Edmonton is a town in
north
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London
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,
England
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within the
London Borough of Enfield
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, a
local government district
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of
Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as
Upper Edmonton
Upper Edmonton is the southern part of Edmonton, North London within the London Borough of Enfield. The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton on Fore Street is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals in reference to the former Angel public hou ...
. Situated north-northeast of
Charing Cross, it borders
Enfield
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* Enfield, South Australia
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** Enfield High School (South Australia)
...
to the north,
Chingford
Chingford is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The town is approximately north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walthamstow t ...
to the east, and
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
to the south, with
Palmers Green
Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around north of Charing Cross. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cy ...
and
Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district.
With the Winchmore Hill conservation area as a focal point, the district is bounded on the east by Green Lanes (the A105 road ...
to the west. The population of Edmonton was 82,472 as of 2011.
The town forms part of the
ceremonial county of
Greater London and until 1965 was in the
ancient county of
Middlesex
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. Historically a
parish
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in the
Edmonton Hundred
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of Middlesex,
Edmonton
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became an
urban district
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in 1894, and a
municipal borough
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in 1937. Local government took place at the now-demolished Edmonton Town Hall in Fore Street between 1855 and 1965. In 1965, following
reform of local government in London, the municipal borough and former parish of Edmonton was abolished, merging with that of
Enfield
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** Enfield High School (South Australia)
...
and
Southgate
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Ed ...
to form the new local government district of Enfield, a borough of Greater London.
Once a rural village, the opening of the railway and tramway in the 19th century, especially the opening of the
high-level station at Lower Edmonton, caused the area to expand rapidly, forming part of the
metropolitan and
urban
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* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
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* Urban (name), a list of people ...
area of
London
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, similar to much of the county of Middlesex. The late 19th century saw the establishment of industry on former
marshland
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and movement of a
working-class population to the area, encouraging much of this development. By the 1930s, the area had become a popular north London shopping destination, and in the 1960s and 1970s, the area underwent major redevelopment, with the construction of an
indoor market and shopping centre, as well as mass construction of
council housing, including
tower blocks
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. In recent years, as a result of increased levels of immigration, the town has been transformed from a predominantly
white
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area into one of the most
ethnically diverse
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areas in England, with the majority of the population now belonging to an ethnic minority background, as first recorded in the
2011 census.
In 1795, the town
gave its name to
Fort Edmonton
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, which grew and evolved into the city of
Edmonton
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, the capital city of
Alberta
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,
Canada
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.
Geography and location
Edmonton is north-northeast of
Charing Cross and stretches from just south of the
North Circular Road
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, where it borders
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
, to its boundary with
Ponders End
Ponders End is the southeasternmost part of Enfield, north London, centred on the Hertford Road. Situated to the west of the River Lee Navigation, it became industrialised through the 19th century, similar to the Lea Valley in neighbouring Ed ...
to the north.
Bush Hill Park
Bush Hill Park is an area of Enfield, located to the south-east of Enfield Town, on the outskirts of north London, and historically in Middlesex. Much of the district is a planned suburban estate, developed mainly in the late-19th and early-20t ...
,
Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district.
With the Winchmore Hill conservation area as a focal point, the district is bounded on the east by Green Lanes (the A105 road ...
and
Palmers Green
Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around north of Charing Cross. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cy ...
adjoin the western boundary along the
Great Cambridge Road, while the
River Lee Diversion
The River Lee Diversion is located in the Lea Valley, close to Enfield Lock and to the north east corner of the King George V Reservoir.
History
As its name implies, the River Lea was diverted to accommodate the construction of the Chingfor ...
forms Edmonton's eastern boundary with
Chingford
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. The northern part of Edmonton, known as Lower Edmonton, corresponds to the N9 postcode area. Upper Edmonton, the southern part of the town, corresponds to the N18 postcode area. Edmonton lies about above sea level. The largest public parks are
Pymmes Park
Pymmes Park is located in Edmonton, London and is bordered by the North Circular Road.
The park is a Metropolitan Open Space, Local Importance of Nature Conservation, and a site of Archaeological Importance.
History
The area known as Pymmes Park ...
and Jubilee Park.
History
![Gasometer & pylons, Tottenham](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Gasometer_%26_pylons%2C_Tottenham.jpg)
The old highway
Ermine Street
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passed through what is today Edmonton. Ermine Street was the main
Roman road from London to
Lincoln
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and on to
York
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.
Edmonton appears in the
Domesday Book
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of 1086, where it is recorded as Adelmetone- 'a farmstead or estate of a man called Ēadhelm' from an
Old English
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personal name and ''
tūn''.
Edmonton Hundred
Edmonton is one of six hundreds (obsolete subdivisions) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. A rotated L-shape, its area has been in the south and east firmly part of the urban growth of London. Since the 1965 formation of London boro ...
was a division of the historic county of
Middlesex
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from
Saxon times, an area of some stretching up the west bank of the
Lea
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from
Tottenham
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to the county boundary south of
Waltham Cross, and west into what is now
Hertfordshire as far as
South Mimms
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. Local government in the modern sense began in 1837 with the Edmonton Union, set up under the
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
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. This also covered a wide district of , including the modern boroughs of
Haringey
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and Enfield, plus
Cheshunt
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,
Waltham Abbey
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and
Waltham Cross. The town hall was built in 1884 and extended in 1903. The
crenelated
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perpendicular
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Edmonton Town Hall was built in 1884 to the designs of George Eedes Eachus. The building was enlarged in 1902–3 by W. Gilbee Scott, who added public swimming baths. The baths were replaced by the Edmonton Green Swimming Pool in 1970. The Town Hall was demolished in 1989.
[Cherry.B &]Nikolaus Pevsner
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The population of this area grew rapidly, reaching 445,875 by 1911 and would today be about 615,000. As the population mushroomed, smaller areas within Middlesex were used for local government, with a
local board
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being formed for the parish of Edmonton in 1850, which eventually achieved the status of
municipal borough
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(main article
Municipal Borough of Edmonton
Edmonton was a local government district in north-east Middlesex, England, from 1850 to 1965.
History
Edmonton local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate was separated from the Edmonton local board' ...
) in 1937. At the 1961 census the borough had a population of 91,956. This was absorbed into the
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hat ...
in 1965, and the former town hall and civic buildings were controversially demolished by Enfield Council in 1989.
Pymmes Park
Pymmes Park is located in Edmonton, London and is bordered by the North Circular Road.
The park is a Metropolitan Open Space, Local Importance of Nature Conservation, and a site of Archaeological Importance.
History
The area known as Pymmes Park ...
with its historic walled garden is Upper Edmonton's park.
Pymmes Park originated as a private estate. In the late 16th century it was owned by the powerful Cecil family. In 1589
Robert Cecil, later 1st
Earl of Salisbury
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Background
The title was first created for Patrick de S ...
, spent his honeymoon at Pymmes. Cecil was a protege of
Francis Walsingham
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Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Wals ...
,
Elizabeth I
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's chief spymaster and he succeeded him as
Secretary of State in 1590. The estate was eventually acquired by Edmonton Council and opened as a public park in 1906. Pymmes House was destroyed by fire during the
Second World War
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and the remains were demolished.
In the 17th century the then rural Edmonton had a reputation for
supernatural activities. In approximately 1600, a
play
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entitled ''
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
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'' was performed in London about a
wizard who lived there. In 1621 the villagers accused an old woman, Elizabeth Sawyer, of
witchcraft
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and she was subsequently
executed
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at
Tyburn
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The parish, probably therefore also the manor, was bounded by Roman roads to the west (modern Edgware Road) and south (modern O ...
; her story was told in a pamphlet by
Henry Goodcole, and in a 1621 play entitled ''
The Witch of Edmonton
''The Witch of Edmonton'' is an English Jacobean play, written by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford in 1621.
The play—"probably the most sophisticated treatment of domestic tragedy in the whole of Elizabethan-Jacobean drama"—is ...
''.
The historic
All Saints' Church
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is situated in Church Street as is Lamb's Cottage, which was home to writers
Charles Lamb
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and
Mary Lamb
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.
John Keats, the
poet
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, was
apprentice
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d to
surgeon
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Dr. Hammond in Church Street between 1810 and 1816. The house was demolished in 1931 to be replaced by Keats Parade. An extant shop carries a
blue plaque
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in commemoration.
Edmonton was the home town of Sir
James Winter Lake
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* James (surname), various people with the last name James
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* King James (disambiguati ...
, director of the
Hudson's Bay Company
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. The
company's trading outpost named after Edmonton is now
the capital
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of the Canadian province of
Alberta
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.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin
![John Gilpin1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/John_Gilpin1.JPG)
In his 1782 poem, ''
The Diverting History of John Gilpin
''The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing how he went Farther than he intended, and came safe Home again'' is a comic ballad by William Cowper written in 1782 in poetry, 1782. The ballad concerns a draper called John Gilpin who rides a Bolt ...
'',
William Cowper
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relates the comic tale of
John Gilpin
John Gilpin (18th century) was featured as the subject in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, entitled '' The Diverting History of John Gilpin''. Cowper had heard the story from his friend Lady Austen.
Gilpin was said to be ...
a linen
draper
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History
Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period, ...
of
Cheapside
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London, who was probably based on a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of
Paternoster Row
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.
Gilpin's spouse decides she and her husband should spend their twentieth wedding anniversary at ''The Bell Inn'', Fore Street, Edmonton. The journey is beset with misfortune from start to finish. Gilpin loses control of his horse which carries him on to the town of
Ware
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distant. On the return journey, Gilpin is still unable to handle his steed, as he once again he fails to stop at ''The Bell''. The horse gallops back to Cheapside much to the dismay of his concerned spouse.
Gilpin is remembered in Edmonton by the statue at Fore Street, the ex-
Wetherspoon
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s outlet the ''Gilpin's Bell'' public house opposite the site of the original inn and the 1950s
council housing Gilpin House in Upper Fore Street.
Industry
Edmonton was home to many industries which included manufacturing of gas appliances,
electrical components
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and
furniture
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. Most of this was lost in the latter part of the twentieth century. Household names that produced goods here included
MK electric
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History
In 1912 Charles Arnold and Charles Belling formed Belling and Company making ...
,
Ever Ready batteries,
British Oxygen
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,
Glover and Main gas appliances.
Eley Industrial Estate
Eley Industrial Estate is in Edmonton, London. Bordered by the Angel Road which is part of the A406 road, North Circular Road A406 road, the River Lee Navigation, and the Lea Valley Lines railway line. The estate is named after Eley Brothers who ma ...
was named after
Eley Brothers
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the
firearms cartridge manufacturer. Its
shot tower
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was a distinctive landmark on the skyline until being demolished the late twentieth century. Due to its close proximity to the
River Lee Navigation
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, timber was transported by
barge
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from the
London Docks
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and stored in riverside wharves. As a result, many furniture makers including Nathans,
Beautility and Homeworthy established factories. Today,
Parker-Knoll products are manufactured at the former B&I Nathan factory on the Eley Industrial Estate. As of 2013, the area is dominated by the 100 metre
Edmonton Incinerator
EcoPark is a waste-to-energy
Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. Wt ...
chimney which was built in 1971. Other major employers include
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlant ...
.
Railway and transport
The railway arrived in 1840 with the opening of the first section of the Lea Valley Line from
Stratford to
Broxbourne
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. A station was provided in
Water Lane (Angel Road). As the station was badly sited and the trains were slow and expensive, few people used the railway in the early days, preferring the horse buses. In 1845 there were buses every 15 minutes along Fore Street, travelling alternately to
Bishopsgate and
Holborn
Holborn ( or ) is a district in central London, which covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part ( St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.
The area has its root ...
.
The single-track line from a junction just north of
Angel Road
The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connectin ...
to
Enfield Town opened on 1 March 1849, with an intermediate single-platform station at
Lower Edmonton
Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonton ...
, located at the edge of the village green. The service was infrequent and often required a change of train at the junction. This, coupled with the train taking the long way round through Stratford to get to the terminus at Bishopsgate, meant that the railway offered little competition to the existing horse coaches and buses.
Edmonton's population grew with the opening of the high level railway at
Edmonton Green station in 1872. The traffic produced by the railway and by a
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
way opened by the
North London Tramways Company in 1881, brought a
working class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colo ...
population to
Lower Edmonton
Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonton ...
and encouraged housing development and the development of Edmonton Green's outdoor market. This had always been the major centre for the village, but by the early 20th century its character had changed to a busy, raucous
Cockney
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centre, alive with
costermonger
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s barrows and food stalls, the venue for travelling circuses and fairs. On several occasions the local council tried unsuccessfully to close down the market.
The direct line from London to Enfield Town was opened in four stages, from
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...
to
Stoke Newington on 27 May 1872; from Stoke Newington through to Lower Edmonton High Level on 22 July 1872, with stations in Edmonton at
Silver Street
''Silver Street'' is a radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC Asian Network from 24 May 2004 to 26 March 2010. It was the first soap to be aimed at the British South Asian community,
Broadcast history
It was introduced in 2004 as part of the S ...
and a new High Level station at Lower Edmonton, which was renamed
Edmonton Green in 1992; the short section from Lower Edmonton High Level to Edmonton Junction (where the new line met the original
Eastern Counties Railway
The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) was an English railway company incorporated in 1836 intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then extend to Norwich and Yarmouth.
Construction began in 1837 on the first nine miles at the Lond ...
route from Angel Road to Enfield Town via Lower Edmonton Low Level) on 1 August 1872; and the suburban platforms on the west side of
Liverpool Street station on 2 February 1874.
The stations were well sited and offered exceptionally cheap workmen's fares of just 2d on trains arriving at Liverpool Street prior to 07:00, 3d on those arriving between 07:00 and 07:30, and half-price returns on those arriving between 07:30 and 08:00. A horse tramway along Fore Street opened in 1881. The tramway was re-constructed and electrified during 1905, lasting until 1938 when trolley buses took over.
Contemporary Edmonton
By the 1930s the area had become a major shopping destination drawing visitors from a wide catchment area. The early post war years saw much of the area in a run down state. There was also an acute housing shortage. Comprehensive redevelopment of the area was agreed in 1960, to a plan by
Frederick Gibberd & Partners for a radically transformed urban centre with a pedestrian shopping area, car parking for 3000, 750 flats including three 25 story
tower blocks
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdicti ...
(Grampian House, Mendip House and Pennine House) and new civic and amenity buildings to replace the old
town hall and
baths. When Edmonton was incorporated within the new
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hat ...
(1965) plans for the civic buildings were abandoned. Only the leisure centre (demolished 2007) set in a car park was completed. Building began on the redevelopment in 1965 and completed in 1974.
[
In recent years, Edmonton has been transformed from a predominantly white area into one of the most ]ethnically diverse
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areas in England as a result of increased immigration.[ At the 2001 census, 66.1% of the population of the Edmonton constituency was white, whereas at the 2011 census, between 36 and 38 percent of the town's three electoral wards was white.]
On 10 February 2005, retailer IKEA opened its Tottenham store on Meridian Way, Edmonton.
The Edmonton Green area is currently being redeveloped by St. Modwen Properties. The £100 million project will include new housing, bus station, clinic and refurbishment of the shopping centre. In addition, a 73-room Travelodge
Travelodge (formerly TraveLodge) refers to several hotel chains around the world. Current operations include: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and several countries in Asia. However, ma ...
hotel will be opened on the development. Edmonton Green area is currently being regenerated by St. Modwen Properties, who bought the property from the London Borough of Enfield in 1999. Phase 1 was completed in 2007 and includes a Primary health care
Primary health care, or PHC, refers to "essential health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community. PHC in ...
centre, 176 affordable residential units, bus station, hotel, leisure centre, new retail outlets and the refurbishment of the existing multi-storey car park
A multistorey car park ( British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a bui ...
. Demolition of the original 1970's leisure centre has been completed, that enabled construction to commence of a new Asda
Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...
supermarket which opened in November 2008.
The then Mayor of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom.
The current m ...
, Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...
, visited Edmonton in November 2008 to release his Time For Action plan. He claimed his proposals would help stop young people becoming repeat offenders.
Edmonton currently has some of the highest levels of unemployment in Britain, with the recession of the late 2000s pushing unemployment to nearly 14% by 2009.
On 18 June 2011 over 400 people marched through Edmonton to make a stand against gun
A gun is a ranged weapon designed to use a shooting tube (gun barrel) to launch projectiles. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns/cannons, spray guns for painting or pressure washing, p ...
and knife crime
Knife legislation is defined as the legislation, body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, ...
.
As part of the 2012 Summer Olympics preparations, the Olympic torch relay
The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was first performed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and has taken place prior to every Games since.
Although in the pa ...
passed through Edmonton on 25 July 2012 at Fore Street ''en route'' to Haringey
The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of ...
.
Up to 5000 new homes and 3000 new jobs will be created by the £1.5 billion Meridian Water
Meridian Water is a £6bn, 20-year regeneration programme in Upper Edmonton, in the south-east of the London Borough of Enfield, North London. Led by the council, the project will build 10,000 homes next to the Lee Valley Regional Park.
The dev ...
redevelopment on former industrial land by 2026.
Demography
2001 Census
The Edmonton constituency had a population of 96,493 in the 2001 census.
The white groups made up 66.1% of the population and thirteen other ethnic groups the remainder.[
]
2011 census
*Edmonton Green ward: 38% White British/Other White, 30% Black British/African/Caribbean.
*Upper Edmonton ward: 41% Other White/White British, 35% Black British/African/Black Caribbean.
*Lower Edmonton ward: 38% White British/Other White, 28% Black British/African/Caribbean/.
The most spoken foreign language in all three wards is Turkish.
The median house price as of 2014 in the Edmonton Green ward was £210,000. This is the 15th lowest out of the 628 wards of Greater London.
Sites or buildings of historic interest
All Saints' Church
The mostly 15th-century church is located in Church Street. It is the oldest building in Edmonton.
Angel Place
A circa 1730 terrace of linked Grade II* Listed Buildings
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which were altered in the middle of the 19th century. 185, 187 and 189 were extensively restored in the 1980s to include the formation of an arch at 187 Angel Place with prize-winning gardens behind. Set back from Fore Street, the A1010 road
A1, A-1, A01 or A.1. may refer to:
Education
* A1, the Basic Language Certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
* Language A1, the former name for "Language A: literature", one of the IB Group 1 subjects
* A1, a ...
, and standing close to the junction with the A406 road
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, the buildings were adjacent to'' The Angel'' public house demolished to widen the North Circular Road.[
]
Charles Lamb Institute
The Grade II listed building is located in Church Street. Designed by J. S. Alder and opened in 1908. The building today is used as a church.[
]
Edmonton Central Library
The former public library (closed 1991) opened in 1897 at Fore Street. Designed by Maurice B. Adams with bequest
A bequest is property given by will. Historically, the term ''bequest'' was used for personal property given by will and ''deviser'' for real property. Today, the two words are used interchangeably.
The word ''bequeath'' is a verb form for the act ...
s provided by the John Passmore Edwards
John Passmore Edwards M.P. (24 March 1823 – 22 April 1911) ODNB article by A. J. A. Morris, 'Edwards, John Passmore (1823–1911)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 200 accessed 15 ...
foundation. Today the Grade II listed building is used as a religious and community centre. (Inside the library by the main entrance were two portrait plaques of Charles Lamb and John Keats by George Frampton
Sir George James Frampton, (18 June 1860 – 21 May 1928) was a British sculptor. He was a leading member of the New Sculpture movement in his early career when he created sculptures with elements of Art Nouveau and Symbolism, often combinin ...
, 1908. The plaques can be viewed at (Community House, 313 Fore Street, Edmonton).
Edmonton Federation Cemetery
The roughly triangular shaped Jew
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ish cemetery was founded in 1889 with land given by Samuel Montagu
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling (21 December 1832 – 12 January 1911), was a British banker who founded the bank of Samuel Montagu & Co. He was a philanthropist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900, a ...
. The walled cemetery is bordered by Salmons Brook
Salmons Brook is a minor tributary of the River Lea, located in the London Borough of Enfield.
Etymology
Salmons Brook is marked thus on Rocque's map of 1754, probably named from the family of John ''Salemon'' of Edmonton mentioned in 1274 ...
which forms part of the Pymmes Brook Trail
The Pymmes Brook Trail is located in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and is just under long. The brook is named after William Pymme, a local landowner.
The trail goes from Hadley Green to Tottenham Hale, where the trail ...
and a footpath which follows the course of the disused Lower Edmonton low level railway. Rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
Eliezer Gordon
Eliezer Gordon ( he, אליעזר גוֹרְדוֹן; 1841–1910) also known as Reb Laizer Telzer (), served as the rabbi and ''rosh yeshiva'' of Telz, Lithuania.
Early years
Eliezer Gordon was born in 1841 in the village of Chernyany (or ...
is buried here. The cemetery contains the war graves of 7 Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and 23 of the Second World War
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. The entrance is in Montagu Road B137 road. The site also incorporates the Western Synagogue Cemetery[ founded in 1884 (containing 3 Commonwealth service war graves of World War II) and adjoins the Tottenham Park Cemetery.
]
Edmonton Girls' Charity School
The simple yellow brick structure with red brick dressings is located on the south side of Church Street. Initially the school, founded in 1784, had been on a different site. However, the benefactor, Obadiah Legrew, grew tired of the children close to his home. He had the original school demolished, drew £170 from the trust, and purchased another plot of land. In 1793 the new school was built afresh, away from his delicate ears. Pupils aged between 7 and 14 were clothed and educated, although the main purpose was to fit them for domestic service. The facade carries a figure of a charity girl and the words ''A structure of Hope founded in Faith on the basis of Charity''. The school closed in 1904.
Lamb's Cottage
Formerly known as Bay Cottage. The cottage is believed to have been built in the 1680s and is located in the Church Street conservation area. Writers
Charles and Mary Lamb
Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection '' Tales from Shakespeare'' (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged ...
occupied the house from 1833 to 1834, when Charles Lamb died there. The cottage was sold to its new owners in June 2008.
Millfield House
Millfield House is a Grade II* listed building located in Silver Street, Edmonton, London. Previously a private house, it has been used as an arts centre since 1979.
History
The house is first mentioned in 1796 when it belonged to John Wigston of ...
The late-18th-century house has been used as a workhouse
In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse' ...
school, hospital
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and a refugee centre before closing in 1971. The house re-opened as an arts centre
An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues fo ...
in 1979 in a complex which encompasses the Millfield Theatre, Millfield Arts Centre
Millfield Arts Centre comprises Millfield Theatre and Millfield House in Edmonton and The Dugdale Centre in Enfield Town.
It is owned by London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It b ...
and the former Weir Hall Library (closed 2008).
North Middlesex Hospital
North Middlesex University Hospital, known locally as North Mid, is a district general hospital in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield. The hospital is managed by North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.
History
The hospital was e ...
The hospital is located in Sterling Way, Upper Edmonton
Upper Edmonton is the southern part of Edmonton, North London within the London Borough of Enfield. The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton on Fore Street is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals in reference to the former Angel public hou ...
. Built in 1842 by the Edmonton Board of Guardians as the Edmonton Union Workhouse. A separate infirmary block was opened in 1910. Much of the building was taken over for use as a military hospital in 1915, during the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, was returned to civilian use in 1920 and renamed the North Middlesex Hospital.
Salisbury House
The house dates to the late 16th/early 17th century, and is the oldest building in Edmonton apart from All Saints' Church. The house which is located in Bury Street West, Lower Edmonton has been a private residence and a school before it was bought by Edmonton council in 1936. The building was established as an arts centre in 1957 (the first to be provided by a local authority in London). In 1992 it underwent a major restoration. The house is Grade II listed along with some of the surrounding walls.
The Crescent
A terrace of twenty-five Georgian
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Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
houses, located in the Hertford Road, built between 1826 and 1851 by a London solicitor. By the late 19th century the properties in the Crescent had been largely split into flats.
Infrastructure
* Deephams Sewage Treatment Works
Deephams Sewage Treatment Works is a sewage treatment facility close to Picketts Lock, Edmonton, England. The outflow discharges via Pymmes Brook into the River Lee Navigation at Tottenham Lock. The treatment works was upgraded in 2012/13.
Locat ...
is located near Picketts Lock
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* Edmonton Incinerator
EcoPark is a waste-to-energy
Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. Wt ...
the largest incinerator in the UK
* William Girling Reservoir
The William Girling Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Enfield and is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain that supplies London with drinking water. It is named after William Girling OBE, a chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board (M ...
is one of the reservoirs in the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain
The Lee Valley Reservoir Chain is located in the Lee Valley, and comprises 13 reservoirs that supply drinking water to London.
The Reservoir Chain is a major geographic constraint; together with the Thames it is one of the two significant topogr ...
Schools
Places of worship
* All Saints' Church
All Saints Church, or All Saints' Church or variations on the name may refer to:
Albania
*All Saints' Church, Himarë
Australia
* All Saints Church, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
* All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook, Western Aust ...
. A mainly 15th-century church located in Church Street.
* Edmonton Baptist Church. Located close to Edmonton Green, a short walk from Edmonton railway station. Built in 1976.
* Edmonton Methodist Church. Located at 300 Fore Street, on the corner of Brettenham Road. There has been a Methodist church in Edmonton since the 19th century. The main part of the current building was erected in 1927.
*Edmonton Salvation Army. Located on Fore Street and was opened in 1889. It was rebuilt in 1993 after part of the original building fell into disrepair.
* Edmonton Temple - Jesus Mission to Nations Ministries, Located in Grove Street.
* Mevlana Rumi Mosque. Located in Fore Street and opened in 2008 by the followers of Fethullah Gulen
Fathallah, Fathalla or the Turkish variant Fethullah is a Romanization of Arabic, transliteration of the Arabic given name, فتح الله (''Fatḥ Allāh''), built from the Arabic words ''fath'' and ''Allah''. It is one of many List of Arabic t ...
.
* St Aldhelm's Church is located in Silver Street Upper Edmonton
Upper Edmonton is the southern part of Edmonton, North London within the London Borough of Enfield. The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton on Fore Street is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals in reference to the former Angel public hou ...
. Built in 1903 and designed by William Douglas Caroe.
* St Alphege's Church. Was erected in 1958 and designed by Sir Edward Maufe. The church can be found at the junction of the Hertford Road and Galliard Road.
* St Edmund's RC Church. Built between 1905 and 1907. The church is on the junction of the Hertford Road and Croyland Road. The School is on the junction of Hertford Road and Bounces Road, facing each other across Hertford Road.
* St. Mary with St. John's Church. Located on Dyson's Road, close to the North Circular Road
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(A406), the church was built in 1906 together with a church hall and vicarage.
* Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. Located on the junction of Town Road and Logan Road. Greek Orthodox since 1977, formerly the Anglican Church of St. Martin. The Church was built in 1909 and consecrated in 1911.
*Silver Street Community Church. Located in Statham Grove, N18. Started in 2015 in partnership with Enfield Evangelical Free Church
Shopping
The main retail centre of Edmonton is the Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
Edmonton Green shopping centre is a large shopping centre in Edmonton, north London, which also encompasses a market. It is located close to Edmonton Green railway station and a large bus station, on The Broadway.market
Market is a term used to describe concepts such as:
*Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
*Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
Geography
*Märket, an ...
, and the other retail centre is at the "Angel" Edmonton which is a high street
High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...
containing a wide range of retail outlets.
Politics
The Member of Parliament for Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
is Kate Osamor
Ofunne Kate Osamor (; born 15 August 1968) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Shadow Secretary of State for International Developm ...
, Labour Co-op who was elected at the General Election held on 5 May 2015.
Leisure and recreation
* Edmonton Cricket Club . The cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
club was founded in 1872 and is located in Church Street. The ground is also home to the Norsemen Football club.
* Edmonton Leisure Centre located at Edmonton Green opened in August 2007. Facilities include a swimming pool and sports hall.
* Lee Valley Leisure Complex
Lee Valley Leisure Complex is located at Edmonton, London, and is part of the Lee Valley Park. It was formerly known as the Picketts Lock Sports Centre. It now comprises an 18-hole golf course which borders the River Lee Navigation, camping ...
located at Picketts Lock
Pickett's Lock or Picketts Lock is an area of Edmonton, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is bordered by River Lee Navigation to the east, Pickett's Lock Lane to the south, Meridian Way A1055 to the west and the Ponders End industrial area to ...
and is part of the Lee Valley Park
* Pymmes Brook Trail
The Pymmes Brook Trail is located in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and is just under long. The brook is named after William Pymme, a local landowner.
The trail goes from Hadley Green to Tottenham Hale, where the trail ...
crosses Edmonton to join the Lea Valley Walk
The Lea Valley Walk is a long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London. From its source much of the walk is rural. At Hertford the path follows t ...
at Pickett's Lock on the River Lee Navigation.
* Angling
Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ...
is allowed upstream and downstream of Picketts Lock. Information from the River Lea Anglers Club.
* The River Lee Navigation's towpath
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forms part of National Cycle Route 1
The cycle-path is located in the United Kingdom.
Route
Dover to Canterbury
Dover , Deal , Sandwich , Canterbury
Links with National Cycle Route 2, Regional route 16, and Regional route 17 in Dover. Leaves Dover passing Dover Castle. S ...
and the Lea Valley Walk.
Parks, gardens and open spaces
''For further details see article'' Enfield parks and open spaces
* Bury Lodge Gardens. The gardens are located in Bury Street West. Built on land belonging to Bury Lodge house (demolished 1935) and the nearby Salisbury House. The ornamental garden includes brick pillared pergolas
A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open Latticework, lattice, often upon which Woody plant, woo ...
, rose gardens and a pond. Other facilities are a playing field. The southern boundary of the park is bordered by Salmons Brook
Salmons Brook is a minor tributary of the River Lea, located in the London Borough of Enfield.
Etymology
Salmons Brook is marked thus on Rocque's map of 1754, probably named from the family of John ''Salemon'' of Edmonton mentioned in 1274 ...
.
* Church Street Recreation Ground. The recreation ground is located close to the A10 in Lower Edmonton. The grounds facilities include playing fields and children's play area. The site is the home to London's only complete Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Civil Defence Centre.[
* Craig Park . The park is located in ]Upper Edmonton
Upper Edmonton is the southern part of Edmonton, North London within the London Borough of Enfield. The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton on Fore Street is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals in reference to the former Angel public hou ...
and lies close to Angel Road A406. Facilities include sports pitches, children's play area and hard court.
* Jubilee Park. Covering of land previously used for brick-making
A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for ...
. The park opened on 24 June 1939 to commemorate King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
Silver Jubilee in 1935. Facilities include, the Henry Barrass Stadium, formal gardens, pitch and putt, sports pitches, tennis courts and wildlife area.
* Montagu Road Recreation Ground . The recreation ground is located in Montagu Road B137. The facilities include playing fields, children's play area and hard courts.
* Plevna Road Open Space.Open space close to Edmonton Green
* Pymmes Park
Pymmes Park is located in Edmonton, London and is bordered by the North Circular Road.
The park is a Metropolitan Open Space, Local Importance of Nature Conservation, and a site of Archaeological Importance.
History
The area known as Pymmes Park ...
. This historic park is located in Upper Edmonton and borders the North Circular Road
The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...
* Tatem Park and Hollywood Gardens. The park and the gardens opened in 1938 and were built on a former gravel pit which belonged to the Tatem sisters, who donated the site to Edmonton Borough Council in the 1930s for use as a public park. The gardens are named after Alderman Hollywood, former Mayor of Edmonton. The ornamental gardens occupy a triangle between two main roads A10 and the A111. In 1983 a nature area was created with the accent on wildlife conservation.
Theatre and the arts
Edmonton is the home of the Millfield Arts Centre
Millfield Arts Centre comprises Millfield Theatre and Millfield House in Edmonton and The Dugdale Centre in Enfield Town.
It is owned by London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It b ...
and Face Front Inclusive Theatre Company.
Notable people
Popular culture
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down the now demolished bridge at Edmonton Green, and in the same episode he skates at the indoor rink at the now demolished
's last stage performance in 1922. She was taken ill on stage and died several days later.
* Side two of
was recorded live at the Cook's Ferry Inn on 12 May 1969 in Edmonton.
* The video for the
recorded a song titled ''Edmonton Green'' lamenting the changes that have occurred there.
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