A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PONDERS-END, a hamlet in Enfield parish, Middlesex; on Ermine-street, adjacent to the Eastern Counties railway and to the Lea navigation, 1½ mile E S E of Enfield. It contains the manors of Suffolks and Durants; includes much of the chapelry of Enfield, St. James; shares in the labours of the Enfield ordnance factory, the Enfield mills, a crape factory, and the Lea navigation; is computed to have upwards of 5,000 inhabitants; and has a post-office under London N, a railway-station of its own name, another railway-station, two churches, and an Independent chapel. Lincoln House here was the seat of the Earls of Lincoln; was built before 1584; and belongs now to Mr. T. Spreckley. Durants, Cuckoo Hall, Providence House, Eagle House, and Mill House, are chief residences., Judge, Jeffreys was a resident; and the Wroths were residents for about 310 years.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Enfield St Andrew AP/CP Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Ponders End |
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