UPDATE No 5

CLAYHILL

Until the late nineteenth century Devonshire Hill Lane, and the surrounding area, was referred to as Clayhill (or Clay Hill) in the Census, on Ordnance Survey maps and in the River House deeds. The following passage appears in a recently published book "Southgate and Edmonton Past" by Graham Dalling (Local History Officer):- "The area saw military action again in 1016 in the confusion that followed the death of Ethelred the Unready. Ethelred's son, Edmund Ironside, proclaimed king by the English fought hard to drive off overwhelming Dainsh forces under Cnut [Canute]. In the summer of 1016 Edmund led a surprise attack on the Danish forces besieging through woodlands to the north of the city. The late Sir Frank Stenton [author of Anglo Saxon England], working on evidence from place-names, identified the site of the battle as Clay Hill, Tottenham (now Devonshire Hill, just south of the Edmonton boundary)." In the Anglo Saxon Chronicle the site of the battle is described as "......ut puruh Claeighangran". [See comments in Update 14]

In 1912, Samuel(1) purchased River House, built on the highest point of Clayhill, and the property was occupied by Samuel(2) and his family in 1917/18; they lived on the site of a crucial battle in English history some nine hundred years before. Family memories are invited River House

POTTERIES

In the 17th century the west end of White Hart Lane was known as Apeland Street. The 1619 Manorial map of Tottenham depicts a field on the north side of Apeland Street called Apeland. The field can be identified as the site of Tent Farm (hence Tentdale - home of Samuel(1) and his family (Scrapbook and Archive Update No 3)) on the 1864 Ordnance Survey map and, later, of White Hart Lane Potteries (Samuel South & Sons) and Tottenham Potteries (E G Cole & Sons) in1896

1619 Manorial Map (NB south is at the top of the map)

1864 1896

EDMONTON

A first visit has been made to the Local History Unit at Southgate Library where Edmonton records are held. It was not possible to establish the precise position of the the South brickfields because three are shown in the area of Bury Street on the Ordnance maps. The census records for 1881, however, record Samuel(1) living with his family in close proximity to his two elder brothers, Solomon and Joseph.

1881 Census - Edmonton 3 April 1881

Upper Fore Street Joseph South Head M 29 Carmen & Contractor Employing 9 men & 1 boy Ware Sarah Wife M 30 . Braughing Emily E Daur . 10 Scholar Edmonton Florence Daur . 6 Scholar Edmonton Louise Hart Servant . 16 General Domestic Servant Braughing

13, Hyde Terrace Solomon South Head M 27 Flower Pot Maker (earthman) Ware Eliza Wife M 22 . Whitechapel

26, Angel Terrace Samuel South Head M 25 Potter employing 3 men and 2 boys ??????? Alice Wife M 31 . Holborn Samuel Son . 5 Scholar Edmonton Alice A Daur . 3 . Edmonton Eliza M Daur . 1 . .

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