[2] By 1395, the name had been altered to Wynsmerhull, and by 1565, the village was known as Wynsmorehyll, eventually becoming Winchmore Hill by the time it was mentioned in state papers in 1586.

The first recorded religious building is the Quaker Meeting House, established in 1688 and rebuilt in 1790. Notable individuals buried here include Luke Howard, the father of modern meteorology, Alice Hum, founder of Palmers Green High School for Girls, and members of the Hoare and Barclay banking families.

Samuel Hoare, a founder of the 'Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade', played a prominent role in the campaign against the slavery.

Notably, there are wooden clapboard cottages and a tall-five story residential building dating back to 1710, reminiscent of Georgian townhouses in London's West End.

This gallows remained for years, prompting the pub's relocation to the bottom of Vicars Moor Lane by the late 18th century.

The Woodman pub, near the end of Broad Walk, reportedly dates back to 1727, though some evidence suggests it was built in 1820.

However, financial constraints in 1869 led the company to consider Enfield as the northern terminus, with Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill as intervening rural stations.

The Capitol Cinema, designed in the Art Deco style by Robert Cromie, opened on 29 December 1929 in Green Lanes.

Winchmore Hill also features is own "millionaire's row", Broad Walk, which has been home to many rich and famous individuals.

The remaining private section now houses the Priory Clinic, which hosted General Pinochet while he was in the UK awaiting charges from the Spanish government.

This line connects further south to the tube system at Finsbury Park, Highbury and Islington, Old Street and Moorgate, where it terminates.

Although the tramway is long gone, the wide road reminas, and the 329 bus (formerly the 29, and before that the 123) follows the tram route from Enfield to Turnpike Lane.