Municipal Borough of Enfield

Municipal Borough of Enfield
Enfield
Motto: Priora Cole Meliora Sequere (Cherish the past but strive after even better things in the future)
Enfield1961.svg
Enfield within Middlesex in 1961
Geography
Status Local board (1850 - 1894)
Urban district (1894 - 1937)
Municipal borough (from 1937)
1911 area 12,601 acres (50.99 km2)
1961 area 12,400 acres (50 km2)
HQ Little Park, Gentleman's Row 1888 - 1961
Civic Centre, Silver Street 1961 - 1965
History
Created 1850
Abolished 1965
Succeeded by London Borough of Enfield
Demography
1901 population 42,378
1961 population 109,542

Enfield was a local government district in Middlesex, England from 1850 to 1965.

The parish of Enfield adopted the Public Health Act 1848 in 1850, and formed a local board of health of 12 members to govern the area. The local board's area was reconstituted by the Local Government Act 1894, and became Enfield Urban District.[1] Enfield Urban District Council replaced the local board, and was divided into four wards each returning three councillors: Town, Chase & Bull's Cross, Ordnance and Green Street & Ponders End.[2] In 1909 two new wards, Bush Park and Hadley Wood & Cockfosters were formed and the UDC increased to 18 councillors. [3]

The urban district council successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation in 1955, becoming a municipal borough, with a corporation consisting of a mayor, ten aldermen and thirty councillors replacing the urban district council. The municipal borough was divided into ten wards, each returning three councillors: Bush Hill Park, Cambridge Road, Chase, Enfield Wash, Green Street, Ordnance, Ponders End, Town, West, and Willow.[1]

The borough was abolished under the London Government Act 1963 was merged with the Municipal Borough of Southgate and the Municipal Borough of Edmonton to form the London Borough of Enfield on 1 April 1965.

The borough included what is now known as Enfield Town, along with other settlements such as Brimsdown Enfield Wash, and Ponders End.

The urban district council was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms in 1946. This featured an "enfield" (a rare heraldic beast) and a green chief with silver and blue wavy bars representing the New River, the Metropolitan Green Belt areas and open spaces. The crest was a stag representing Enfield Chase with a red rose for the Duchy of Lancaster. On incorporation as a borough, the council was eligible for a further grant of supporters, and a stag and an enfield were added on either side of the shield.[4]

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Coordinates: 51°40′N 0°05′W / 51.67°N 0.09°W / 51.67; -0.09


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