Edgware is a suburb of North London situated north-west of Charing Cross. 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.

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 Mall, 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 currently outside the London postal district and instead forms a separate post town in the HA postcode area.^[1]

History

Edgware was an ancient parish 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.^[2] It was abolished in 1931 and formed part of the Municipal Borough of Hendon until 1965.^[3] 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.

Demography

Hanukkah menorah outside Edgware tube station, 2006

Edgware is well-known for its high Jewish population.^[4] Its population is 47% Jewish (taken from synagogue membership figures) and the area contains 12 synagogues, situated in the central and northern areas of the suburb. The Jewish community in Edgware has constructed its own Eruv.^[5]

In the 2001 Census, 36.9% of Edgware residents give their religion as Jewish ? one of the highest rates in England and Wales. This figure is actually believed to be higher as the question was optional on the census.^[6]

Nearby areas

• Stanmore to the west
• Mill Hill to the east
• Burnt Oak to the south (part of Edgware)
• Elstree to the north

Nearby tube stations

• Edgware tube station
• Burnt Oak tube station
• Canons Park tube station

Notable people who have lived in Edgware or are presently residing

• Eleanor Bron — actress
• Max Bygraves — singer and actor
• Antony Costa — singer from boy band Blue
• Vanessa Feltz — TV/Radio presenter
• Dayan Michoel Fisher — Emeritus Principal Rabbi of the Federation of Synagogues
• George Frideric Handel — composer
• George Michael — musician
• Alan Senitt — former chairman of the Union of Jewish Students, murdered in Washington DC
• Pat Sharp — disc jockey and television presenter
• Michael Sophocles contestant on Apprentice UK season 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/candidate/id/18/type/contestant.html

Education

• The London Academy
• Edgware Jewish Primary School
• Holland House Prep School
• Broadfields Primary School
• Deansbrook Primary School
• North London Collegiate School
• Rosh Pinah Jewish Primary School
• Edgware Junior School

References

External links

• Ward information
• Councillor information
• Edgware Library
• Edgware Eruv
• Sulloniacis

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