This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by the Enfield Society in newsletter 222, Summer 2021. Following the extension of the Piccadilly Underground Line to Cockfosters in 1933, with intermediate stations at Arnos Grove, Southgate and Enfield West, which was renamed Oakwood in 1946, (see Newsletter 209 Spring 2018)… Continue reading
This article by Phil Whittemore was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 219, Autumn 2020. Richard Gough, the antiquary was the most eminent person to live at Gough Park, a house his father Harry had bought in 1719. It was a typical red brick Queen Anne house, comprising… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in two parts; before 1914 in newsletter 220, Winter 2020 and after 1914, in newsletter 221, Spring 2021. Introduction The name of the manor of Edmonton appears as Delmetone or Adelmetone (Eadhelm’s Farm) in the Domesday Book of… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 219, Autumn 2020. The name Southgate is first found in 1370 and refers to the south gate of Enfield Chase. This was a hunting ground from 1138, owned in turn by the de Mandeville and de… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was published by the Enfield Society in newsletters 218 (Summer 2020) and 219 (Autumn 2020). The Fox was originally a cottage at the end of Fox Lane in the former hamlet of Palmers Green. It was named after the Fox family who were farmers living… Continue reading
