government in London (1889–1965) History of the London Borough of Haringey Municipal boroughs of England History of local government in Middlesex Municipal Borough of {{london-geo-stub