Enfield Lock
Coordinates: 51°40′07″N 0°01′34″W / 51.6686°N 0.026°W
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 Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ365985 |
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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 | 01992 / 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 Lock is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is approximately located east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass, to the River Lee Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village.[1] The locality gains its name from the lock on the River Lee Navigation. Today's Enfield Lock was re-built in 1922.[2] The area forms part of the Lee Valley Park.
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[edit] Etymology
Enfield Lock is recorded thus in 1710, earlier as Norhtlok 1355, The Locke 1657, 'the (northern) lock or river barrier (near Enfield)', from Middle English lok.[3]
[edit] History
The area was first developed from about 1812 when a UK government-owned rifle factory, which was to be later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, was built. The factory was built towards the end of the Napoleonic War on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marsh land at Enfield Lock on the banks of both the River Lea and the River Lee Navigation. The site was close the old River Lea where it joined the River Lee Navigation. The RSAF was closed shortly after privatisation, in about 1987 and the majority of the former site has now been redeveloped into a large housing development: Enfield Island Village. The original machine shop frontage and the older part of the rear structure has been retained and was converted into workshops and retail units by the Enfield Enterprise Agency, making use of European Union (ERDF) funding.
[edit] Today
After rioting had spread from neighbouring Tottenham on 8 August 2011, the Sony DADC/PIAS distribution centre on the Innova Business Park was looted and destroyed by fire. [4] Home Secretary, Theresa May was shown the destroyed distribution centre by chief police officers and firefighters on 12 August 2011. [5]
[edit] Transport and locale
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Nearest railway stations
[edit] Politics
- The local MP is Conservative politician Nick de Bois (his full constituency is Enfield North).
In the United Kingdom general election held on May 6, 2010 de Bois ousted the previous MP, Labour politician Joan Ryan who had been caught up in the parliamentary expenses scandal.
[edit] Schools
- Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Keys Meadow Primary, Prince of Wales Primary School
- Oasis Academy Enfield, recently built at a cost of £21 million.[6]
[edit] Recreation
Section 18 of the London LOOP, a long distance footpath can be accessed at Enfield Lock railway station. The path connects with the Lea Valley Walk above Enfield Lock at Ordnance Road.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Lock.pdf Local Government Boundaries map
- ^ Enfield Lock - a history Retrieved 26 August 2010
- ^ Mills. A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p76 ISBN 0-19-860957-4 Retrieved 21 October 2008
- ^ News report
- ^ News report Retrieved 14 August 2011
- ^ "Costs delay academy completion". BBC News. 2006-08-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5278906.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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