Bulls Cross

Bulls Cross
Bulls Cross  Bulls Cross shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ342994
London borough	Enfield
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ENFIELD
Postcode district	EN2, EN3
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Enfield North
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
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Coordinates: 51°40′41″N 0°03′34″W / 51.67815°N 0.059325°W / 51.67815; -0.059325

Bulls Cross is a hamlet located in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, and is part of London's Metropolitan Green Belt.

Bulls Cross cottages with the Pied Bull public house in background

Etymology

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]

Tottenham Hotspur

In 2009 football club Tottenham Hotspur announced plans for a training centre to be built in the area.^[3] It was opened in September 2012.^[4]

Geography

Bulls Cross is located in the north of the borough. It is bordered by Bullsmoor Lane and Whitewebbs Lane to the north. Forty Hall to the south. and the New River to the east and Whitewebbs Park to the west.

Places of interest

Capel Manor stable block. The weather vane depicts a Clydesdale horse

• 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 (LVRPA).^[1] The house was built in 1818 by George Ferry & John Wallen for H. C. Bowles.^[5] The plantsman E.A. Bowles created the famous Myddelton House Gardens in c.1900 which are open to the public.^[7] The grounds contain the original Market Cross of Enfield Town, 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.

Myddelton House and gardens

Notable people

• Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer
• E.A. Bowles, horticulturist and plantsman
• Frances Perry, horticulturist, gardening writer and presenter

References

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