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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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Farr Road, EN2

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Place Name Richard Charles Farr was a local builder whose Chase Side business was featured in local directories in 1867. However…

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Enfield Road, EN2

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Place Name Directional, the main road to Enfield. The area probably gets its name from an Anglo-Saxon landowner or farmer…

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Drapers Road, EN2

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Place Name Named after the prominent and wealthy Drapers, a family of Quakers, who owned and farmed land on the…

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Culloden Road, EN2

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Place Name Named in 1879 by Mr Culloden Rowan, one of the developers of Bycullah Park. He was also responsible for…

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Conical Corner, EN2

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Place Name Descriptive. The name derives from the distinctive shape of this corner of Chase Green and was first mentioned…

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