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Municipal Borough of Edmonton
Edmonton was a local government district in north-east Middlesex, England, from 1850 to 1965.
Edmonton local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate was separated from the Edmonton local board's district, gaining its own local board. Edmonton became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act of that year. In 1937 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough.
In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its area transferred to Greater London, to be combined with that of the Municipal Borough of Southgate and the Municipal Borough of Enfield to form the London Borough of Enfield.
A town hall was built in Fore Street in 1884–5, to house the local board, vestry and magistrates. In brick with stone embellishments, it was in Perpendicular Gothic style with large traceried windows to the public hall on its first floor, which could seat 675. Between 1899 and 1902 the building was extended for the urban district council in the same style, to provide a new council chamber, committee rooms and offices; there was also a separate public swimming baths.
The baths were replaced in 1970 by Edmonton Green swimming pool. The post-1965 borough council, based at Enfield Civic Centre, had no use for the old town hall and it was demolished in 1989.
The Municipal Borough of Edmonton was granted a coat of arms on 2 October 1937. It was as follows:
Per pale wavy sable and azure on a saltire or between two cogwheels in fess argent an open book proper bound gules edged or.
Crest: On a Wreath or and azure issuant from flames of fire proper a demi-lion per bend sinister sable and or holding in the dexter paw a sledgehammer also proper and resting the sinister paw upon a cinquefoil gules.
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Municipal Borough of Edmonton
Edmonton was a local government district in north-east Middlesex, England, from 1850 to 1965.
Edmonton local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate was separated from the Edmonton local board's district, gaining its own local board. Edmonton became an urban district in 1894 under the Local Government Act of that year. In 1937 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough.
In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its area transferred to Greater London, to be combined with that of the Municipal Borough of Southgate and the Municipal Borough of Enfield to form the London Borough of Enfield.
A town hall was built in Fore Street in 1884–5, to house the local board, vestry and magistrates. In brick with stone embellishments, it was in Perpendicular Gothic style with large traceried windows to the public hall on its first floor, which could seat 675. Between 1899 and 1902 the building was extended for the urban district council in the same style, to provide a new council chamber, committee rooms and offices; there was also a separate public swimming baths.
The baths were replaced in 1970 by Edmonton Green swimming pool. The post-1965 borough council, based at Enfield Civic Centre, had no use for the old town hall and it was demolished in 1989.
The Municipal Borough of Edmonton was granted a coat of arms on 2 October 1937. It was as follows:
Per pale wavy sable and azure on a saltire or between two cogwheels in fess argent an open book proper bound gules edged or.
Crest: On a Wreath or and azure issuant from flames of fire proper a demi-lion per bend sinister sable and or holding in the dexter paw a sledgehammer also proper and resting the sinister paw upon a cinquefoil gules.