Edmonton is a town in

north London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames and the City of London. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshi ...

, England within the

London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield () is a London boroughs, London borough in Greater London, England. The main communities in the borough are Edmonton, London, Edmonton, Enfield, London, Enfield, Southgate, London, Southgate and Palmers Green. Enfi ...

, a

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Greater London Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a Ceremonial count ...

. 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, London, 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 forme ...

. Situated north-northeast of

Charing Cross Charing Cross ( ) is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London" and became the point from which distances from London are measured. ...

, it borders Enfield to the north,

Chingford Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The centre of Chingford is north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walt ...

to the east, and

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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 London Borough of Enfield, north London, England, in the N postcode area, N21 postal district. The Winchmore Hill conservation area serves as the focal point of the district. Geographically, ...

to the west. The population of Edmonton was 82,472 as of 2011. The town forms part of the

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and until 1965 was in the ancient county of

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. Historically a

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in the

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 bor ...

of Middlesex,

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

became an

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in 1894, and a

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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 and Southgate 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

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and urban area of London, similar to much of the county of Middlesex. The late 19th century saw the establishment of industry on former

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and movement of a

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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

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, including

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. In recent years, as a result of increased levels of immigration, the town has been transformed from a predominantly

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area into one of the most

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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,

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in Canada was named after the town in London. The fort evolved into the city of

, the capital city of

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, Canada.

Geography and location

Edmonton is north-northeast of

and stretches from just south of 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. It runs from Chiswick in the west to North Woolwich in the east via suburban north London, connecting var ...

, where it borders

, to its boundary with

Ponders End Ponders End is the southeasternmost part of Enfield, London, Enfield, North London, north London, England, around Hertford Road west of the Lee Navigation, River Lee Navigation. It became Industrial suburb, industrialised through the 19th centur ...

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 ...

and

adjoin the western boundary along the Great Cambridge Road, while the River Lee Diversion forms Edmonton's eastern boundary with

. 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 A406 road, North Circular Road. The park is Metropolitan Open Land, of local importance for nature conservation, and a site of archaeological importance. History The area known as ...

and Jubilee Park.

History

The old highway

Ermine Street Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (''Londinium'') to Lincoln ('' Lindum Colonia'') and York ('' Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earninga ...

passed through what is today Edmonton. Ermine Street was the main

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from London to

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and on to

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. Edmonton appears in the

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of 1086, where it is recorded as Adelmetone—'a farmstead or estate of a man called Ēadhelm' from an

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personal name and '' tūn''.

was a division of the historic county of

from

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times, an area of some stretching up the west bank of the Lea from

to the county boundary south of

Waltham Cross Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the sout ...

, and west into what is now

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as far as

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. Local government in the modern sense began in 1837 with the Edmonton Union, set up under the

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. This also covered a wide district of , including the modern boroughs of

Haringey The London Borough of Haringey ( , 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 three forme ...

and Enfield, plus

Cheshunt Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...

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and

. The town hall was built in 1884 and extended in 1903. The

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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 &

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'' p430 London:4 North Retrieved 11 April 2008 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

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being formed for the parish of Edmonton in 1850, which eventually achieved the status of

(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 of health, local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton, London, Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate, Lond ...

) in 1937. At the 1961 census the borough had a population of 91,956. This was absorbed into the

in 1965, and the former town hall and civic buildings were controversially demolished by Enfield Council in 1989.

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

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, spent his honeymoon at Pymmes. Cecil was a protege of

Francis Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham ( – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her " spymaster". Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Wa ...

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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

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and the remains were demolished. In the 17th century the then rural Edmonton had a reputation for

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activities. In approximately 1600, a play entitled ''

The Merry Devil of Edmonton ''The Merry Devil of Edmonton'' is an Elizabethan-era stage play; a comedy about a magician, Peter Fabell, nicknamed the Merry Devil. It was at one point attributed to William Shakespeare, but is now considered part of the Shakespeare Apocryph ...

'' was performed in London about a wizard who lived there. In 1621 the villagers accused an old woman, Elizabeth Sawyer, of

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and she was subsequently executed at

Tyburn Tyburn was a Manorialism, manor (estate) in London, Middlesex, England, one of two which were served by the parish of Marylebone. Tyburn took its name from the Tyburn Brook, a tributary of the River Westbourne. The name Tyburn, from Teo Bourne ...

; 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"—i ...

''. The historic

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is situated in Church Street as is Lamb's Cottage, which was home to writers

Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his '' Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book '' Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764� ...

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 Lamb, Charles on the collection ''Tales from Shakespeare'' (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and i ...

John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tub ...

, the poet, was apprenticed to surgeon 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

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in commemoration. Edmonton was the home town of Sir James Winter Lake, director of the

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. The company's trading outpost named after Edmonton is now

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of the Canadian province of

''The Diverting History of John Gilpin''

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. The ballad concerns a draper called John Gilpin who rides a runaway horse. Cow ...

'',

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relates the comic tale of

John Gilpin John Gilpin 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 wealthy drap ...

a linen

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London, who was probably based on a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of

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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

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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- Wetherspoons outlet the ''Gilpin's Bell'' public house opposite the site of the original inn and the 1950s

Gilpin House in Upper Fore Street.

Industry

Edmonton was home to many industries which included manufacturing of gas appliances,

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and furniture. Most of this was lost in the latter part of the twentieth century. Household names that produced goods here included

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, Ever Ready batteries, British Oxygen, 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 North Circular Road A406 road, the River Lee Navigation, and the Lea Valley Lines railway line. The estate is named after Eley Brothers who manufactured ...

was named after

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the firearms cartridge manufacturer. Its

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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 The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and i ...

, timber was transported by

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from the

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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 Edmonton EcoPark is a waste-to-energy plant which burns waste from several London boroughs to provide electricity for the National Grid. It is located on the River Lee Navigation and bordered by the North Circular Road, in Edmonton in the Lond ...

chimney which was built in 1971. Other major employers include

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Railway and transport

The railway arrived in 1840 with the opening of the first section of the Lea Valley Line from Stratford to

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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

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and

Holborn Holborn ( or ), an area in central London, covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part (St Andrew Holborn (parish), St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Wards of the City of London, Ward of Farringdon Without i ...

. 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. It runs from Chiswick in the west to North Woolwich in the east via suburban north London, connecting vari ...

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 333,587 in 2021. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Hig ...

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 Districts of England, local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern ...

, 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 tramway opened by the North London Tramways Company in 1881, brought a working class population to

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

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centre, alive with

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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

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on 27 May 1872; from Stoke Newington through to Lower Edmonton High Level on 22 July 1872, with stations in Edmonton at Silver Street 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

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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

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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

(Grampian House, Mendip House and Pennine House) and new civic and amenity buildings to replace the old

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and baths. When Edmonton was incorporated within the new

(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

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 per cent of the town's three electoral wards was white. On 10 February 2005, retailer

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opened its Tottenham store on Meridian Way, Edmonton. Edmonton Green1

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

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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

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centre, 176 affordable residential units, bus station, hotel, leisure centre, new retail outlets and the refurbishment of the existing

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. Demolition of the original 1970's leisure centre has been completed, that enabled construction to commence of a new

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supermarket which opened in November 2008. The then

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, 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

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and

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. As part of the

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preparations, the

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passed through Edmonton on 25 July 2012 at Fore Street ''en route'' to

. Up to 5000 new homes and 3000 new jobs will be created by the £1.5 billion Meridian Water 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% White British/Other White, 35% Black British/African/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 All Saints Edmonton

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*

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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, and standing close to the junction with the

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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 Library

Edmonton Central Library The former public library (closed 1991) opened in 1897 at Fore Street. Designed by

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with

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s provided by the

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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

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, 1908. The plaques can be viewed at (Community House, 313 Fore Street, Edmonton).

Edmonton Federation Cemetery The roughly triangular shaped Jewish cemetery was founded in 1889 with land given by

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. The walled cemetery is bordered by

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which forms part of the Pymmes Brook Trail and a footpath which follows the course of the disused Lower Edmonton low level railway.

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is buried here. The cemetery contains the war graves of 7 Commonwealth service personnel of the

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and 23 of the

. 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

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and

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 The late-18th-century house has been used as a

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school, hospital and a

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centre before closing in 1971. The house re-opened as an

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in 1979 in a complex which encompasses the Millfield Theatre,

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and the former Weir Hall Library (closed 2008).

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The hospital is located in Sterling Way,

. 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

, 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 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

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is located near

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the largest incinerator in the UK *

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is one of the reservoirs in the

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Schools

Places of worship

. 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

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. * St Aldhelm's Church is located in Silver Street

. Built in 1903 and designed by William Douglas Caroe. * St Alphege's Church. Was erected in 1958 and designed by

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. 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

(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

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, and the other retail centre is at the "Angel" Edmonton which is a

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containing a wide range of retail outlets.

Politics

The Member of Parliament for

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who was elected at the

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held on 5 May 2015.

Leisure and recreation

* Edmonton Cricket Club . The cricket club was founded in 1872 and is located in Church Street. The ground is also home to the Norsemen Association football, Football club. * Edmonton Leisure Centre located at Edmonton Green Shopping Centre, Edmonton Green opened in August 2007. Facilities include a swimming pool and sports hall. * Lee Valley Leisure Complex located at

and is part of the Lee Valley Park * Pymmes Brook Trail crosses Edmonton to join the Lea Valley Walk at Pickett's Lock (lock), Pickett's Lock on the River Lee Navigation. * Angling is allowed upstream and downstream of Picketts Lock. Information from the River Lea Anglers Club. * The River Lee Navigation's towpath forms part of National Cycle Route 1 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, rose gardens and a pond. Other facilities are a playing field. The southern boundary of the park is bordered by

. * Church Street Recreation Ground. The recreation ground is located close to the A10 road (Great Britain), 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

Civil Defence Centre. * Craig Park . The park is located in

and lies close to Angel Road A406 road, A406. Facilities include sports pitches, children's play area and hard court. * Jubilee Park. Covering of land previously used for brick-making. The park opened on 24 June 1939 to commemorate George V of the United Kingdom, King George V 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 List of B roads in Great Britain, B137. The facilities include playing fields, children's play area and hard courts. * Plevna Road Open Space.Open space close to Edmonton Green *

. This historic park is located in Upper Edmonton and borders the

* 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 road (Great Britain), A10 and the A111 road (England), A111. In 1983 a nature area was created with the accent on wildlife conservation.

Theatre and the arts

Edmonton is the home of the

and Face Front Inclusive Theatre Company.

Notable people

Popular culture

* In an episode of the BBC situation comedy, comedy ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', Frank Spencer (played by Michael Crawford) roller skates down the now-demolished bridge at Edmonton Green, and in the same episode he skates at the indoor rink at the now-demolished Picketts Lock, Picketts Lock Centre. * The Empire Music Hall was the venue for Marie Lloyd's last stage performance in 1922. She was taken ill on stage and died several days later. * Side two of ''A Step Further'' by Savoy Brown was recorded live at the Cook's Ferry Inn on 12 May 1969 in Edmonton. * The video for the Lostprophets song "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" was filmed in a car park at Edmonton Green. * Local musical duo Chas & Dave recorded a song titled "Edmonton Green" lamenting the changes that have occurred there. *In the BBC and later ITV (TV network), ITV Situation comedies, situation comedy ''Birds of a Feather (TV series), Birds of a Feather''. Pauline Quirke's character Sharon Theodopolopodous and her husband Chris originally lived in a Council house, council flat in Edmonton. * In Harold Pinter's ''The Birthday Party (play), The Birthday Party'', there is a reference to Stanley having played a “world-class” concert in Lower Edmonton.

Watercourses

* River Lee Diversion *

* Pymmes Brook *

* The Overflow Channel flows along the western perimeter of the William Girling reservoir to merge with the River Lee diversion, close to the Lea Valley Viaduct. * Saddlers Mill Stream culverted throughout much of its course and flowing mostly underground. The stream was diverted in the early 21st century to alleviate flooding close to where it merges with Salmons Brook at Montagu Road.

Nearest places

to the south *

to the west *

to the east *

to the north *

to the west

Railway stations

* Edmonton Green railway station * Silver Street railway station * Meridian Water railway station

References

External links

Reports and Statistics for Edmonton and Enfield BoroughThe Edmonton Greenist
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