Freezywater

Freezywater is a locality in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located between Bullsmoor to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and Waltham Cross to the north.[1]

Freezywater

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Freezywater
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ361993
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townENFIELD
Postcode districtEN3
Dialling code020, 01992
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly

Freezywater occupies an area to either side of the Hertford Road from its junction with Ordnance Road in the south to Bullsmoor Lane and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass in the north, and includes an area westwards towards the Liverpool Street-Cheshunt railway line.

Etymology

First recorded as Freezywater (1768) and Freezy Water (1819); originally a name of a pond here, so called from its bleak and exposed situation.[2]

Local history

Originally a farm stood in this area in the 18th century, called Freezy Water Farm, and the area was later named accordingly.[3]

During World War II, Chesterfield School was hit by a V1 flying bomb aimed for the Royal Small Arms Factory, approximately 1.5 miles due east of the school. There was only one fatality within the school grounds, a teacher looking for her school children.[4]

The church of St George, a large red-brick gothic building designed by JEK and JP Cutts, was built between 1900 and 1906. A planned tower was never constructed. It replaced a temporary iron church on a site next to it which remained in use as a church hall for many years.[5]

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References
  1. http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Turkey%20Street.pdf%5B%5D Local Government Boundaries Map
  2. Mills, A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p.85 ISBN 0-19-860957-4 Retrieved 22 October2008
  3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26949 british-history.ac.uk
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a7597740.shtml bbc.co.uk
  5. T F T Baker, R B Pugh (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, G C Tyack (1976). "Enfield: Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 27 June 2011.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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