This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by the Enfield Society in newsletter 184, Winter 2011. Following improvements to rail services and the extension of the Piccadilly underground line north from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters between 1930 and 1933, many comfortable terraced, semi-detached and detached houses were built for… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 185, Spring 2012. Capel Manor has been a horticultural college since 1968 and now has 30 acres of themed gardens, a National Gardening Centre, an Animal Corner, Victorian stables, a shop and a restaurant. The gardens… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in newsletter 186, Summer 2012. The first reference to a manor house at Enfield dates from 1347, and by 1437 there was a substantial building on a seven acre site where Palace Gardens shopping precinct now stands. In… Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in Newsletter 187, Autumn 2012 and refers to items which are on display in the small museum created when the factory was converted into housing in the 1990s. The museum is contained in the former main machine shop…. Continue reading
This article by Stephen Gilburt was first published by The Enfield Society in Newsletter 188, Winter 2012. Illustration 1. Following the enclosure of the royal hunting ground of Enfield Chase in 1777, Sir Richard Jebb, a royal doctor, acquired the lease of Trent Park from the Duchy of Lancaster and… Continue reading
