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| | Tottenham: Growth after 1850 | British History Online |
 | | Tottenham's change from a select residential neighbourhood into a crowded, lower-middle- and workingclass suburb was hastened from 1858, when the City merchants and gentry who hitherto had dominated the local board were replaced by men who worked locally, notably doctors and builders, and who saw the district as ready for development. |
 | | Tottenham High Road itself was a busy street, with few imposing buildings, often congested both by shoppers and by through-traffic. |
 | | Tottenham had 137,418 inhabitants in 1911, 146,711 in 1921, and 157,772 in 1931, while in Wood Green numbers rose more slowly from 49,369 to 50,707 and, in 1931, to 54,181. |
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