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Audley Road, EN2

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Place Name Thomas Audley (about 1488 – April 30, 1544) was an ambitious Tudor lawyer who served with Cardinal Wolsey as…

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Whitefriars Street, EC4Y

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Place Name Named after The Friars of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, they were known as White Friars from their white…

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Worlds End Lane, EN2

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Place Name A joke name, an ironic allusion to its remote location. Before 1934 this road was in Southgate, having previously…

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Uvedale Road, EN2

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Place Name Dr Robert Uvedale (1642 – August 17, 1722) was headmaster of both Enfield Grammar School and the Palace…

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The Town, EN2

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Place Name The 1572 Survey of Enfield had this marked as Enfield Grene but over time, as development continued apace, the…

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Market Place, EN2

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Place Name Descriptive, it was named after the market that was held here from 1632. Nearly half a century before…

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Lavender Hill, EN2

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Featured in the 1850 General Board of Health report on sanitary conditions in Enfield, which noted…

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Halifax Road, EN2

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Place Name A misspelling of Hallifax. It is named after Sir Thomas Hallifax who lived in Chase Side and was…

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Holtwhite Avenue, EN2

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Place Name Takes its name from Thomas Holt White (died 1841), a naturalist and literary critic who moved to Chase…

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Gordon Hill, EN2

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Place Name Named after William Cosmo (April 27, 1720 – August 5, 1752), duke of Gordon, who owned Gordon House…

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