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There was probably a settlement at Enfield when the Roman legions marched along nearby Ermine Street, the important Roman highway that can still be seen adjacent to Enfield's High Street.

It was while staying at Enfield that Henry VIII's only legitimate male child became Edward VI on the death of his father.

Charles Lamb, the essayist, came to live in the country town of Enfield two centuries ago.

The ornate Victorian shop fronts of Dawson's and the branch of the Enfield Co-operative store, on the right, with their elegant lanterns, are in contrast to the stern brick frontages across the

Despite its closeness to London, Enfield has always been a self-sustaining community, with many municipally- backed leisure facilities such as this impressive swimming pool, which we see here being enjoyed

Although there had been some kinds of industry in Enfield in medieval times, for instance the flour mill, Enfield's first real factory did not start its working life until 1816.

This was about the last period in Enfield's history when the on-street parking of vehicles was quite so easy - note the complete absence of yellow lines.

By 1572 there were several settlements established around a part of Enfield known as Forty Green (now Forty Hill).

By 1572 there were several settlements established around a part of Enfield known as Forty Green (now Forty Hill).

Situated on its northern edge, Enfield is one of the most attractive market towns within the Greater London area; it was well-established by Domesday.

The London Borough of Enfield will not be remembered for its sympathetic approach to the conservation of its historic buildings.

Until the arrival of the Piccadilly Line in 1933, Cockfosters was little more than a rural hamlet, and even now it is on the very northern edge of London as it extends out into Enfield Chase.

underground station and the parish church, this is a wonderful neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near Forty Hill, Enfield

AT the start of the Victorian era, all the roads around Enfield had been turnpiked.

To the west of the town centre, and parallel with Chase side, this picturesque street has to be seen by any visitor to Enfield.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

Taking its name from the south gate to Enfield Chase, and overlooking the Lea Valley, Southgate was a part of Edmonton until the late 19th century.

Enclosed from Enfield Chase in 1777, and acquired by royal physician Sir Richard Jebb, Trent Park covered some two hundred acres.

On the site of Pearsons until the mid 1920s was Enfield Palace, which probably gained its name as the inheritor of parts of the demolished Elsyng Palace to the north of the town, which lay within the Forty

WHAT of Enfield's future?

To the left of the Italianate Corn Exchange, G C Flanders advertises the various cycles sold in the shop: Swift, Rover, Royal Enfield, Rudge and Whitworth amongst them.

Her stays in Enfield were in 1564, 1568, 1572 and 1587.