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Goffs Oak
Goffs Oak is a village in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. Situated between Cuffley and Cheshunt, it lies just north of the M25 motorway within the London commuter belt. Known for its semi-rural character and recent residential growth, Goffs Oak blends its agricultural heritage with modern suburban development. History Early History and Archaeology Goffs Oak takes its name from the Goff family, prominent landowners in the medieval and post-medieval periods, who managed agricultural estates in the area. Archaeological evidence from a 2008 evaluation at Goffs Lane uncovered medieval ditches and post-medieval pottery, indicating settlement from at least the 13th century. The village developed along a Roman road linking London to the north, shaping its early growth. A centuries-old oak tree, a local landmark, stood until the 1950s, with a replacement destroyed during the Great Storm of 1987. Local folklore attributes symbolic importance to the tree, often li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broxbourne (borough)
The Borough of Broxbourne is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Cheshunt. Other settlements in the borough include Broxbourne, Hoddesdon and Waltham Cross. The eastern boundary of the district is the River Lea. The borough covers in south east Hertfordshire, and had an estimated population of 99,000 in 2021. Much of the borough lies within the Metropolitan Green Belt which surrounds London. The western side of the borough is largely rural with extensive areas of woodland, whilst the eastern part, particularly between the A10 road and the River Lea, is generally urban. Most of the built-up parts of Broxbourne fall within the Greater London Urban Area. The Lee Valley Park lies on the borough's eastern boundary. The borough is twinned with the Sicilian city of Sutera. History The borough of Broxbourne was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of two districts, which were b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeslip
''Timeslip'' is a British children's television series, children's science fiction television series made by Associated TeleVision, ATV for the ITV (TV network), ITV network, and broadcast in 1970 and 1971. It was first shown on Monday evenings at around 5:15-5:20pm, beginning on 28 September 1970, in all ITV regions, apart from Thames (London) and Southern which broadcast the series the following Friday. Overview The series is centred on two children, Simon Randall (Spencer Banks) and Liz Skinner (Cheryl Burfield), who discover a strange anomaly, known as the Time Barrier, time travel, which enables them to travel in time, and visit the past as well as alternative futures. The time barrier, which operates in a field at a disused military base, moves the children not only through time but also through space: for example, they travel from St Oswald's in the UK in 1940 to the Antarctic in one projection of 1990. The children have contrasting personalities: Simon is studious, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Street Station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the terminus of the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge and Ely; the Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich; commuter trains serving east London and destinations in the East of England, including the Weaver line of the London Overground; and the Stansted Express service to Stansted Airport. The station opened in 1874, as a replacement for Bishopsgate station as the Great Eastern Railway's main London terminus. By 1895, it had the most platforms of any London terminal station. During the First World War, an air raid on the station killed 16 on site, and 146 others in nearby areas. In the build-up to the Second World War, the station served as the entry point for thousands of child refugees arriving in London as part of the '' Kindertran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshunt Railway Station
Cheshunt is an interchange station for London Overground ( Weaver line) and Greater Anglia services on the Lea Valley lines, located in Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne. It is on the West Anglia Main Line section of the Lea Valley lines, from London Liverpool Street and situated between and stations. It is also the final station on the Southbury Loop after Theobalds Grove, forming one of three northern termini for Weaver line services. The station is in London fare zone 8, and is adjacent to the Lee Valley Regional Park. During the London 2012 Olympic Games, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross provided the main rail access to the Lee Valley White Water Centre. History Cheshunt's first railway A railway existed in Cheshunt before the station and the main line from London was originally opened in the 1840s. The horse-drawn Cheshunt Railway was opened on 26 June 1825. Based on a design by Henry Robinson Palmer, this line ran for from the town's high street to the River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London King's Cross Railway Station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London. It is in the London station group, one of the List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain, busiest stations in the United Kingdom and the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line to Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England and Scotland. Adjacent to King's Cross station is St Pancras railway station, St Pancras International, the London terminus for Eurostar services to continental Europe. Beneath both main line stations is King's Cross St Pancras tube station on the London Underground; combined, they form one of the country's largest and busiest transport hubs. The station was opened in King's Cross, London, King's Cross in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway on the northern edge of Central London to accommodate the East Coast Main Line. It quickly grew to cater to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuffley Railway Station
Cuffley railway station serves the village of Cuffley in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire. It also serves other nearby settlements, namely Goffs Oak, Northaw and the west of Cheshunt. It is down the line from on the Hertford Loop line. The station is managed and operated by Great Northern. The station opened in 1910 on the Hertford Loop line between Enfield Chase and Hertford North as ''Cuffley and Goff's Oak'', with the suffix being dropped some time later. The opening of the station allowed Cuffley to expand as an attractive commuter village with regular services to London King's Cross and Broad Street, the latter of which was replaced by Northern City Line trains to Moorgate in 1976. Cuffley was served by steam locomotives until 1960 when they were replaced by diesels; the line was electrified in 1976. Services All services at Cuffley are operated by Great Northern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the ''Thirty-nine Articles'' and ''The Books of Homilies''. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman Britain, Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kingdom of Kent, Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its members are called ''Anglicans''. In 1534, the Church of England renounced the authority of the Papacy under the direction of Henry VIII, beginning the English Reformation. The guiding theologian that shaped Anglican doctrine was the Reformer Thomas Cranmer, who developed the Church of England's liturgical text, the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Papal authority was Second Statute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England. The council was created in 1889. It is responsible for a wide range of public services in the county, including social care, transport, education, and the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Liberal Democrats have held a plurality of the seats on the council since May 2025, and currently run the council as a minority administration. The council is based at County Hall in Hertford. History Elected county councils were created under the Local Government Act 1888, taking over many administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions. The first elections were held in January 1889, and the council formally came into being on 1 April 1889, on which day it held its first meeting at Shire Hall, Hertford, the courthouse (built 1771) which had served as the meeting place of the quarter sessions which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goffs Academy
Goffs Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England with around 1,300 students. The school's motto was "Sola Virtus Invicta", (which roughly translates from Latin to "strength of character alone remains invincible"), in 2006 it was changed to "Respect Confidence Achievement" and in 2020 the motto was changed to "Respectful Resilient Responsible". The school has had seven head teachers to date: Colin Hadley, John Versey, Jan Cutler, Paula Kenning, Alison Garner, (who took over in September 2010), Ben Pearce and Mark Ellis. In the most recent Ofsted report the school was deemed "good." Houses Goffs Academy consisted of six houses, each named after an influential person from history: '' Brontë'', '' Churchill'', '' Columbus'', ''Curie'', '' Mandela'' and ''Monet''. The original house names that existed during the Dr Hadley administration were Davies, represented in yellow, Trayhern in blue, Booker house in green and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodside Primary School
This is the list of schools in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England. State-funded schools Primary schools *Ainslie Wood Primary School * Barclay Primary School *Barn Croft Primary School *Beaumont * Buxton School *Chapel End Infants' School *Chapel End Junior Academy *Chase Lane Primary School *Chingford CE Primary School *Coppermill Primary School *Davies Lane Primary School *Dawlish Primary School *Downsell Primary School *Edinburgh Primary School *Emmanuel Community School * George Mitchell School *George Tomlinson Primary School *Greenleaf Primary School *Gwyn Jones Primary School *Handsworth Primary School *Henry Maynard Primary School *Hillyfield Primary Academy *The Jenny Hammond Primary School *Lime Academy Larkswood *Longshaw Primary Academy *Mayville Primary School *Mission Grove Primary School *Newport School *Oakhill Primary School *Our Lady & St George's RC Primary School *Parkside Primary School *Riverley Primary School *Roger Ascham Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhood Watch (United Kingdom)
Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom is the largest voluntary crime prevention movement covering England and Wales with upwards of 2.3 million household members. The charity brings neighbours together to create strong, friendly and active communities in which crime can be tackled. Neighbourhood Watch Network is the umbrella organisation supported by the Home Office to support Neighbourhood Watch groups and individuals across England and Wales. Neighbourhood Watch groups work in partnership with the police, corporate companies with aligned values, voluntary organisations and individuals who want to improve their communities. Neighbourhood Watch aims to help people protect themselves and their properties and to reduce the fear of crime by means of improved home security, greater vigilance, accurate reporting of suspicious incidents and fostering a community spirit as well as tackling new forms of crime such as cybercrime. History In 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-social Behaviour
Anti-social behaviours, sometimes called dissocial behaviours, are actions which are considered to violate the rights of or otherwise harm others by committing crime or nuisance, such as stealing and physical attack or noncriminal behaviours such as lying and psychological manipulation, manipulation. It is considered to be disruptive to others in society. This can be carried out in various ways, which includes, but is not limited to, intentional aggression, as well as covert and overt hostility. Anti-social behaviour also develops through social interaction within the family and community. It continuously affects a child's temperament, cognitive ability and their involvement with negative peers, dramatically affecting children's cooperative problem-solving skills. Many people also label behaviour which is deemed contrary to prevailing Social norm, norms for social conduct as anti-social behaviour. However, researchers have stated that it is a difficult term to define, particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
