In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ponders End like this:
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.
Ponders End through time
Ponders End is now part of Enfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Enfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ponders End itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ponders End, in Enfield and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21052
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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