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Physical Features of the District.
The District of Wood Green has an area of 1,625 acres.
The subsoil consists of various clays, with a shallow pocket of
gravel in the Muswell district, beneath which are beds of London
clay. The highest point is the site of the Alexandra Palace, which
is 300 feet above the ordnance datum, and the lowest point is 56
above the ordnance datum, at the junction of the Eastern end of
the district with Tottenham. The Western portion of the district
(known as the Alexandra Park district) is uneven and hilly, and has
the highest altitude. Roughly, the district North of Lordship Lane
averages 108 feet above ordnance datum, and the portion South of
the lane about 70 feet above ordnance datum.
It is situated in the County of Middlesex, to the North of
London; it is bounded on the North side by the parish of Southgate,
on the South almost wholly by the Borough of Hornsey, on the East
by the Parish of Tottenham, and on the West by Hornsey and Friern
Barnet.
Social Condition.
The inhabitants of the district are chiefly those of the artisan
class, and those employed in commercial pursuits in London.
Very few of the inhabitants generally are employed in the
district, with the exception of the tradesmen and their assistants.
There is one large factory in the district, viz., Messrs. Barratt
and Co., confectioners, employing about 1,800 hands; of these, a very
large portion reside outside the district of Wood Green.
The only other factories of any size are a screw factory and
laundry.