This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 180, Autumn 2010. There has been a mill at Ponders End for 900 years and the present mill, owned by members of the Wright family since 1867, is Enfield’s oldest working industrial building. The old mill,… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 181, Spring 2011. Millfield House is a late 18th century Grade II* listed two-storey house with cellars. Early residents included the Imperial ambassador, Daniel Barbot Beale, a local landowner, and Robert Mushet, a Royal Mint metallurgist…. Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 182, Summer 2011. “I shall do very well. . .Enfield is beautiful” (Charles Lamb, 1828) Charles Lamb (1775-1834), who grew up close to Fleet Street, is famous for his “Essays of Elia” and “Tales from Shakespeare”,… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 217, Spring 2020. Until the late 18th century the area around what is now Grovelands House and Park was known as Lord’s Grove. Among the many owners of the estate were Sir William Cecil in the… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 183, Autumn 2011. The Elizabethan Bowling Green House was purchased in 1724 by Michael Garnault. The house eventually passed to Anne Garnault (1771-1812) who in 1799 married the print seller and publisher, Henry Carrington Bowles (1763-1830)…. Continue reading
