Freezywater is a neighbourhood of the traditional broad definition of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It has a border with Hertfordshire. It is between Bullsmoor to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire to the north.[1] It became more than a hamlet at the beginning of the 20th century.

Freezywater
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Freezywater Location 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
UK Parliament	Enfield North
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
List of places UK England London 51.6759°N 0.0306°W / 51.6759; -0.0306

Freezywater occupies a zone straddling Hertford Road from its junction with Ordnance Road in the south to Bullsmoor Lane and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass in the north. It is generally deemed to commence westwards from the Liverpool Street to Cheshunt railway.

Etymology

First recorded as Freezywater (1768) and Freezy Water (1819); the local farm choosing to name itself after its fishpond or duck pond which was liable to freeze.[2]

Local history

Freezywater in about 1880.[4] Click for broader map and/or for varied magnification.

For centuries this area was farmed principally by three farms and smallholdings, the greatest being Freezywater Farm which was long one of the manor's tenant farms, the others being Totteridge House and Freezywater House. In the 18th century this was called Freezy Water Farm, and later developments largely informally took on the name until the completion of its church in 1906.[5]

During World War II, Chesterfield School was hit by a V1 flying bomb aimed for the Royal Small Arms Factory, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) due east of the school. There was one fatality in the grounds, a teacher looking for her school children.[6]

The church of Saint 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.[7]

Nearest places

Immediately

• Bullsmoor
• Waltham Cross
• Enfield Lock
• Enfield Wash

Beyond

• Waltham Abbey
• Enfield Town
• Brimsdown
• Cheshunt
• Chingford

Nearest railway stations

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

Schools

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

Open spaces

• Cunningham Park 51.6783°N 0.031°W / 51.6783; -0.031 (Cunningham Park)

References

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