Alan Peter Dumayne (21 April 1929 - 30 April 1998) was an historian of north London known for his lectures and books on the history of Southgate, Palmers Green, and Winchmore Hill.
Alan Peter Dumayne (21 April 1929 - 30 April 1998) was an historian of north London known for his lectures and books on the history of Southgate, Palmers Green, and Winchmore Hill.
Alan Dumayne was born in Harringay on 21 April 1929 [1] before moving with his family to Winchmore Hill in 1933. His father was John A. Dumayne, and his mother was Ruby E. Dumayne, née Bartlett. [2] [3] He was educated at Winchmore Junior School and Southgate County School (1940-46). [4] [5] Dumayne completed two years of national service and married Sheila Dawson in 1952. [6] [7] They lived in Winchmore Hill and later Southgate and had two children, Richard Sydney and Jacqueline Anne. [4] Dumayne was a member of Winchmore Hill United Reformed Church. [8]
Dumayne was a director of his father's building firm but his real enthusiasm was for local history which he credited to the discovery that his new home in Southgate, at Chandos Avenue, was on the site of the grounds of the former Beaver Hall, home to three generations of the Schneider family. [9]
He completed books on the history of Southgate, Palmers Green, and Winchmore Hill, as well as taking a significant number of photographs of these areas and lecturing on local history. In 1990 he was diagnosed with leukaemia. He died on 30 April 1998. [10]
Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in Enfield, North London, England. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cypriots outside Cyprus and is often nicknamed "Little Cyprus" or "Palmers Greek".
Southgate is a suburban area of north London, England in the London Borough of Enfield. It is located around 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. The name is derived from being the south gate to Enfield Chase.
The London Borough of Enfield is a London borough in North London. It borders the London Borough of Barnet to the west, the London Borough of Haringey to the south and the London Borough of Waltham Forest to the southeast, as well as the districts of Hertsmere to the northwest, both Welwyn Hatfield and Broxbourne to the north and Epping Forest to the east. The local authority is Enfield London Borough Council. The main towns in the borough are Edmonton, Enfield Town, Southgate and Palmers Green.
Winchmore Hill is an affluent suburb and electoral ward in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district. With the Winchmore Hill conservation area as a focal point, the district is bounded on the east by Green Lanes, Barrowell Green, Firs Lane and Fords Grove, and on the north-west by Grovelands Park; in the south it extends to part of Aldermans Hill, and in the north to Vicars Moor Lane and Houndsden Road. Winchmore Hill is 8.9 miles (14.3 km) north north-east of Charing Cross.
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The Fox is a public house in Palmers Green, north London, on the corner of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. A Fox pub and hotel has stood on the site for over 300 years. In 2004, The Fox featured in the film of J.K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In 2015, The Fox was the first Asset of Community Value to be registered in the London Borough of Enfield.
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Beaver Hall was a country house in Middlesex, England. It was set in grounds of around 40 acres (16 ha) that stood to the east and south of the current Waterfall Road, then known as Waterfall Lane and Church Hill, near the old centre of Southgate. The grounds stretched as far south as the Pymmes Brook where Arnos Park was later built. Beaver Hall was acquired by John Walker of the Taylor-Walker brewing family in 1870. The house was demolished in 1871 and the grounds merged into the adjacent Arnos Grove estate.
Joseph Thornton was a railway contractor in England in the mid-nineteenth century. He was in business building railway lines for the many railway companies in Victorian Britain and was a director of a number of companies connected to his profession. He lived at Beaver Hall in Southgate near London with his large family and servants but left an estate of only £545.
John Samuel Alder FRIBA was a British architect known for his church buildings.