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 Edmonton, North Middlesex Hospital 2005 (ref. E263701k) | Chestnut and Waltham Abbey. A new Edmonton Union workhouse was erected in Silver Street, and opened in 1842 for able bodied paupers. The site is now occupied by North Middlesex Hospital. Photograph E263701k (above) shows some of the original buildings. From the time of the Domesday Book, Southgate had been part of Edmonton; in 1881 it finally became an entity in its own right. In 1885 Highlands Hospital was begun; it was eventually completed in 1890, and served as an isolation unit. A Poor Law Orphanage was opened at Chase Farm (now Chase Farm Hospital), the year 1886. In 1889, Middlesex County Council came into being. Previously all decisions county-wide had been made by judges at quarter sessions. Six years later, a more distinguishable form of local government started. All three parishes lost their Local Boards of Health. Instead, each parish became an Urban District Council. This had been made possible by the implementation of the 1894 Local Government Act. Also established at the same time under the terms of the 1870 Education Act was the Enfield School Board , which oversaw the running of all the schools in the area. As the Victorian area came to a close in 1901, each area was in a state of transition from being a rural community to being an urban one. Further change was bound to come during the 20th century. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Palmers Green, Broomfield Park c1960 (ref. P295019) | AT the start of the Victorian era, all the roads around Enfield had been turnpiked. These were under the care of the Commissioners for Turnpike Roads, who charged a uniform toll of 3d. This system lasted for another 30 years. In 1864 an Act was passed whereby from 1 July 1872 the turnpikes disappeared and the turnpike roads came under the care of the local boards of health. This applied to all parts of Enfield, whose Local Board of Health employed a local surveyor to ensure that the condition for funds was satisfied. The reason for this was that the money would come from the metropolitan counties. Just before the enforcement of this Act, a connection was finally made to Chingford. Up to 1869 there had been no road link for seven miles west to east from Waltham Abbey to Water Lane. This put a burden on the merchants, as a hefty toll was levied. Some public-spirited people raised firstly £500, then £700, to build an extension to the road which had ended at the River Lea; the new extension took it into Chingford. This road is still in use today - it is now known as the Lea Valley Road. It would be another twelve years before the road system saw any further changes. Up to 1881, public road transport was provided by local coaching firms and the national stagecoach network. A company known as the North London Suburban Tram Company eventually, after some difficulty, ran a service operated by horse-drawn trams; but after some poor results, which it blamed on the weather, the company went into receivership. (They had wanted to use steam trams, but were not allowed to do so, because the steam trams caused a spate of broken rails.) They were eventually taken over by the North Metropolitan Tramways Company in 1901. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Southgate, Grovelands Hospital c1955 (ref. S641046) | This grandeur is not what one usually associates with hospital treatment. Although there had been some kinds of industry in Enfield in medieval times, for instance the flour mill, Enfield's first real factory did not start its working life until 1816. This was the Royal Small Arms Factory. Its birth was due to the unsatisfactory situation of the previous 100 years, when the governments of the day were mostly supplied with arms from Birmingham, Liege and Hamburg, but these were not of a good enough standard. An ordnance factory was set up in Lewisham, but this too was unsatisfactory. By 1811 the manufacture of ordnance had moved to the powder mill at Waltham Abbey. Here, water from the River Lea was used to power the mill. Major Mulcaster, who had completed a survey of the building, said that the water of the Lea was sufficient for the powder mill, but a factory to make other ordnance should, he suggested, be at a site just south of this. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Southgate, Technical College c1965 (ref. S641062) | WHAT of Enfield's future? We have already seen that in the first years of the 21st century, redevelopment is probably going to be the by-word. The former offices of Eastern Gas have already undergone a dramatic change: Tower Point is now 11 floors of one- to four- bedroom flats in the main area and a fitness centre at the south end. Plans have already been submitted for the redevelopment of the north end. As yet planning approval has not been granted, as certain organisations have lodged objections. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Enfield, the Rose and Crown, Clay Hill c1955 (ref. E179016) | The manor house (known by locals as 'The Palace') was an E-shaped building facing north. The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished. The house belonged to the Crown, but was always leased to tenants. Through much of the Tudor period the Taylor family lived there, but in 1582 John Taylor found himself in debt, and he had to sell the lease to Henry Middlemore. The price was £1,318. Today, where the manor once stood is the site of Pearsons Ltd, the department store. Nothing remains of the original building. By 1572 there were several settlements established around a part of Enfield known as Forty Green (now Forty Hill). There were cottages in Bulls Cross Lane (now Bulls Cross), and there were two small settlements in Whitewebbs Lane-Romey Street (at the Bulls Cross End) and Whitewebbs proper (near the King and Tinker). In Clay Hill lay the settlement of Bridge Street (near where the Rose and Crown now stands). (Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Enfield, Hillyfields c1955 (ref. E179015) | The manor house (known by locals as 'The Palace') was an E-shaped building facing north. The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished. The house belonged to the Crown, but was always leased to tenants. Through much of the Tudor period the Taylor family lived there, but in 1582 John Taylor found himself in debt, and he had to sell the lease to Henry Middlemore. The price was £1,318. Today, where the manor once stood is the site of Pearsons Ltd, the department store. Nothing remains of the original building. By 1572 there were several settlements established around a part of Enfield known as Forty Green (now Forty Hill). There were cottages in Bulls Cross Lane (now Bulls Cross), and there were two small settlements in Whitewebbs Lane-Romey Street (at the Bulls Cross End) and Whitewebbs proper (near the King and Tinker). In Clay Hill lay the settlement of Bridge Street (near where the Rose and Crown now stands). (Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Enfield, White Webbs Park, the Pond c1955 (ref. E179020) | The focal point of Forty Hill in the 16th century was the great house of Elsynge, which lay between the site of Forty Hall and the Turkey Brook. The house belonged to Sir Thomas Lovell, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry VII. It became a royal palace in 1539 when Henry VIII persuaded its then owner, the Earl of Rutland, to swap the house for other properties. It was here in 1547 that Edward VI was told of the death of his father (Henry VIII) and of his own accession to the throne. Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558. Her stays in Enfield were in 1564, 1568, 1572 and 1587. The first three occasions were at Elsynge Palace, and the fourth, in 1587, was at the manor house. It is here that the story of Sir Walter Raleigh and the laying of the cape for the queen to walk on is supposed to have taken place, but the story is highly questionable. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Enfield, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George Roman Catholic Church 2005 (ref. E179704k) | The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George in London Road, originally built in 1901, suffered major damage in the war - it was virtually demolished by a landmine. The site was cleared, and eventually a new church was built in 1956 in a style that would not look out of place in a new town. St Paul's, New Southgate was repaired, and Ponders End Congregational Church was rebuilt on a new site. Another new church built in 1956-57 was Suffolks Baptist Church. (Stephen G Hoye) The new Roman Catholic church is a very interesting building. ITV broadcast one of their morning services from here. There is a family centre at the church where various activities take place, and wedding receptions are held here too. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
