Coordinates: 51°40′07″N 0°01′34″W / 51.6686°N 0.026°W
| Enfield Lock | |
  Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| London borough | Enfield |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ENFIELD |
| Postcode district | EN3 |
| Dialling code | 01992 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Enfield North |
| London Assembly | Enfield and Haringey |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Enfield Lock is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is located in the area east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmsdale Tunnel overpass, to River Lea Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village.[1]
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Etymology
Enfield Lock is recorded thus in 1710, earlier as Norhtlok 1355, The Locke 1657, 'the (northern) lock or river barrier (near Enfield)', from Middle English lok.[2]
History
It was first developed from about 1812 when a UK government-owned rifle factory, which was to be later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, was built. The factory was built round about the end of the Napoleonic War on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marsh land at Enfield Lock on the banks of both the River Lea and the River Lea Navigation. The site was where the old River Lea joined the new River Lea.
Enfield Lock (lock) had been built in 1811 to conserve water on the river, and a lock keeper's house was built.
There was no other housing at that time at Enfield Lock, so workers had to live nearby at Enfield Wash.
The RSAF was closed shortly after privatisation, in about 1987 and the majority of the former site has now been redeveloped into a large housing development: Enfield Island Village. The original machine shop frontage and the older part of the rear structure has been retained and was converted into workshops and retail units by the Enfield Enterprise Agency, making use of European Union (ERDF) funding.
Transport and locale
Nearest places
Nearest railway stations
Politics
- The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).
Schools
- Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Keys Meadow Primary, Prince of Wales Primary School
- Academy: Oasis academy: Enfield, recently built at a cost of £21 million.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Lock.pdf Local Government Boundaries map
- ^ Mills. A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p76 ISBN 0198609574 Retrieved 21 October 2008
- ^ "Costs delay academy completion". BBC News. 2006-08-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5278906.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
External links
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