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Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. A Grade II listed building, [ 2 ] it is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. [ 3 ]
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The River Moselle, which has its source in Muswell Hill and Highgate, derives its name from this district; it was originally known as the Mosa or Mosella. [3] [4] Until the 1950s, the town's name was often pronounced "Muzzle Hill". [5] In the 18th century Muswell Hill was a scattered village consisting mainly of detached villas with large ...
The branch line from the Great Northern Railway's (GNR's) station at Highgate to Alexandra Palace was built by the Muswell Hill Railway (MHR) and opened on 24 May 1873. [1] Cranley Gardens station opened on 2 August 1902. [2] In 1911, the line was taken over by the GNR.
The Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cclix) changed the status of the park from private ownership to a public trust. The first company was set up in the 1850s to build an educational, recreation and events venue to rival south London's Crystal Palace which took the main structure of the Great Exhibition, 1851 from Hyde Park, London.
The Muswell Hill Railway (MHR) opened the station on 24 May 1873 as Alexandra Park (Muswell Hill). [1] It was the intermediate station on the MHR's branch line from the Great Northern Railway's (GNR's) station at Highgate to Alexandra Palace.
Crouch End lies between Harringay to the east; Muswell Hill to the north-west; Hornsey to the north; Wood Green to the north-east; Finsbury Park, Stroud Green and Archway to the south; and Highgate to the west. It is located 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north of Charing Cross and 5.1 miles (8.2 km) from the City of London.
This is a route-map template for the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, a London-area railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.