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Hadley Wood
Hadley Wood (Greater London)
Hadley Wood

Hadley Wood shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ265975
London borough Enfield
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BARNET
Postcode district EN4
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Enfield North
London Assembly Enfield and Haringey
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°39′43″N 0°10′21″W / 51.66205, -0.17245

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Transport Links

Railway station

Hadley Wood is served by Hadley Wood railway station with trains to Welwyn Garden City to the north and King's Cross and Moorgate to the south. Hadley Wood railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. Welwyn Garden City railway station serves the town of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. King's Cross station is a major railway terminus opened in 1852 Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. The typical off-peak service pattern is 3 trains per hour in both directions Monday to Friday daytimes, reduced to 2 trains per hour in both direction in the later evenings and at weekends. There are other less frequent services to Stevenage and Letchworth. Place-name meaning Stevenage may derive from Old English stiþen āc / stiōen āc / stithen ac (various Old English dialects For the US businessman see William Pryor Letchworth. For the New York State Park see Letchworth State Park.

Buses

An infrequent service is provided at the bus stop across the road from the station by Transport for London bus route 399. Transport for London ( TfL) is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the Transport system in Greater London in England. This is a circular route from Barnet (the Spires) which serves Hadley Wood railway station on the return section of its journey. Buses run once an hour from this stop on Monday to Saturday from 10. 06 until 14. 06. There is no service on Sundays or public holidays.

A more frequent service to Potters Bar (Cranborne Road) or Cockfosters tube station (bus 298) can be accessed from Cockfosters Road, a 10-15 minute walk from Hadley Wood railway station.

Tube stations

The nearest London Underground stations to Hadley Wood are:

Places of interest

Trent Country Park - A 400 acre oasis of meadows, woodlands and lakes. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line for which it is the northern terminus The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark Blue on the Tube map. High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station in High Barnet in North London. The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It was once a hunting ground for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James I. With dedicated walking, cycling and horseriding routes there is no shortage of ways to explore the park. Of note is Camlet Moat which is one of the borough's five scheduled ancient monuments. Additionally kids will love the Wildlife Rescue Centre, which is home to deer, foxes, rabbits and birds.

There is Hadley Wood Golf Course and Club nearby, which is also located on Beech Hill and a Tennis Club on Crescent East. Also nearby is Monken Hadley Common and Enfield Chase. Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (17 Enfield Chase is an area of the London Borough of Enfield, was once covered by woodland and used as a royal Deer park Occasionally West Lodge Park Hotel and grounds have open days to the general public. This is usually organised through the National Gardens Scheme. The National Gardens Scheme was founded in 1927 in England with the aim of "opening gardens of quality character and interest to the public for charity" A children's playground is located between the grounds of the tennis courts and Hadley Wood Primary School on Crescent East.

Every year on the 5th November bonfire night, a fireworks display is held in Crescent East on a field between Hadley Wood Primary School and the tennis courts. This is usually sponsored by Statons.

In Hadley Wood Village there is a small parade of shops consisting of a gym, restaurant, café, estate agent, newsagent, hairdresser, dry cleaners and beauty salon. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. This is also where Hadley Wood railway station is.

History

The August 4, 1827 edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, provides the following short history of the area:

Hadley, Mankin, or Monkton, Hadley, was formerly a hamlet to Edmonton. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield It lies north-west of Enfield, and comprises 580 acres, including 240 allotted in lieu of the common enclosure of Enfield Chase. Its name is compounded of two Saxon words — Head-leagh, or a high place; Mankin is probably derived from the connexion of the place with the abbey of Walden, to which it was given by Geoffrey de Mandeville, earl of Essex, under the name of the Hermitage of Hadley. Geoffrey de Mandeville 1st Earl of Essex (1st Creation (d Sept The village is situated on the east side of the great north road, eleven miles from London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

The manor belonged to the Mandevilles, the founder of the Hermitage, and was given by Geoffrey to the monks of Walden; in the ensuing two centuries the manorial property underwent various transmissions, and was purchased by the Pinney family, in the year 1791, by the present proprietor, Peter Moore, Esq.

The house of David Garrow, father to the present judge of that name in the court of exchequer, is supposed to have been connected with a monastic establishment. Chimney-pieces remain in alto-relievo: on one is sculptured the story of Sampson; the other represents many passages in the life of our Saviour, from his birth in the stall to his death on the cross.

The parish church is a handsome structure, built at different periods. The chancel bears marks of great antiquity, but the body has been built with bricks. At the west end is a square tower, composed of flint, with quoins of freestone; on one side is the date Anno Domini 1393, cut in stone—one side of the stone bearing date in the sculptured device of a wing; the other that of a rose. The figures denote the year 1494; the last, like the second numerical, being the half eight, often used in ancient inscriptions. The unique vestige of the Middle Ages, namely, a firepan, or pitchpot, on the south-west tower of the church, was blown down in January, 1779 and carefully repaired, though now not required for the purpose of giving an alarm at the approach of a foe, by lighting pitch within it. The church has been supposed to have been erected by Edward IV as a chapel for religious service, to the memory of those who fell in the battle of Barnet in 1471. Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October The Battle of Barnet, which took place 14 April 1471, was a decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, near the town of Barnet, at the time ten

On the window of the north transept are some remains of painted glass, among which may be noticed the rebus of the Gooders, a family of considerable consequence at Hadley in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This consists of a partridge with an ear of wheat in its bill; on an annexed scroll is the word Gooder; on the capital of one of the pillars are two partridges with ears of corn in the mouth, an evident repetition of the same punning device, and it is probable the Gooder's were considerable benefactors towards building the church.

The almshouses for six decayed housekeepers were founded by Sir Roger Willbraham in 1616, but so slenderly endowed that they do not produce more than 9l. 6s. annually. Major Delafonte, in 1762, increased the annuity, which expired in 1805; but Mr. Cottrell gained by subscription 2375l. in trust. The father of Mr. Whitbread, the statesman, subscribed the sum of 1000l. for the support of the almshouses. The charity-school for girls was established in 1773, and was enlarged and converted into a school of industry in 1800. England, a charity school, also called Blue Coat School, was originally a type of elementary school erected and maintained in various Parishes by the voluntary Twenty girls in the establishment receive annually the sum of 1l. towards clothing; thirty girls besides the above are admitted to the benefit of education, on paying the weekly sum of 2d. and succeed to the vacancies which occur in the class more largely assisted. This charity is in like manner supported by contributions on the inhabitants. The boys' school, supported in the same way, which in 1804 amounted to the sum of 103l. 10s. , has about seventy day-scholars; twenty are allowed 1l. towards clothing, and instructed without any charge; the remainder pay 2d. weekly.

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Famous Residents

Schools

Primary (In Hadley Wood)

Website: http://www.hadleywood.enfield.sch.uk

Primary (Nearby Preparatory Schools)

Secondary (In Hadley Wood)

Secondary (Daily School Buses From Hadley Wood)

External links

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