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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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PARTICULARS REGARDING PARKS, OPEN SPACES, E TC.
OPEN SPACES.
| AREA. | DATE ACQUIRED. | |
|---|---|---|
| I. Bruce Castle Park, Lordship Lane,Tottenham | 20 acres | 25th June, 1892 |
| 2. "The Chestnuts," Recreation Ground, St. Ann's Road, South Tottenham (including Common Land) | 13 „ | 3rd May, 1898 |
| 3. Land in Marshes | 122 „ | Between 1898 and July, 1905 |
| 4. " The Down Field " Recreation Ground (near Tottenham Hale) about (i.e.. Freehold Land 2 acres, late Lammas Land 17½ acres). | 19½ „ | Sept. and Xmas, 1900 |
| 5. Downhills Park (including 4 acres purchased from G.E.R. Company, March, 1905) | 30¼ „ | Aug. 11th, 1902 |
| 6. Land East side of River Lee, conveyed by Metropolitan Water Board under East London Water Works Company's Act, 1897 | 25 „ | March, 1905 |
| Total | 229¾ „ |
COMMONS.
| ACRES. | RDS. | PLS. | YDS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tottenham Green (East), High Road | 2 | 31 | 24 | |
| 2. Tottenham Green (West), High Road | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 3. Page Green, between High Rd. and Earlsmead Council School | 1 | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 4. Page Green Terrace, High Rd., South Tottenham | 2 | 35 | 13 | |
| 5. West Green, at the Junction of Philip Lane and West Green Road | 1 | O | 0 | 0 |
| 6. West Green, near Green Lanes | 2 | 1 | 8 | 27 |
| 7. Duckett's Green, Green Lanes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Common, High Road, between West Green Road and Seven Sisters Road | 27 | 0 | ||
| 9. Common, opposite The Grove, High Road South Tottenham | 3 | 32 | 0 | |
| 10. High Cross Common, High Road | 31 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 3 | 21 | 10 |