Editing Wood Green (section)

==Toponymy==
The name Wood Green derives from ‘Woodlegh’ or 'Woodlea', a Saxon word meaning open ground near a wood, which in this case relates to an opening in Tottenham Wood, an extensive area of woodland which formerly covered most of this area and westward to Muswell Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp333-339|title=Tottenham: Economic history – British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820140939/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp333-339|archive-date=20 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The earliest surviving written record of ‘Woodlegh’  is a reference in documentation dating from 1256, which relates to a grant for Ducketts Manor, (a sub-manor of Tottenham) which used to be located just to the east of the present-day Wood Green High Road, roughly opposite the junction of Alexandra Road and the High Road.<ref name="Pinching1">{{cite book|title=Wood Green Past|last=Pinching|first=Albert|publisher=Historical Publications|year=2000}}</ref>