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 Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

. It is between

Bullsmoor Bullsmoor is an area of Enfield, on the outskirts of north London. It is adjacent to Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, located just north past the M25 motorway, and is also entirely attached to nearby Freezywater. Bulls Cross is to the west an ...

to the west, Enfield Lock to the east, Enfield Wash to the south, and

Waltham Cross Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south ...

, Hertfordshire to the north. It became more than a hamlet at the beginning of the 20th century. Freezywater occupies a zone straddling

Hertford Road Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, ne ...

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.

Local history

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. During World War II, Chesterfield School was hit by a V1 flying bomb aimed for the

Royal Small Arms Factory The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield (though some parts were in Waltham Abbey), adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. The factory produced British military rifles, muskets and swords f ...

, about due east of the school. There was one fatality in the grounds, a teacher looking for her school children. 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.

Nearest places

;Immediately *

* Enfield Lock * Enfield Wash ;Beyond * Waltham Abbey *

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 156,858 in 2018. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway ...

* Brimsdown * Cheshunt * Chingford

Nearest railway stations

* Enfield Lock railway station * Waltham Cross railway station *

Turkey Street railway station Turkey Street is a London Overground station on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines, located in the Bullsmoor area to the north of Enfield in north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated betwe ...

Schools

* Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Freezywater St George's Primary School (Church of England), Honilands School *

Secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

Lea Valley Academy Lea Valley Academy (formerly Lea Valley High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Bullsmoor area of Enfield, England. History The school was founded in 1977 as Bullsmoor School, a purpose-built comprehens ...

(formerly Bullsmoor Secondary school)

Open spaces

* Cunningham Park

References

* * {{LB Enfield Places in Enfield, London Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Enfield