Enfield Lock
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Enfield Lock is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, in the north of London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Ordnance Road between Enfield Lock railway station and the River Lea Navigation
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[edit] History
It was first developed from about 1812 when a UK government-owned rifle factory, which was to be later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, was built. The factory was built round about the end of the Napoleonic War on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marsh land at Enfield Lock on the banks of both the River Lea and the River Lea Navigation. The site was where the old River Lea joined the new River Lea.
The Lock, had been built in 1811 to conserve water on the river, and a lock keeper's house was built.
There was no other housing at that time at Enfield Lock, so workers had to live nearby at Enfield Wash.
The RSAF was closed shortly after privatisation, in about 1987 and the majority of the former site is now covered into a large housing development: Enfield Island Village. The original machine shop frontage and the older part of the rear structure has been retained and was converted into workshops and retail units by the Enfield Enterprise Agency, making use of European Union (ERDF) funding.
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[edit] Politics
- The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).
[edit] Schools
- Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Keys Meadow Primary Prince of Wales Primary School
[edit] External links
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- Mapping from Multimap or GlobalGuide or Google Maps
- Aerial image from TerraServer
- Satellite image from WikiMapia
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