Oakwood
Bramley Road
Christ the King. 1940. By Dom Constantine Bosschaerts. The
first stage of an ambitiously planned priory.
Oakwood Station.
13th March 1933. Between Cockfosters and Southgate on the Piccadilly
Line. Built for the London Electric Railway, Piccadilly Line from Finsbury
Park. Opened as ‘Enfield West’. The street level building was designed by
Holden's associate, C.H.James. The booking hall was particularly lofty with the
usual passimeter booth and stairs leading down to a back gallery from which
passengers could access the platform. It was covered by a concrete awning
designed by Stanley Heaps. There was a concrete combined name and. poster
board, and a bronze plaque in the booking hall boasted” This station is the
highest point in Europe in a direct line west of the Ural Mountains ". In 1933
The London Passenger Transport Board officially took over the
Underground network and Enfield West was converted from a terminus into a
through station. The necessary track and signalling alterations were carried
out on the night of 29th/30th July. In 1934 the LPTB gave way to local pressure
and provided Enfield West with the bracketed suffix '(Oakwood)'. In 1946 it became simply 'Oakwood' . Like the other ‘Southgate Extension' stations
it has been Listed Grade 11
Chase Road
Green Road
Council housing
Bohun Library & Clinic. By Burchett of the MCC, 1939,
in a Dudok-modern style. The MCC were involved because Southgate had not
adopted the Libraries Act.
De Bohun Primary School
Merrivale Road
Piccadilly line on then a further three-arch bridge
Oakwood
The area is part of the woodland of Enfield Chase which in
the 13th and 14th belonged to the De Bohun family.
Oakwood School. Opened 1927
Oakwood Park
Oak Lodge. In
1870 Samuel Sugden, an homeopathic chemist, renovated a farmhouse and renamed
it. Demolished in 1920 and Southgate
Council renamed the area Oakwood.
The route of the Piccadilly line passes beneath a single
arch brick bridge providing access to Oakwood Park,
Prince George Avenue
St.Thomas. Built
in 1939 by Romilly. with a covered approach. Tower built 1965
by William Mulvey.
Priory Close
Priory of Our Lady Queen of Heaven. 1941 for Benedictine nuns.
Southgate reservoir?
Covered 1m galls.
New River Co.
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