Bulls Cross
| Bulls Cross | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Cottages at Bulls Cross | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ342994 |
| Location: | 51°40’41"N, 0°3’34"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Enfield, Waltham Cross |
| Postcode: | EN2, EN3, EN7 |
| Dialling code: | 01992, 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Enfield |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Enfield North |
Bulls Cross is a hamlet in the north of Middlesex, at the edge of the conurbation close by the county's winding border with Hertfordshire, which here coincides with the M25 motorway just north of Bulls Cross, and within the Metropolitan Green Belt. It is found to the west of the A10 Great Cambridge Road and south from the M25 motorway. Crews Hill is to the west, Bury Green (near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire]) to the north, and Bullsmoor to the east.
Bulls Cross is recorded as Bedelscrosse in 1465.[1] Recorded thus in c.1580 and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822. The hamlet was also recorded in 1540 as Bullyscrosse meaning 'crossroads associated with the family called Bolle or Bull (who are mentioned in legal documents from the 13th century).[2]
Geography
Bulls Cross is in the north-east of the county. It is bordered by Bullsmoor Lane and Whitewebbs Lane to the north and Forty Hall to the south. The New River runs to the east and Whitewebbs Park lies to the west.
The Middlesex Greenway runs through Bull's Cross
Tottenham Hotspur
In 2009 Tottenham Hotspur football club announced plans for a training centre to be built in the area.[3] It was opened in September 2012.[4]
Places of interest
- Capel Manor. Now the home of the Capel Manor College with extensive model gardens which are open to the public. Built in red brick, the 18th-century house was remodelled in 1908 in late 17th-century style for James Warren, a wealthy tea planter. Behind the house, an orange brick group of late 19th-century stables and coachhouse with clocktower.[5] The stables are the home to the Clydesdale working horses which are used on the estate.[6]
- Myddelton House. Since 1972 the headquarters of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.[1] The house was built in 1818 by George Ferry & John Wallen for H. C. Bowles.[5] The plantsman E.A. Bowles created Myddelton House gardens in c.1900 which are open to the public.[7] The grounds contain the original Market Cross of Enfield, which is subject to a Grade II preservation order. There is also a modern museum with artefacts and displays relating to the life and work of E.A. Bowles.
- Pied Bull. The small, rendered, timber-framed public house existed here in 1752.[1] Standing with a group of cottages close to the junction with Bullsmore Lane.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume pp 212-218: Enfield: Growth before 1850 (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Mills A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p34 ISBN 0-19-860957-4 Retrieved 23 October 2008
- ↑ Spurs training centre Retrieved 15 September 2009
- ↑ Players see progress at new Training Centre Retrieved 16 September 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cherry, B,& Pevsner,N, Buildings of England London4: North (1998) p450 ISBN 0-14-071049-3 Retrieved 17 April 2008
- ↑ Capel Manor Gardens Retrieved 8 July 2011
- ↑ E. A. Bowles Society
