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and also includes a residential area just west of the Lea Valley railway line. The western boundary is halfway to the other Lea Valley line for this station-centric neighbourhood, where used as a term.
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A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff and G C Tyack, "'Enfield: Economic history'", A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5 ed. T F T Baker and R B Pugh (London, 1976), pp. 232-239
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the farms near the Lea continued to be split between arable and pasture, although fields formed out of the former common were very large in comparison with those farther west; one of
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covered several hundred acres. By 1920, with the expansion of industry and suburban housing, some of the market gardens around Ponders End and Enfield Highway had disappeared
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The area east of the Lea Valley Lines railway is almost exclusively industrial use, whereas west is a residential area primarily built up from the 1930s which blends into
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was dug in the 1890s by Mosses and Co Gravel Extraction Company. The creek can be reached from Mossops Bridge (completed 1999) which spans the River Lee Navigation.
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In 1867 there were several orchards at Enfield Highway and in 1869 market gardens accounted for much of the Connop estate in the eastern part of the parish. After
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here referring to slightly raised ground in an area no more than 19 metres above sea level and 5 metres above the Lea, more than most of
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in the two closest home counties for smallholdings run by families growing salads for the London market, with to a lesser degree fruit:
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a secular division of Enfield which competes with the west of the area for its identity, particularly around the irregular
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comprising Watermill, Sovereign, Leeside Business Centres, Riverwalk Business Park and storage. Its far north is the
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Mossops Creek Bridge (completed 2006) forms part of the Mossops Creek permissive path which links the
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and Brimsdown School is at the heart of a Brimsdown neighbourhood, within Enfield, identity.
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which ecclesiastically is today divided into six, the present relevant parish being
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In the 19th century the parish of Enfield had the second largest area north of the
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is one of the borough's main commercial centres. It divides into the
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joined the club as a 14-year-old where he played in the youth side.
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to the Brimsdown Industrial Estate and Brimsdown railway station.
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in the Green Street area of Brimsdown was the scene of alleged
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Local Government Map: Enfield Highway Retrieved 3 March 2008
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Brimsdown Primary School, attended by academic Professor
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which was screened in May, 2015. Released in June 2016
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is allowed on the River Lee Navigation towpath between
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http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Highway.pdf
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Brimsdown is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ3697
London borough
Enfield
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
EN3
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
Enfield North
London Assembly
Enfield and Haringey
UK

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