Tottenham - history, and arms

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History

There has been a settlement at Tottenham, for over a thousand years.

It grew up along the old Roman Road, Ermine Street,
and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale, today's Monument Way.

Toteham as it was then known was mentioned in the Domesday Book[1].

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From the Tudor period onwards Tottenham became a popular recreation
and leisure destination for wealthy Londoners.

Henry VIII is known to have visited Bruce Castle and also hunted in Tottenham Wood.

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Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane - Now a Local History Museum, and Grade 1 listed,

it was Tottenham's Manor House, and dates from the 16th century,
with alterations by subsequent occupants.

It was given the name 'Bruce Castle' during the 17th century by the 2nd Lord Coleraine, who was Lord of the manor at the time.

He named it after 'Robert the Bruce', whose family had been Lord of the Manor during the medieval period.

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High Cross - Erected sometime between 1600-1609 on the site of an earlier Christian cross, although there is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Roman Beacon or Marker, situated on a low summit on Ermine Street. Tottenham High Cross is often mistakenly thought to be an Eleanor cross.

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Tottenham Wood - was an ancient woodland area that covered most of the present Wood Green.

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(quotes, from)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham

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picture is "the arms of Tottenham"

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