Cuffley Brook flows southwards towards the River Lee
Post to the north Newgatestreet
Post to the east Goff's Oak
Post to the south Cuffley
East Ridgeway
Memorial. This is to Leefe Robinson who shot down the first Zeppelin of the Great War in September 1916. The wreckage fell into fields nearby and the crew perished. Thus was the end of extensive Zeppelin attacks on Britain. The site had to be guarded by police from souvenir hunters and the day became known as `Zeppelin Sunday'. Robinson was awarded the VC, the first for an airman but died of flu aged 23. The memorial was erected in 1921 following an appeal in the Daily Express but was rededicated in 1986.
Hills Ley
3 A subsidence was recorded at in 1979. The property was built in 1973/74 in the gardens of an older property. In 1974 a 2m. deep depression appeared and was filled with spoil. It reappeared in 1978 and was 2.5m. deep and was also filled in.
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