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Luke Howard lived at several addresses in Tottenham where he moved to in 1813. He first lived in a house on Tottenham Green and then later at different addresses on Bruce Grove.
Luke Howard’s house on Tottenham Green had only just been built as one of two houses which replaced Reynardson’s House, the mansion of Sir Abraham Reynardson, an alderman and Lord Mayor of London born in 1590. His house and estate had been sold by his heirs to William Forster in 1751 and became a boarding school until the house was demolished in 1809. These later houses were then demolished nearly 100 years later and replaced with a row of shops. |
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Philip Lane, Tottenham Green: finding his first home in Tottenham
8.2.1812 Went to Will Forster’s, Tottenham to breakfast, treated with freehold about his house
11.2.1812 Walked to Stamford Hill to meet W Forster about house, returned with him and sister to town
18.2.1812 To Stamford Hill to meet Sewell and Burnell at 12. Surveyed the premises with them
25.9.1812 Went with M H (Mariabella Howard) to Tottenham about a house of Will Forsters
28.9.1812 Went to Tottenham with M H to view a house on the Green
30.9.1812 Met Coar at the house on the green engaged yesterday of W Forster. Also the carpenter and bricklayer
3.10.1812 Went to Tottenham with W H to inspect fitting up of new house
7.10.1812 Went to Breammers Tottenham Court Road about chimney pieces (made of marble)
8.10.1812 To Tottenham. Ordered laundry fastening of J Pearsons
15.10.1812 Met Hopwood and W Cumber and gave sundry directions about the house
2.11.1812 Saw W Forster about Insurance and earth for garden
8.11.1812 Plan greenhouse at Tottenham to be treated by dung
3.12.1812 To Tottenham; returned to dinner. Packed and got ready sundry things to go to new house at Tottenham
7.12.1812 To London with M W about paper hangings
21.12.1812 To Tottenham to meet B Reid about papering the house
28.12.1812 Chiefly occupied in packing up chemicals for removal to Tottenham
4.2.1813 Removed with family most part of our goods to Tottenham
4.3.1813 Evening visited by Will Forster, wife and family
22.3.1813 Occupied at home on Balance Sheet and planting garden
30.4.1813 At home (indisposed) occupied in arranging chemical closet
Diary entries: Lost Houses of Haringey, Hornsey Historical Society, 1986
The lease for the house, signed on 6 November 1812, was for 21 years from Christmas 1812 to Christmas 1833. The lease listed the ‘dwelling house with coach-house, stable and outbuildings with garden and adjoining parcel of land’. The lease was transferred to “Alfred Janson of Tottenham, gent.” on 22 March 1828 when Luke Howard and his family moved to Yorkshire.
It was in this garden that Luke Howard continued his observations on the weather which became part of The Climate of London. His observations on Tottenham Green enabled him to record that the median temperature there in 1816 was 38 °F.
8.2.1812 Went to Will Forster’s, Tottenham to breakfast, treated with freehold about his house
11.2.1812 Walked to Stamford Hill to meet W Forster about house, returned with him and sister to town
18.2.1812 To Stamford Hill to meet Sewell and Burnell at 12. Surveyed the premises with them
25.9.1812 Went with M H (Mariabella Howard) to Tottenham about a house of Will Forsters
28.9.1812 Went to Tottenham with M H to view a house on the Green
30.9.1812 Met Coar at the house on the green engaged yesterday of W Forster. Also the carpenter and bricklayer
3.10.1812 Went to Tottenham with W H to inspect fitting up of new house
7.10.1812 Went to Breammers Tottenham Court Road about chimney pieces (made of marble)
8.10.1812 To Tottenham. Ordered laundry fastening of J Pearsons
15.10.1812 Met Hopwood and W Cumber and gave sundry directions about the house
2.11.1812 Saw W Forster about Insurance and earth for garden
8.11.1812 Plan greenhouse at Tottenham to be treated by dung
3.12.1812 To Tottenham; returned to dinner. Packed and got ready sundry things to go to new house at Tottenham
7.12.1812 To London with M W about paper hangings
21.12.1812 To Tottenham to meet B Reid about papering the house
28.12.1812 Chiefly occupied in packing up chemicals for removal to Tottenham
4.2.1813 Removed with family most part of our goods to Tottenham
4.3.1813 Evening visited by Will Forster, wife and family
22.3.1813 Occupied at home on Balance Sheet and planting garden
30.4.1813 At home (indisposed) occupied in arranging chemical closet
Diary entries: Lost Houses of Haringey, Hornsey Historical Society, 1986
The lease for the house, signed on 6 November 1812, was for 21 years from Christmas 1812 to Christmas 1833. The lease listed the ‘dwelling house with coach-house, stable and outbuildings with garden and adjoining parcel of land’. The lease was transferred to “Alfred Janson of Tottenham, gent.” on 22 March 1828 when Luke Howard and his family moved to Yorkshire.
It was in this garden that Luke Howard continued his observations on the weather which became part of The Climate of London. His observations on Tottenham Green enabled him to record that the median temperature there in 1816 was 38 °F.
