Walking back in time at Winchmore Hill

A new walk will highlight the Quaker history of Winchmore Hill

A new walk through Winchmore Hill, north London, will highlight the days when the area was a place of refuge for Quakers.

The walk will be led by City of London guide Joe Studman and is part of celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Enfield Borough’s creation.

Joe told the Friend that Quakers have been in Winchmore Hill since 1661, when William Brend held a Meeting in Thacker’s Barn on Winchmore Hill Green. George Fox visited the area several times, staying with a local family, the Mans.

What marks Winchmore Hill out in Quaker history, Joe said, is its burial ground. So many famous Quakers are buried there that it is known to some as ‘the Westminster Abbey of Quakers’, he added. Other walks on the same programme will take participants to a number of historic sites, including the local plague pit, workhouse and the first hospital in the area.

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