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Cuffley
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Cuffley
Location within Hertfordshire
Population4,295  [1]
OS grid reference TL305035
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town POTTERS BAR
Postcode district EN6
Dialling code 01707
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament
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Hertfordshire
51°42′39″N0°06′48″W / 51.7109°N 0.1134°W / 51.7109; -0.1134

Cuffley is a village in the civil parish of Northaw and Cuffley, in the Welwyn Hatfield district of south-east Hertfordshire located between Cheshunt and Potters Bar. It has a population of just over 4,000 people. [1] It is part of Hertsmere parliamentary constituency since the boundary review in 2023. [2] It used to be a part of Broxbourne parliamentary constituency.

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History

The railway had an important impact on the development of the village. Cuffley was reached by the Great Northern Railway in 1910, as part of the plan to create the Hertford Loop Line, as a strategic alternative to the main line out of King's Cross to the north, by extending the line from Enfield Chase. [3]

The early history of Cuffley is recounted by one of its residents, Molly Hughes, in her autobiographical book A London Family Between the Wars.

On 3 September 1916 the German airship SL 11 was shot down and crashed in Cuffley during an aerial bombardment intended for London. [4] This incident is commemorated by a memorial on East Ridgeway to Lieutenant W. Leefe Robinson, the pilot who shot the airship down; he was awarded the Victoria Cross. [5] There is also a model of the airship in the village hall. Contrary to many reports of the incident, the SL 11 airship was not a Zeppelin but an army Schütte-Lanz airship. [4] Regardless, the local football team is still nicknamed 'The Zeps' after this event.

In 1939, the Scout Association purchased part of the Tolmers Park Estate that lies within the Parish of Cuffley. Tolmers Scout Camp was opened on Whit Saturday 1940 by Lord Wigram. [6] Today, Tolmers hosts thousands of young people annually from all over the UK and across Europe; not only Scouts and Guides but schools and youth groups as well.

Transport

Cuffley is near the M25 motorway and is part of the London commuter belt. Cuffley railway station provides a commuter service to Moorgate, Finsbury Park and King's Cross, services operated by Great Northern.

Facilities

Cuffley Primary School has occupied its present building since 1938 when it replaced the original Victorian school room.[ citation needed ]

Preschool education for children aged 2 to 5 years old is available at the youth centre (Cuffley Community Centre Pre-School).

St Andrew's Anglican Church, built in 1965 on the site of the old school, replaced the 'tin church' built in 1911 next to the old village green. The village also has a Baptist church, which in May 2011 changed its name to the Life Church and is associated with the Life Church at Potters Bar.[ citation needed ] There is also St Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church.

Notable people

Its most notable recent resident is Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, although this did not prevent locals from objecting vehemently to plans to build a "Express" store in the village replacing one of only two remaining village pubs. [7] Other famous residents include Premier League footballers Ledley King, Jermain Defoe, Niko Kranjcar, David Bentley, Kyle Walker and Armand Traoré; and also former Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan [ citation needed ] and Myleene Klass. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 United Kingdom Census 2001 Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change?" commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ↑ A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain (Vol. 5 The Eastern Counties), D I Gordon, David & Charles Ltd. 1977. ISBN   0-7153-4321-1 (Pages 123-4)
  4. 1 2 First German Airship Shot Down BBC - WW1 At Home, Nov 2014. Retrieved: 24/04/18
  5. ↑ Rimell, Ray (1989). The Airship VC: the life of Captain William Leefe Robinson. Bourne End: Aston. ISBN   0946627533.
  6. ↑ The Scout Magazine: June 1940 issue p.162
  7. ↑ Daily Telegraph on-line 23 July 2007
  8. ↑ Chris Lennon (29 June 2012). "Spurs star on the move?". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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