Edmonton Stadium was a

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stadium in

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, in the

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Stadium

The stadium was located on the north side of the

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and

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and on the south side of Eastbournia Avenue and St Malo Avenue. The stadium raced as an independent (unaffiliated to a governing body). It should not be confused with a nearby training track between Tramway Avenue and Tudor Road that served as a straight possibly known as Edmonton Green straight. This training track was also known as Houndsfield after the part of Edmonton it was in and is now a street of housing called Elizabeth Ride.

Closure

Edmonton stadium closed in 1947 and became derelict before being replaced by housing on present day Barrowfield Close.

References

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