Things you didn't know about... Enfield

The world's first ATM was in Enfield
The original "hole in the wall" was installed at a branch of Barclays in Enfield in 1967. Reg Varney from the television series On the Buses was the first to withdraw cash. The machine paid out a maximum of £10 a time.

"Goldenballs" trained here
David Beckham played for Brimsdown Rovers Football Club's youth team as a 14 year old. He spent two years at the Enfield-based club, where he was Under-15 Player of The Year in 1990.

Enfield's buried history
Elsynge Palace was the 16th-century hunting lodge of Henry VII at a time when much of the borough was covered in woodland and oak forests. It was here that Elizabeth I spent part of her childhood and where Sir Walter Raleigh famously laid his cloak over a puddle for her after she became queen.

Now an archaeological mystery, the palace is thought to have stood in the present-day grounds of Enfield's Jacobean mansion Forty Hall.

Britain's electronic age started in Enfield
The diode valve was invented here in Enfield by Professor Ambrose Fleming in 1904, paving the way for radio, television and computers.

Dick Turpin: Enfield fugitive
The legendary highwayman found the great forests of Enfield the perfect hideout for his criminal activities in the 1700s. It was here that passengers of passing stagecoaches were ambushed and forced to "stand and deliver".

Enfield's poetic heritage
John Keats, the great English Romantic poet, grew up in his grandmother's home in Edmonton. He was educated at a private school on the site of what is now Enfield train station. Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate until his death in 1984, taught at Heddon Court School in Cockfosters. He recalled this period in his poem Cricket Master.

Enfield bore the nation's arms
The Royal Small Arms Factory produced the standard issue Lee-Enfield rifle for the British army till 1957. Enfield was the manufacturing hub for firearms production for over 100 years.

Britain's oldest market is in Enfield
The first ever market charter was granted here in 1303 by Edward I. A plaque in Market Square commemorating 700 years of trading was unveiled by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 2003.

Enfield, oasis for garden lovers
Eminent botanist E.A. Bowles lived at Enfield's Myddelton House. Its famous garden is now a great attraction for gardening enthusiasts, along with nearby Capel Manor, the country's leading horticultural college.