Ponders End
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Ponders End is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in the north of London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road (High Street, Ponders End) between The Ride and the Boundary Public House (North to South) and Wharf Road and the Southbury railway station/Kingsway (East to West) [1]
Its name is believed to derive from its role as a 'place of execution', where the condemned could 'ponder the end'.[citation needed]
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[edit] Popular culture
Musician Jah Wobble was inspired to write his (2005) album Mu by his experiences in the Lee Valley and Ponders End.[2] [3]
“ | It's as close as London gets to New Jersey. But it's one of my favourite places for walking, through the Lee Valley. It gets beautiful in that urban way, but then you go through soap factories up near Ponders End. It's got a wonderful, dislocated, alienated feeling | ” |
— Jah Wobble |
Ponders End Allotments Club is a track from the (1975) Chas and Dave album One Fing 'n' Annuver. [4]
[edit] Historic buildings
- Wright's Flour Mill The oldest working industrial building in Enfield. [5]
- Ponders End Pumping Station. Built in 1899 by the East London Waterworks Company [6]. In 1995 the half-timbered building was converted to a public house now known as the The Navigation Inn . It is located on the banks of the River Lee Navigation with views towards the grassed embankment of the King George V Reservoir, and close to Ponder's End Lock.
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Watercourses
- River Lee Navigation
- The Overflow Channel is approximately two miles long. Flowing from the River Lee Navigation above Ponder's End Lock across South Marsh close to the King George V Reservoir and then follows the western perimeter of the William Girling Reservoir to merge with the River Lee Diversion at Edmonton.
[edit] Nearest railway stations
- Edmonton Green railway station
- Ponders End railway station
- Southbury railway station
- Brimsdown railway station
[edit] Notable people
- Dave Peacock musician
- Christopher Hughes Former Mastermind and International Mastermind winner both in 1983
[edit] Politics
- The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).
- Ponders End consists of five polling districts, with six polling stations.
[edit] Schools
- Secondary schools: No secondary schools in the area.
- Primary Schools: St Mary's RC Primary School, Alma Primary School, Southbury primary School, St Matthew's CoE Primary School.
- Specialist schools: Waverley School.
[edit] Higher education
- Middlesex University, Enfield Campus
- Enfield College
[edit] Open spaces
- Ponders End Recreation Ground ( Ryans Park )
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Local Government Map of Ponders End Boundaries Retrieved February 28, 2008
- ^ Hatts, Leigh The Lea Valley Walk p99 ISBN 1852845228 Retrieved March 14, 2008
- ^ Lea valley walk Retrieved May 15, 2008
- ^ Chas and Dave Retrieved May 14, 2008
- ^ History of Enfield Retrieved November 22, 2007
- ^ Buildings of England London 4:North by Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner pg 451 ISBN 0-14-071049-3
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