This article by Joe Studman was first published in the March 2024 issue of The Enfield Dispatch. Many Enfield residents will recall the occasion when Walter Raleigh rescued Queen Elizabeth 1st from getting wet and muddy by sacrificing his plush velvet cloak to cover a puddle. Some claim that this… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 201, Spring 2016. The colour photographs were supplied by the author. Hadley Wood in the Manor of Enfield became part of the royal hunting ground of Enfield Chase in 1421. Following the enclosure of the Chase… Continue reading
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
