Editing London Borough of Enfield (section)

===Administrative history===
The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the two [[ancient parish]]es of Enfield and Edmonton, and was historically part of the county of [[Middlesex]]. Both parishes were made [[Local board of health|local board districts]] in 1850, each with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for the provision of infrastructure.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawes |first1=Edward |title=The Act for Promoting the Public Health, with notes |date=1851 |pages=254–257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRJXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA254 |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> The Edmonton district was divided in 1881, when its western part was made a separate district called Southgate. Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Middlesex |date=1914 |page=352 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/63660/rec/4 |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>

Each of the three urban districts was later raised to the status of a [[municipal borough]]: [[Municipal Borough of Southgate|Southgate]] in 1933,<ref>{{cite web |title=Southgate Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10081490#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> [[Municipal Borough of Edmonton|Edmonton]] in 1937,<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmonton Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10074150 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> and [[Municipal Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enfield Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023737 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>

The modern borough was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]], covering the combined area of the former boroughs of Enfield, Edmonton and Southgate, which were all abolished at the same time. The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs.<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref>

The [[armorial bearings]] of these three boroughs were also merged. The [[heraldic beast]] on the shield of the [[coat of arms of the London Borough of Enfield|Enfield coat of arms]] is known in [[heraldry]] as an "[[Enfield (heraldry)|Enfield]]" (or colloquially as the Enfield beast), and is used extensively as a logo representing Enfield, particularly by the borough council.