Lordship Lane - originally Berry Lane - led to Tottenham’s manor-house, the church and a nearby farm.
Lordship Lane began as a track running from a forest clearing at Wood Green to Ermine Street, the main Roman road from London to the north east. It was named after the Lord of the Manor whose manor house (Bruce Castle) was on Lordship Lane.
By the turn of the seventeenth century, the land to the north and south of Lordship Lane had been cleared of woodland and was mostly in cultivation. The lane was mostly then called Berry Lane although its modern name was first recorded in 1526.
Lordship Lane now connects Wood Green with Tottenham High Road and forms part of the A109 road.
