Hornsey, Tottenham & Wood Green

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This map shows the boundaries of the three local authorities that were merged in 1965 to form the present day London Borough of Haringey.

In 1916 the Hornsey Municipal Borough, and the Urban Districts of both Tottenham and Wood Green were obliged by the Military Service Act 1916 to set up Military Service Tribunals to consider exemptions from conscription. The numbers of men claiming exemption on grounds which included conscience are shown.

The three local authorities were just north, and outside, of the boundary of the London County Council but were in every sense suburbs of London. They were connected to London by continuous lines of buildings, full of largely recently built residential houses. There were good transport links to London by rail, tram and bus, by which many people travelled to work.

People were moving from the densely populated areas of London to the newer houses, at the same time as people were moving from elsewhere to be close to the employment opportunities in London.

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