Editing London Borough of Enfield (section)

===Industry===
Enfield has a history of [[armaments]] manufacture—see [[Royal Small Arms Factory]]. The [[Lee–Enfield]] .303 rifle was standard issue for the [[British Army]] until 1957, although its usage carried on afterwards for some time. Other firearms [[manufactured]] there include the [[Bren]] and [[Sten]] machine guns—the "en" in both cases denoting the place of manufacture.

The world's first solid state circuitry [[colour television]]s were manufactured by [[Ferguson Electronics|Ferguson]] at their now closed plant in Enfield.

The first mass-produced [[dishwasher]] was manufactured in [[Hotpoint]]'s now closed Enfield plant.

The [[Barclays Bank]] branch in Enfield was the first place in the world to have an [[Automatic Teller Machine|ATM]] or cash machine; it was officially opened in June 1967 by [[Reg Varney]], a television actor and personality most famous for his lead role in the comedy series ''[[On the Buses]]''. This historical event was marked by a silver plaque on the wall of the bank, and later by an [[English Heritage]] [[Blue plaque]].

A fine example of a [[grade II listed]] [[art deco]] factory building can be found along Southbury Road, with the former [[Ripaults Factory]],<ref>{{NHLE|num=1079486|desc=RIPAULTS FACTORY, Non Civil Parish|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref> now an office building for [[Travis Perkins]].
[[File:Welcome to Enfield (2).jpg|alt=A London Borough of Enfield welcome sign at the border with Hertfordshire|left|thumb|A London Borough of Enfield welcome sign at the border with Hertfordshire]]