Wood Green

Coordinates: 51°35′53″N 0°06′54″W / 51.5981°N 0.1149°W / 51.5981; -0.1149

Wood Green is a district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. It is 6.7 miles (10.8 km) north of Charing Cross, and is west of Tottenham, south of Palmers Green and north of Harringay. The population, comprising the Noel Park and Woodside wards, was 28,453 in the 2011 Census. The London Plan identifies the area as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London.

History

In the latter half of the 19th century and before urbanisation, Wood Green was part of Tottenham and covered by woodland called Tottenham Wood: hence the original name of the area, Tottenham Wood Green. The 18 acre area was auctioned off as 'Wood-Green' in 9 separate plots on 13 August 1806 by local agent Prickett and Ellis at Garraway's Coffee house in Cornhill,London.

Governance

In 1894, Wood Green was created as an urban district, and later a municipal borough, of Middlesex. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the Municipal Borough of Wood Green was abolished and its area merged with that of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and the Municipal Borough of Hornsey to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.

Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The Wood Green constituency was created for the 1918 general election, the area having previously formed part of the Tottenham constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

It returned Conservative MPs until 1950, and then Labour or Labour Co-operative MPs until its abolition.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Wood Green (the wards of Alexandra Park, Bowes Park, Central, Noel Park, and Town Hall) and Southgate.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Wood Green, and the Municipal Borough of Tottenham wards of Coleraine, Park, and White Hart Lane.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra-Bowes, Coleraine, Noel Park, Park, and Town Hall.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Wood Green (disambiguation)

Wood Green is a district of North London.

Other places with the same name include:

See also