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Geographical Position, etc.
Tottenham is situated in latitude 51° 39' 59" N., and in
longitude 0° 4' 31" W. from Greenwich. It is bounded on
the East by Walthamstow in Essex (from which it is
separated by the River Lee), on the West by Hornsey and
Wood Green, on the North by Edmonton, and on the South
by Hackney and Stoke Newington. The form of the Parish
is irregularly trapezoidal. Tottenham is, with one exception,
the most populous Urban District in Middlesex, and without
any exception contains the greatest number of persons per
acre ; the number of houses and inhabitants continues to
increase at the exceptional rate which characterizes so many
London suburbs. For the purposes of local representative
government the Parish is divided into six Wards, viz.
Harringay, West Green, St. Ann's, High Cross, Middle
and Lower. Every Ward returns five members, thus
making the total 30, of which the local Council is composed.
Geology of the District.
The range of chalk hills from Hungerford to Cromer dips
gently beneath the sand to the South-east, while the range
from Hungerford to Dover dips gently towards the North ;
the chalk of the two ranges is connected, passing beneath
Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, and even beyond