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Freezywater
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ361993
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ENFIELD
Postcode district EN3
Dialling code 020, 01992
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51°40′33″N0°01′50″W / 51.6759°N 0.0306°W / 51.6759; -0.0306

Freezywater is a neighbourhood of the traditional broad definition of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It has a border with Hertfordshire. It is between Bullsmoor to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire to the north. [1] It became more than a hamlet at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Freezywater occupies a zone straddling Hertford Road from its junction with Ordnance Road in the south to Bullsmoor Lane and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass in the north. It is generally deemed to commence westwards from the Liverpool Street to Cheshunt railway.

Etymology

First recorded as Freezywater (1768) and Freezy Water (1819); the local farm choosing to name itself after its fishpond or duck pond which was liable to freeze. [2]

Local history

Map of Middlesex Sheet 002, Ordnance Survey, 1868-1883.jpg
Map of Middlesex Sheet 002, Ordnance Survey, 1868-1883.jpg
Freezywater in about 1880. [4] Click for broader map and/or for varied magnification.

For centuries this area was farmed principally by three farms and smallholdings, the greatest being Freezywater Farm which was long one of the manor's tenant farms, the others being Totteridge House and Freezywater House. In the 18th century this was called Freezy Water Farm, and later developments largely informally took on the name until the completion of its church in 1906. [5]

During World War II, Chesterfield School was hit by a V1 flying bomb aimed for the Royal Small Arms Factory, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) due east of the school. There was one fatality in the grounds, a teacher looking for her school children. [6]

The church of Saint 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. [7]

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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 October 2008
  3. Ordnance Survey, Map of Middlesex Sheet 2, 1868-1883
  4. Ordnance Survey, Map of Middlesex Sheet 2, 1868-1883
  5. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26949 british-history.ac.uk
  6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a7597740.shtml bbc.co.uk
  7. 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. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 27 June 2011.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)