Crouch End

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Template:Infobox London place Crouch End is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Haringey. The area is in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.


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Geography

Crouch End is in a valley between Crouch Hill and Highgate to the south and west, Hornsey to the east, and Muswell Hill and Alexandra Park to the north.

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Living in Crouch End

It is seen by many as a desirable area to live in and has a pleasant town centre with many shops and restaurants. It is on many bus routes, and though it has no Tube station of its own it is not too far from Highgate Tube, and from Hornsey and Crouch Hill railway stations. However, it has also gained a reputation for perceived pretentiousness and high self regard among its mainly middle class inhabitants. The town featured in the 2004 book "Crap Towns," (edited by Sam Jordison) for these reasons. There is a high concentration of actors, media industry workers and artists in the town, commonly referred to as 'nouvous crouche,' which does nothing to subtract from the stereotype of Crouch End as a "champagne socialist" haunt. Famous residents have included Neil Morrisey, Sean Hughes and members of the band Travis.[1]

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An urban legend

In the 1990s Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics had a recording studio on Crouch Hill. According to legend, he invited Bob Dylan to drop in any time he felt like it. Bob took him up on his offer, but the taxi driver dropped him off on the adjacent Crouch End Hill. Bob knocked on the door of the supposed home of Dave Stewart and asked for Dave. By accident, the plumber who lived there was also called Dave. He was told that Dave was out, and would he like to wait and have some tea? Twenty minutes later the plumber returned and asked his wife whether there were any messages. "No", she said, " but Bob Dylan's in the living room having a cup of coffee"[2].

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Notable Buildings

Image:Crouch end clock tower.jpg A red-brick clock-tower dominates the north end of Crouch End Broadway. Its stone placard reads:

</table></blockquote> Henry Williams was a local wine-merchant who led the campaign to preserve Highgate Woods against threatened development. Image:Crouch end town hall.jpg Among its more prominent buildings is Hornsey Town Hall, formerly the headquarters of the Hornsey district council, which governed the area until the creation of the larger Haringey Council.
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References

  1. Celebrities who have lived in Crouch End
  2. Bob Dylan rumour

ERECTION BY SUSBSCRIPTION

IN APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION

OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES RENDERED BY

HENRY READER WILLIAMS ESQ SP

TO THE DISTRICT OF HORNSEY

DURING A PERIOD OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS

JUNE 1895
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