Freezywater

Freezywater
Freezywater  Freezywater shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ361993
London borough	Enfield
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ENFIELD
Postcode district	EN3
Dialling code	020, 01992
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Enfield North
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
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Coordinates: 51°40′33″N 0°01′50″W / 51.6759°N 0.0306°W / 51.6759; -0.0306

Freezywater is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is located between Bullsmoor to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and Waltham Cross to the north. It is contiguous with Waltham Cross, even though the two are divided by the M25 motorway and the boundary between Greater London and Hertfordshire.^[1]

Freezywater occupies an area to either side of the Hertford Road from its junction with Ordnance Road in the south to Bullsmoor Lane and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass in the north, and includes an area westwards towards the Liverpool Street-Cheshunt railway line.

Etymology

First recorded as Freezywater (1768) and Freezy Water (1819); originally a name of a pond here, so called from its bleak and exposed situation.^[2]

Local history

Originally a farm stood in this area in the 18th century, called Freezy Water Farm and the area was later named accordingly.^[3] During World War II Chesterfield School was hit by a V1 flying bomb aimed for the Royal Small Arms Factory, approximately 1.5 miles due east of the school. There was only one fatality within the school grounds, a teacher looking for her school children.^[4]

The church of St 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.^[5]

Nearest railway stations

• Enfield Lock railway station
• Waltham Cross railway station
• Turkey Street railway station

Politics

• Freezywater falls within the Enfield North parliamentary constituency. The present MP is Joan Ryan, Labour Party.

Schools

• Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Freezywater St George's Primary School (Church of England), Honilands School
• Secondary school: Lea Valley High School (formerly Bullsmoor Secondary school)

Open spaces

• Cunningham Park 51°40′42″N 0°01′52″W / 51.6783°N 0.031°W / 51.6783; -0.031

References

• "The day my school was bombed". 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-29. 
• Baker, T.F.T. (1976). "A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume V". Boydell & Brewer Ltd. Retrieved 2006-12-29. 

London Borough of Enfield
Districts	Arnos Grove Botany Bay Bowes Park Brimsdown Bulls Cross Bullsmoor Bush Hill Park Chase Side Clay Hill Cockfosters Crews Hill Edmonton Enfield Chase Enfield Highway Enfield Island Village Enfield Lock Enfield Town Enfield Wash Forty Hill Freezywater Gordon Hill Grange Park Hadley Wood New Southgate Oakwood Palmers Green Picketts Lock Ponders End Southgate Upper Edmonton Winchmore Hill World's End
Attractions	Forty Hall and Gardens Millfield Theatre and Arts Centre Capel Manor Myddelton House Gardens Chickenshed Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Whitewebbs Museum of Transport Royal Small Arms Factory Interpretation Centre
Parks and open spaces	Arnos Park Broomfield Park Durants Park Grovelands Park Oakwood Park Pymmes Park Trent Country Park Whitewebbs Park
Constituencies	Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate
Tube and rail stations	Angel Road Arnos Grove Brimsdown Bush Hill Park Cockfosters Crews Hill Edmonton Green Enfield Chase Enfield Lock Enfield Town Gordon Hill Grange Park Hadley Wood Oakwood Palmers Green Ponders End Silver Street Southbury Southgate Turkey Street Winchmore Hill
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