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32-628: It was formerly part of the estate of Minchenden House , demolished in 1853, and opened as a garden of remembrance in 1934. The park is just 0.17 hectares (2,000 sq yd) in size and is accessed by a gate from Waterfall Road. A key feature of the park is the Minchenden Oak, an 800-year-old tree that is one of the oldest in London. The canopy of the tree was described as the largest in England in 1873. Minchenden House (also known as Minchington Hall),

64-420: A gale in 1899 but by the following year still boasted a canopy of 136 feet (41 m) in spread; its girth was measured at 21 feet 3 inches (6.48 m). Minchenden Grammar School was renamed after the tree in 1924 and featured it on their school badge. In 1971, some of the oak's major branches were trimmed, but Country Life magazine described the tree afterwards as still being "magnificent". It

96-496: A large brick structure, was built by John Nicholl in 1741 on part of Sir John Weld 's former estate of Arnos Grove . Nicholl died shortly after completing the house and it was inherited by his daughter Margaret. She married James Brydges, Marquis of Carnarvon who later became the third Duke of Chandos . Minchenden served as their country house (the main estate being Cannons in Little Stanmore ). Chandos died childless and

128-413: A prominent Jewish community since the early 20th century. There are also many Greek , Greek Cypriot , Japanese , and Turkish families living in the district. As of the 2011 census, White British makes up 45% of the population, followed by Other White at 20%. There are four synagogues with Southgate in their name: Cockfosters and North Southgate, Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue (both part of

160-505: A ring of villages one day's travel by coach from London, Southgate had many pubs: within the village centre there were six local licensed premises. Many were located on Chase Side but some, such as The Bell , The Crown and the Chase Gate Tavern , were demolished as part of 20th Century redevelopment and others have closed more recently; The Waggon (formerly Waggon and Horses ) became an Anatolian restaurant in 2013. The Rising Sun

192-469: A village green; by 1829 the two settlements had merged and the village green became today's Southgate Green. Southgate was predominantly developed in the 1930s: largish semi-detached houses were built on the hilly former estates (Walker, Osidge, Monkfrith, etc.) following increased transport development. In 1933, the North Circular Road was completed through Edmonton and Southgate, and also in 1933,

224-659: Is Christ Church , built in 1862 by Sir Gilbert Scott ; adjacent to its grounds, in Minchenden Oak Garden , stands the Minchenden Oak. Across the road from the church lies the Walker Cricket Ground ; a regular Middlesex venue which was first used in 1859 and is named after the cricketer John Walker . The Southgate Green conservation area contains several notable Grade II listed buildings such as Arnoside House and Essex House , Sandford House & Norbury House , Old House & Essex Coach House , 40 The Green and

256-445: Is a theological college located on Chase Side. It trains both Anglican and Independent students for Church ministry in the UK and overseas. Southgate Mosque is located at Southgate House, Southgate High Street. It was founded in 2021 as a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing prayer facilities to the local Muslim community. Because of the age of the former village and its position in

288-457: Is entered via an iron gate in a red-brick wall on Waterfall Road, Southgate and is open daily until dusk. It is currently owned by the London Borough of Enfield. One of the key features of the garden, for which it is named, is the Minchenden Oak. The tree is thought to be 800 years old and a survivor of the ancient Forest of Middlesex . The oak had previously been pollarded for timber, and

320-532: The London Underground Piccadilly line was extended from Arnos Grove (where it had reached the previous year), through Southgate tube station , on to Enfield West (now known as Oakwood ). This unleashed a building boom, and by 1939 the area had become almost fully developed. In 1894 an urban district of Middlesex , called Southgate, was created by the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1933

352-541: The Municipal Borough of Southgate was created. The borough, which had its headquarters at Southgate Town Hall , was abolished in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 . Its area then came within the newly created London Borough of Enfield , which also included the areas that had been within the Municipal Borough of Enfield and the Municipal Borough of Edmonton . The parliamentary constituency covering

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384-578: The United Synagogue ), Southgate Progressive Synagogue in Oakwood , and Chabad Southgate. The former Southgate and District Reform Synagogue has now moved to Whetstone , and changed its name in February 2010 to Sha'arei Tsedek: North London Reform Synagogue. Christ Church stands near Southgate Green. This was built on the site of Weld Chapel , which was built in 1615 and demolished in 1863. The clock on

416-572: The Valentine Poole houses . The adjoining Cannon Hill features the early-18th century Arnos Grove House and the High Street features Southgate House . Southgate station on the Piccadilly line is the nearest tube stop to most of Southgate's residential area. Other stations are at Oakwood (to the north) and Arnos Grove (to the south west). Southgate is a cosmopolitan district. There has been

448-590: The Minchenden Oak, also known as the Chandos Oak, which is said to have once had the largest canopy spread of any tree in England. It featured in Jacob Strutt 's Sylva Britannica (1821) and was originally part of the Minchington estate. Minchenden Grammar School was established in 1919 and was later merged into Arnos School, which became Broomfield School . It was named after the Minchenden Oak which featured in

480-473: The church was placed there to celebrate Queen Victoria 's diamond jubilee. The church contains London's largest collection of pre-raphaelite stained glass by Morris, Marshall Faulkner & Co (later Morris & Co ). The parish church of St Andrew is on Chase Side. Emmanuel Evangelical Church meets in Ashmole School . Southgate Methodist Church is on The Bourne, near Southgate Underground station. It

512-448: The estate for life . The remainder of the estate went to the duke's daughter and heir, Anne Elizabeth Brydges and, through her marriage, to the Marquis of Buckingham . The estate was sold to Isaac Walker in 1853. He merged it into Arnos Grove and demolished the house, in line with what Alan Dumayne calls a " private green belt " policy of acquiring neighbouring estates and demolishing

544-403: The estate passed to the Marquis of Buckingham , it was left to deteriorate and the house was demolished in 1853. It was replaced by a smaller building, Minchenden Lodge (which still stands), and the estate, together with that of Beaver Hall , which once extended to 300 acres (120 ha) was rejoined to Arnos Grove. A surviving portion of the original Minchenden House estate was redeveloped by

576-450: The gardens followed, which included the planting of a sapling grown from an acorn of the oak. The gardens reopened in May 2015 at a formal ceremony presided over by Richard Chartres , Bishop of London. Minchenden House 51°37′28″N 0°07′33″W  /  51.6244°N 0.1257°W  / 51.6244; -0.1257 Minchington Hall , Mincington Hall , or Minchenden House

608-560: The house in order to expand Arnos Grove and prevent local development. John Walker did the same in 1870 with the Beaver Hall estate. Materials from the demolished Minchington Hall were used when Henry Eaton, landlord of The Cherry Tree extended the nearby Albert Cottage, which he renamed Minchenden Lodge. It became a care home. The estate is also remembered in the Minchenden Oak Garden , opened 1934, in Waterfall Road which contains

640-520: The local authority (the Municipal Borough of Southgate which is now the London Borough of Enfield ) into a remembrance garden. The 0.17 hectares (2,000 sq yd) garden was opened by the Mayor of Southgate and the local vicar on 12 May 1934. The garden contains lawns, hedges, shrubs and trees with flagstone paths and seating; fragments of the former 17th-century Weld Chapel are visible. The garden

672-405: The new representative of the constituency. Within the area is the art deco Grade II* Southgate tube station designed by Charles Holden . The area has several large green parks such as Grovelands Park which covers ninety-two acres and contains the seven-acre former boating lake and adjoining woodland of the adjacent Grade I listed Grovelands House (formerly 'Southgate Grove'). In Waterfall Road

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704-715: The nuns (Old English: myncen ) who occupied a nunnery where Broomfield House is now. Before the Dissolution , the Augustinian priory of Clerkenwell owned land in the area. The estate was part of the Cecil lands and in 1614 it was sold by the Earl of Salisbury to John Weld of Arnolds when it was described as a wood of 50 acres (20 ha). It was later owned by Sir Thomas Stringer who sold it to Sir Thomas Wolstenholme before 1672. In 1716, Sir David Hechstetter , Hamburg merchant and justice of

736-488: The part of Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield is Southgate and Wood Green . Until his death in the Brighton bombing in 1984, the constituency was represented by Sir Anthony Berry . In 1997 , Michael Portillo , who succeeded Sir Anthony, lost the seat to Stephen Twigg , who after two terms lost in his turn to David Burrowes in May 2005. In the 2017 general election, Bambos Charalambous defeated Burrowes and became

768-409: The peace , purchased the land. Minchington Hall was built on the south side of Waterfall Road after 1664 by Sir Thomas Wolstenholme . From 1714 until his death in 1721, it was leased to Sir David Hechstetter. The building was altered in 1738 or 1747 by the merchant John Nicholl but he died not long after. It was said by local people that the house had one window for every week of the year. It

800-433: The school's badge. A plaque at 18 The Green, Southgate Green, marks the former location of the house. Minchenden Crescent runs between Chandos Avenue in the west and Forestdale in the east over ground that was once part of Minchington estate. Southgate, London Southgate is a suburban area of north London , England, in the London Borough of Enfield , 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross . Southgate

832-537: Was a country house and estate in Southgate , then in the county of Middlesex in England, and now in Greater London . It was on Southgate Green and the south side of Waterfall Road, and adjoined Arnolds ( Arnos Grove ) slightly further east, which was originally less significant than Minchington. The estate was merged into Arnos Grove in 1853 and the house demolished. The estate is believed to have acquired its name from

864-572: Was already substantial by the time Nicholl's house was built. Because of its association with the estate it became known as the Chandos Oak and was featured in Jacob George Strutt 's 1826 Sylva Britannica , by which time it measured 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m) in girth at a height of 3 feet (0.91 m) off the ground. In 1873 Edward Walford described it as having the largest canopy of any tree in England at 126 feet (38 m) in diameter and "still growing". It lost two limbs to

896-403: Was built in 1929, replacing a building on Chase Side. It is an active community hub. The Southgate Masonic Centre is home to 160 Lodges of which 15 are from Middlesex, along with 5 Chapters. The Centre, a converted church hall, was opened in 1968. The Middlesex Lodges that joined had been meeting in pubs and similar venues and welcomed the opportunity to have their own Centre. Oak Hill College

928-399: Was found to have a cracked trunk and internal decay in 2013, and was then described as being "perilously close to death". Works were quickly carried out to reduce the load on the trunk by removing 6 tonnes (6.6 short tons) from the crown and the tree was treated with beneficial fungi. The timber created from the pruning was slated for noticeboards and seating for the garden. A renovation of

960-839: Was mentioned in England's Gazetteer (1751), Mostyn Armstrong 's An Actual Survey of the Great Post-roads between London and Edinburgh (1783) and The Universal Gazetteer (1798), although none of those sources mention Arnolds. In 1753 the estate became part of the Brydges estate in Middlesex when Margaret Nicholl, daughter of John Nicholl, married James Brydges , Marquess of Carnarvon and later Duke of Chandos . He had been appointed Ranger of Enfield Chase . After his death in 1789, his widow Anne Eliza, Dowager Duchess of Chandos (died 1813), received Minchington Hall and 105 acres (42 ha) of

992-574: Was originally the South Gate of Enfield Chase , the King's hunting grounds. This is reflected in the street names Chase Road (which leads due north from the station to Oakwood , and was formerly the avenue into the Chase) and Chase Side . There is a blue plaque on a building on the site of the south gate. A little further to the south was another small medieval settlement called South Street which had grown up around

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1024-459: Was the terminus for a local horsebus service to Colney Hatch (and there to Kings Cross) before the arrival of the railways, whereupon the service switched to the new station in Palmers Green . It was rebuilt in 1932, and substantially renovated in 2008, changing its name to The Sun and later The Maze Inn but was subsequently closed in 2016 and demolished in 2019. The Crown is commemorated in

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