Freezywater

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Freezywater
london_borough= Enfield
constituency_westminster= Enfield North
post_town= ENFIELD
postcode_district = EN3
postcode_area= EN
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ361993
latitude= 51.6759
longitude= -0.0306

Freezywater is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in the north of London. It is roughly located in the area west of Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass, and westwards towards the A10, the Great Cambridge Road. It is contiguous with Waltham Cross, even though the two are divided by the M25 motorway and the boundary between Greater London and Hertfordshire. [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Turkey%20Street.pdf Local Government Boundaries Map]

Local History

Originally a farm stood in this area in the 1700s, called Freezy Water Farm and the area was later named accordingly. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26949] 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. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a7597740.shtml]

Nearest places

* Enfield Lock
* Enfield Wash
* Waltham Cross

Nearest railway stations

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

Politics

* The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).

chools

* 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

References

*cite web
title = The day my school was bombed
date = 2005
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a7597740.shtml
accessdate = 2006-12-29
*cite web
last = Baker
first = T.F.T.
title = A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume V
publisher = Boydell & Brewer Ltd
date = 1976
url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26949
accessdate = 2006-12-29