Duckett's Green

Duckett's Green
Duckett's Green  Duckett's Green shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ31713
London borough	Haringey
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N15
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Tottenham
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
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Coordinates: 51°35′21″N 0°05′52″W / 51.589084°N 0.097842°W

Duckett's Green is an area of north London, England in the United Kingdom and part of the London Borough of Haringey. It is an inner-suburban area located 5.8 miles (9.4 km) north of Charing Cross.

The area is mainly residential and borders Duckett's Common. Its area is roughly defined by West Green Road to the south-west, Belmont Road to the south-east, Ivatt Way and Langham Place to the north-east, Westbury Avenue to the north and Turnpike Lane Bus Station to the north-west.

History

The area takes its name from one of the manors of Tottenham, Dovecotes, or Duckett's.^[1] The manor house itself was situated further north in the centre of what is today Wood Green. Settlement is first recorded at Duckett's Green in 1293.^[2] With agriculture being the main activity in this small area, population remained sparse until the middle of the nineteenth century. By 1860 a few houses had been built along West Green Road just to the east of the junction with Green Lanes and stretching northward, facing Ducketts Common, as far as Ducketts farm-house, then called Dovecote House.^[3] Development had also begun along Milton Road.^[4]

Education

For further details of education in Duckett's Green, London see the London Borough of Haringey article.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

• Harringay
• West Green
• Wood Green

Nearest tube station

• Turnpike Lane tube station

Nearest railway stations

• Hornsey railway station

Bus routes

Routes 41, 29 serve the area.

Links

• Duckett's Green shown on 'A New Topographical Map of the Country in the Vicinity of London, Describing all the New Improvements, Metropolitan Boroughs and Parish Boundaries c 1872' on the Mapco website
• Photo of the mid-nineteenth Century house in Duckett's Green along Green Lanes
• Duckett's Green on Google Maps

References

1. 'Tottenham: Growth before 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 5: 1976, pp. 313-17
2. 'Tottenham: Growth before 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 5: 1976, pp. 313-17
3. 'Tottenham: Growth before 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 5: 1976, pp. 313-17
4. James Wyld's map of the Vicinity of London 1872.