I relised that the Totteridge area had a lack of caches, so I decided to place one here.
did you know that the Totteridge is home to the oldest tree in London? The Totteridge yew located in the church graveyard is estimated to be around 2000 years old.
If the tree is 2000 years old it would have sprouted around the same time that Jesus Christ was born.
Totteridge is a historic place, formally a small village part of Hertfordshire, now it's a mix of residential and open fields on the edge of the London brough of Barnet. This place was first recorded as Taderege in the 12th century. Opinions differ on the derivation of the first part of the name: most experts now propose an association with a man called Tōta, but others have suggested that ‘tot’ meant either a height or a place of worship. The ‘ridge’ part is undisputed: Totteridge sits on a crest that rises well above 400 feet.
more information about the history of Totteridge can be found here:
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/libraries-old/local-studies-and-archives/pocket-histories/finchley-friern-barnet-and-totteridge-10
Old image of the Totteridge church.