Turkey Brook

Turkey Brook rises near the Fir and Pond Woods nature reserve in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

The confluence of Turkey Brook and the River Lee Navigation below Enfield Lock
The brook at Turkey Street, Enfield

Etymology

The brook is named from the hamlet Turkey Street, which is recorded as Tokestreete (1441), Tuckhey strete (1610), Tuckey street (1615), and Turkey street (1805) (probably street of houses, i.e. hamlet, from Middle English strete, associated with a family called Toke or Tokey).

The modern form of the name Turkey, not in use before the 19th century, is no doubt due to folk etymology.[1]

Watercourse

The brook flows in an easterly direction and is joined by other streams including Cuffley Brook, Cattlegate Brook and the Small River Lea. Along its course it flows through Cuffley, Crews Hill Golf Club, Clay Hill, Whitewebbs Park, Forty Hill and Albany Park before merging with the River Lee Navigation below Enfield Lock.

Ecology

The brook is mostly shallow, fast flowing and clean and can support wildlife. Coarse fish including dace use the brook to spawn.

References
  1. Mills A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p231 ISBN 0-19-860957-4 Retrieved 25 October 2008

"Turkey Brook: a small-scale river study". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2012.


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