It was reported in 1899, by three factory girls from Ponders End going home from work. They witnessed the coach apparently rise out of the ground and travel in a southerly direction. The girls stated that the occupiers of the coach were without features.

In 1912, a lamplighter saw it passing through a house. Obviously, this was not on the coach’s path at its time of living.

This same apparition was also witnessed by a young boy on his bicycle, who apparently fled in fright. It was also noted that the overhead trolley bus cables were vibrating, although there was no bus in sight or wind to cause the situation.

Christmas 1957, a young girl who lived in Eastfield Cottages, Bell lane recalled looking out of her window, thinking that the coach was in fact Santa’s sleigh. She woke her brother and they both watched the coach pass the gates of Albany Park before disappearing down Bell Lane.

Numerous people have witnessed the Black Coach; its sightings seem to follow the route through Albany Park, Bell Lane, Enfield Highway, Forte Hall and Enfield Ridgeway. There is a map showing an old trackway, whereby, it depicts the path that was actually used by Judge Jeffrey’s black coach.

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