Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Passage N4 - London's Longest Alley
From the Ian Visits site for your edification & delectation:
At just under a mile in length, this is the longest alley in London, and predates the Harringay Ladder.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Thanks for reminding us of this.
I think the guy who wrote the piece you link to is a little misleading in his choice of phrasing. The passage certainly doesn't predate the Ladder. I think it's more accurate to say that the route of the passage was settled before the Ladder was built-up (by the construction of the Hornsey Outfall Sewer in the 1870s). The Passage itself was only created as the houses were built. It wasn't properly paved over until the 1890s.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Woods on
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There was I believe a public footpath before but from my HJ days I believe it actually covers the midway sewer that runs between Turnpike and Endymion. The others are under Wightman and Green Lanes of course.
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