Municipal Borough of Wood Green

Wood Green
Wood Green within Middlesex in 1961
Area
• 1901	1,625 acres (6.6 km2)
• 1965	1,697 acres (6.9 km2)
Population
• 1901	34,223
• 1961	47,945
History
• Created	1888
• Abolished	1965
• Succeeded by	London Borough of Haringey
Status	Local board (1888–1894) Civil parish (1894–1965) Urban district (1894–1933) Municipal borough (1933–1965)
Government
• HQ	Woodside House, Wood Green
• Motto	Nostrum Viret Robur
Coat of arms of the municipal borough council

Wood Green was a local government district in south east Middlesex from 1888 to 1965.

Until 1888 Wood Green was part of Tottenham, and was included in the district of the Tottenham Local Board in 1850. Pressure from residents of the area led to the passing of the Tottenham Local Board (Division of District) Act 1888, constituting a separate local board for the area.

In 1894, under the local Government Act of that year, Wood Green became an urban district. In 1933 it was incorporated as a municipal borough. It was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District.

A coat of arms was granted to the borough on incorporation. The shield featured yew trees and was supported by medieval archers, recalling that Wood Green had once been an area where archery was practised. A silver and blue stripe across the centre of the shield depicted the New River. The Latin motto was nostrum viret robur, which could be translated as our strength is a tree or more appropriately as Wood Green Flourishes.

In 1965, the municipal borough was abolished and its area was transferred to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963. Wood Green's area was combined with the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and the Municipal Borough of Hornsey to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.

References

• Local Government Act 1894
• London Government Act 1963

External links

• A Vision of Britain - Wood Green UD/MB
• Tottenham Local Government, Victoria County History of Middlesex (British History Online)