Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield
1816 - Redeveloped
Overview
The government rifle works beside the River Lea that gave its name to the Lee-Enfield, the standard British service rifle through two world wars. It also built the Bren light machine gun. The factory closed in the late 1980s and the site was redeveloped as Enfield Island Village.
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