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For other uses, see Edgware (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°37′07″N 0°16′22″W / 51.6185°N 0.2729°W
Edgware is a suburb of North London situated 9.7 miles (15.6 km) north-west of Charing Cross.A per the name the Edgware Road starts in Edgware and runs to Marble Arch, some miles to the south. Most of Edgware is in the London Borough of Barnet, but the western part is in the London Borough of Harrow and the Queensbury area is in the London Borough of Brent. The three boroughs meet at the junction of Burnt Oak Broadway and Stag Lane. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.[1] It is principally a shopping and residential area and is known by those who regularly use the London Underground as being one of the northern termini of the Northern Line. It has a bus garage, a shopping centre called The Broadwalk, a library, a large hospital – Edgware Community Hospital – and two streams – Edgware Brook and Deans Brook – which are tributaries of the Silk Stream, which in turn merges with the River Brent at the Welsh Harp (Brent Reservoir). Edgware is outside the London postal district and instead forms a separate post town within the HA postcode area.[2]
[edit] HistoryMain article: History of Edgware Edgware was an ancient hamlet in the county of Middlesex. Edgware is a Saxon name meaning Ecgi's weir. Ecgi was a Saxon and the weir relates to a pond where Ecgi's people would catch fish. The Edgware parish formed part of Hendon Rural District from 1894.[3] It was abolished in 1931 and formed part of the Municipal Borough of Hendon until 1965.[4] The Romans made pottery at Brockley Hill, and is thought by some to be the site of Sulloniacis. Canons Park, to the north-west, was developed as an estate by James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos and was the site of his great palace Cannons. Edgware was associated with the highwayman Dick Turpin- the infamous scene of his worst incident, which happened on 4 February 1735, when five gang members, including Turpin, broke into a farmhouse owned by Joseph Lawrence, called Earlsbury Farm. Lawrence was at least 70 (so considered fairly old) and yet Turpin et al. beat him with their pistols and tortured him by setting him on a fire whilst naked. While this was going on, the leader of the gang took a servant girl upstairs and raped her. [edit] Geography
[edit] Demography Edgware is one of the major Jewish enclaves within London.[5] In the 2001 Census, 36.9% of Edgware residents give their religion as Jewish, 28% Christian, 9% Hindu and 5% Muslim.[6] The Jewish community in Edgware has constructed its own Eruv.[7] [edit] Nearby tube stations[edit] Notable people who have lived in Edgware or are presently residing
[edit] EducationMain article: List of schools in the London Borough of Barnet
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