At the Restoration, the Chase was replanted and stocked with deer, and so continued till , when an Act of Parliament was obtained for its disafforesting, and the land portioned out into allotments.
On admeasurement, the Chase was found to contain 8, acres, of which the greater part is now in tillage. The town, which is situated to the W.
Petty sessions are held here, and it is a polling place for the county. There is a Board of Health for sanitary purposes, and police stations in four different parts of the parish. Here is a government manufactory for small arms on an extensive scale, also a brewery, corn-mill, and saw-mills. The town and neighbourhood are lighted with gas, and well supplied with water from springs. At Ponder's End in this parish is a large manufactory for finishing crape.
The parish church is about years old, and is thought to have belonged to Saffron Walden Abbey; having a chantry attached, now converted into a vestry. It is dedicated to St. Andrew, and contains several curious and finely-executed monuments and brasses. The register commences in There are also the following district churches, viz.
Of Dissenting chapels there are five, viz: one Independent, three Wesleyan, and one Primitive Methodist, in different parts of the parish. Of schools there are four National, one British, and six for infants; also a free grammar school, and a school of industry for girls. Of the ancient palace there are some remains, but the greater part was taken down in The one room which remains is in its original state, with oak panels and a richly ornamented ceiling.
Coins, urns, and other Roman remains, have been found. There are several handsome seats and residences in the neighbourhood. Enfield gives the title of viscount to the Earl of Strafford. The manor of Enfield and part of the soil belongs to the duchy of Lancaster.
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