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This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 199, Autumn 2015. Old Park, with its Iron Age hill fort, is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the early 17th century a ranger’s lodge was erected on the 230 acre estate. In… Continue reading

This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 226, Summer 2022. Located at 68 Silver Street, the Grade II listed timber framed 17th century White Lodge has 18th century weatherboarding. The main block on the left is two storeys high with three dormer windows… Continue reading

This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 190, Summer 2013, on the occasion of the 400th Anniversary of the opening of the New River. It coincided with an exhibition at the Dugdale Museum entitiled “Water, water everywhere: 400 years of the New River”…. Continue reading

This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 232, Winter 2023. A house on the north side of Whitewebbs Lane, variously known in the 16th century as White Webbes, Whitewebes and Whitewebs, which meant weaver of white cloth, together with a conduit house, was… Continue reading