ENFIELD, (Middlesex) 10 cm. near 11 mm. from London, is called in some old records Enfen, or Infen, from the fenny soil of
some part of its p. so drained since, that, except the part called Enfield-Wash, it is now become good land. It was
formerly noted for tanning of hides; and the manor bel. to Walden-Abbey, and had a royal palace, built by Tho. Lovel, in
the R. of Hen. VII. and the chace near it bel. formerly to the Magnavils Es. of Essex, then to the Bohuns; but has been
ever since parcel of the duchy of Lancaster. In the centre almost of the chace, are the ruins of an old house, which is
said to have bel. to the Es. of Essex just mentioned. Here is a most sumptuous lodge for the ranger; and the skirts of the
chace are stored with country-seats, for the citizens of London and sportsmen. This chace was full of deer, and all sorts
of game, when K. Jam. I. resided at Theobolds; but in the civil wars was stripped both of the game and timber, and let out
in farms. Yet after the Rest. it was laid open again, woods and groves were replanted, and the whole chace stored with
deer; but it is not, nor perhaps ever will be, what it was. The Mt. is S. and the Fairs on Good-Fr. St. Phil. and Jac. May
1, Sept. 12 and Nov. 30. Here are several boarding-scs, one of which is a large old house, called Elizabeth's, on Enfield-
Green, over-against the Ch.