Cockfosters
Cockfosters is a suburb of north London to the east of Chipping Barnet, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of Charing Cross. Before 1965, it was in the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Christ Church Cockfosters 2 Aug 2015.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Christ Church, Cockfosters
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Cockfosters
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- TQ275965
- UK place.population
- 13,788
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- (2011 Census)
- UK place.london_borough
- Enfield
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- Barnet
- UK place.post_town
- BARNET
- UK place.postcode_area
- EN
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Cockfosters is a suburb of north London to the east of Chipping Barnet, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of Charing Cross. Before 1965, it was in the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire.
==History== The name was recorded as far back as 1524 and is thought to be either the name of a family or that of a house which stood on Enfield Chase. One suggestion is that it was "the residence of the cock forester (or chief forester)".