Tottenham Tales

Proto-feminists, progressive educators, union solidarity, and a skeleton horse? The history of the High Cross area is bold and sometimes bizarre.

In front of you are three of Tottenham High Road’s many historic buildings, each with their own story to tell - Tottenham Community Sports Centre, Moselle House, and the Baptist Church.

A landmark on the High Road that’s always bustling with vendors, customers and passers by; the history of Holcombe Market stretches back over a century.

Suffragettes, LGBTQIA+ icons and more; this small pocket of Tottenham holds some surprisingly radical stories.

Page Green has existed as common land since at least the 14th century, while the built landscape around it has transformed, playing host to reformers, activists and more.

From the birth of professional nursing, to the founding of the NHS, to the labour movement of the 1980s - the life of the Prince of Wales Hospital tells a much larger story about British healthcare.

Tottenham Green has been a hotbed of pioneers and changemakers. In the past 100 years, it has continued its radical legacy and helped transform the political landscape of Tottenham and beyond.

For centuries, Tottenham Green has played host to progressive educators, revolutionary medical professionals and patrons of art.

West Green Road’s draw to creatives and artists can be traced back to the 19th century and through to us today. As a place, West Green Road has been an area and community where its cultural identity and heritage has captured imaginations and inspired – from setting up creative businesses and homes, to influencing creative responses through writing, films, murals, storytelling, photography, art and music, and giving people their own sense of agency.