Municipal Borough of Enfield

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

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. 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. In 1909 two new wards, Bush Park and Hadley Wood & Cockfosters were formed and the UDC increased to 18 councillors.

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.

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.

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