Enfield Highway
Coordinates: 51°39′21″N 0°02′51″W / 51.65586°N 0.04763°W
| Enfield Highway | |
 Enfield Highway
Enfield Highway shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ355975 |
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| London borough | Enfield |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ENFIELD |
| Postcode district | EN3 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Enfield North |
| London Assembly | Enfield and Haringey |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Enfield Highway is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road (Enfield Highway) between Hoe Lane and The Ride.[1]
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[edit] Etymology
Enfield Highway is marked thus on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822, it is a settlement mainly from the eighteenth century named from the kings highe way leading to London 1610, the highway being the Roman road Ermine Street (now the A1010 Hertford Road).[2]
[edit] Transport and locale
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Nearest railway stations
[edit] Buses
London Buses routes 121, 191, 279, 307 and night route N279 serve Hertford Road, the main road of Enfield Highway.
[edit] Politics
- The local MP is Conservative politician Nick de Bois. Enfield Highway forms part of the Enfield North constituency.
[edit] Further education
[edit] Places of worship
St James' Church, a brick gothic Commissioners' church was consecrated in 1831[3]
[edit] Open spaces
For King George's Field, see main article List of King George V Playing Fields (Greater London)
Durants Park was created in 1903 from the estate of the former manor house called Durrants.It was named after the family of Adam Durant from 1244.[4] It later became the home of the Wroth and Stringer families. The gatehouse of the manor survived until 1910.[5]
[edit] In popular culture
Some scenes in the BBC TV movie Learners were filmed around Enfield Highway.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Highway.pdf Local Government Boundaries Map
- ^ Mills. A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) page 76 ISBN 0198609574 Retrieved 21 October 2008
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26957 Retrieved 16 April 2011
- ^ Mills A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p69 ISBN 0198605974
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26951 Retrieved 16 April 2011
[edit] External Links
A photograph of the gatehouse at Durants from the Victoria and Albert Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O54060/photograph-national-photographic-record-and-survey/
Coordinates: 51°39′21″N 0°02′51″W / 51.65586°N 0.04763°W
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