Enfield Wash
Coordinates: 51°40′08″N 0°02′23″W / 51.6688°N 0.0396°W
| Enfield Wash | |
 Enfield Wash
Enfield Wash shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ355985 |
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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 Wash is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is approximately located in the area either side of Hertford Road between Turkey Street and Albany Road.[1]
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[edit] Etymology
Enfield Wash was first recorded in 1675 and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822, from Old English (ga)wæsc 'a place that floods': there was probably a ford here where Ermine Street crosses Turkey Brook.[2]
[edit] Transport and locale
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Nearest railway stations
[edit] Parks and open spaces
Albany Park, Enfield, the park was created circa 1902, probably so named to commemorate Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the youngest son of Queen Victoria, who died in 1884.[2]
The London Outer Orbital Path (Section 17) follows the course of Turkey Brook which flows west-east through the park.[3]
[edit] Schools
Albany School, which is in Bell Lane, adjacent to Albany Park, was opened as a coeducational secondary modern school in 1939, and was converted to a comprehensive school in 1974.[4] It closed in 2009 and there is a new academy, Oasis Academy Hadley, that was opened by the Oasis Trust on the site. However, it is also planned that the academy should move to Ponders End in 2012.[5]
[edit] Politics
Enfield Wash is part of the Enfield North parliamentary constituency. The current MP is the Conservative politician Nick de Bois.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Turkey%20Street.pdf Local Government Boundaries Map
- ^ a b Mills. A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) pp3,77 ISBN 0198609574
- ^ The London loop long distance footpath 22 October 2008
- ^ T F T Baker, R B Pugh (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, G C Tyack (1976). "'Enfield: Education', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 253-257.". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26961. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ Oasis Academy in NE Enfield Retrieved 5 February 2009[dead link]
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