Fort Edmonton (also named Edmonton House) was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914, all of which were located on the north banks of the North Saskatchewan River in what is now central Alberta , Canada. It was one of the last points on the Carlton Trail , the main overland route for Metis freighters between the Red River Colony and the points west and was an important stop on the York Factory Express route between London , via Hudson Bay , and Fort Vancouver in the Columbia District . It also was a connection to the Great Northland, as it was situated relatively close to the Athabasca River whose waters flow into the Mackenzie River and the Arctic Ocean. Located on the farthest north of the major rivers flowing to the Hudson Bay and the HBC's shipping posts there, Edmonton was for a time the southernmost of the HBC's forts.
78-726: 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 firearms cartridges here. The estate is now mostly used for warehousing and retail outlets. The former B&I Nathan furniture factory
156-466: A 73-room Travelodge 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 Primary health care centre, 176 affordable residential units, bus station, hotel, leisure centre, new retail outlets and the refurbishment of
234-522: A company chaplain. Rundle's tenure lasted until 1848, and his ministry and missionary work was met with competition of a sort by Jean-Baptiste Thibault , a Catholic priest who, like Rundle, was attempting to evangelize natives in the area. A chapel was erected inside the fort in 1843, which the Reverend Rundle boasted could host "(one) hundred Indians"; the structure also had two small rooms for Rundle's private use. Meanwhile, Rowand complained that
312-579: A demolished machine shop at the Rossdale Power Plant . Coordinates: 54°3′40.88243″N 112°16′11.9″W / 54.0613562306°N 112.269972°W / 54.0613562306; -112.269972 Both Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton moved to the mouth of White Earth Creek, 100 km northeast of modern Edmonton at the northernmost point of the North Saskatchewan near present-day Smoky Lake, Alberta . The place
390-414: 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
468-569: 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 Fort Edmonton From 1795 to 1830 it was located in four successive locations. Prior to 1821 each location was paired with a Fort Augustus of the North West Company (NWC). Sometimes other fur companies also built forts nearby as well. The fifth and final Fort Edmonton, 1830–1914,
546-537: A long-serving member of the HBC, John Edward Harriott , became the chief trader under Rowand. The two gained family ties when Harriott married one of Rowand's daughters. On a couple of occasions when Rowand joined HBC Inland Governor George Simpson for travel abroad, Harriott acted as chief factor. Rowand's administration from the 1830s onward coincided with a great change in the Saskatchewan District. For
624-707: A new post at the Rossdale location on October 6, 1812. Post Factor James Bird marked out the layout of the new post on October 10. James Bird's son William Bird was born at Fort Edmonton and later played a role in the naming of today's Mill Creek. In the years immediately succeeding that move, the two furtrading companies, the HBC and the NWC, had a strong and violent rivalry, peaking with the Battle of Seven Oaks at Winnipeg. Violence broke out at Edmonton in 1826 when fort staff fought off an attempt by several Nakoda to steal some of
702-420: A plan of Edmonton. The artist Paul Kane first visited the fort in 1845. He produced several works of art based upon his time there. In May 1854, John Rowand died while accompanying the annual York Boat trip eastward. Accounts suggest that he tried to break up (or join) a skirmish between some of the tripmen while at Fort Pitt , and in his rage he fell suddenly dead. He was initially buried at Fort Pitt, but
780-402: A radically transformed urban centre with a pedestrian shopping area, car parking for 3000, 750 flats including three 25 story tower blocks (Grampian House, Mendip House and Pennine House) and new civic and amenity buildings to replace the old town hall and baths . When Edmonton was incorporated within the new London Borough of Enfield (1965) plans for the civic buildings were abandoned. Only
858-545: A three-storey house in the heart of the fort for the exclusive use of him and his family, denoting his station to his subordinates, visitors and trade partners alike. This was nicknamed "Rowand's Folly." Two Catholic missionaries, Francois-Norbert Blanchet and Modeste Demers, were the first to visit Fort Edmonton (called Fort-des-Prairies ) in 1838. Starting in 1840, the Fort housed the Wesleyan missionary Robert Rundle as
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#1732782824168936-587: Is also known as Fort White Earth, or Terre Blanche. This is located in Township 58-16-W4. This location was only active for two years for two main reasons: the Cree had been encouraged to visit other posts to avoid violent confrontations with the Blackfoot , yet the generally more southerly Blackfoot refused to travel so far off of their normal circles and consequently took their trade south to Americans. While
1014-633: 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
1092-552: Is now the Rossdale area of downtown Edmonton. This area had been a gathering place for aboriginals in the region for thousands of years. It is possible the HBC officials on the ground might have adopted a new name for the new fort. But an 1800 directive from HBC main offices in London had instructed them to stop switching names. (Later after Fort Edmonton was moved to its third site, the head office staff instructed them to stop using
1170-468: Is now used to manufacture the Parker Knoll range of furniture. Coca-Cola are a major employer with a manufacturing plant on the estate. The estate still has some functional brick built factories from the 1950s. 51°36′51″N 0°02′38″W / 51.6141°N 0.0439°W / 51.6141; -0.0439 Edmonton, London Edmonton is a town in north London , England within
1248-610: Is the 15th lowest out of the 628 wards of Greater London. All Saints' Church 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* Listed Buildings 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,
1326-548: Is today Edmonton. Ermine Street was the main Roman road from London to Lincoln and on to York . Edmonton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded as Adelmetone—'a farmstead or estate of a man called Ēadhelm' from an Old English personal name and tūn . Edmonton Hundred was a division of the historic county of Middlesex from Saxon times, an area of some 31,000 acres (130 km ) stretching up
1404-510: The 2011 census . In 1795, the town gave its name to Fort Edmonton , which grew and evolved into the city of Edmonton , the capital city of Alberta , Canada. Edmonton is 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross and stretches from just south of the North Circular Road , where it borders Tottenham , to its boundary with Ponders End to the north. Bush Hill Park , Winchmore Hill and Palmers Green adjoin
1482-686: The A1010 road , and standing close to the junction with the A406 road , 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 Central Library The former public library (closed 1991) opened in 1897 at Fore Street. Designed by Maurice Bingham Adams with bequests provided by
1560-566: The Government of Canada in 1868, pursuant to the Rupert's Land Act 1868 , thus ending the HBC's administration of the vast territory and beginning an era of settlement in the 1870s. By the 1890s, the fort was in disrepair and largely abandoned. The Hudson's Bay Company transitioned to retail stores, and business in Edmonton ran from one of those instead. In 1841 James Sinclair stopped at Fort Edmonton to receive instructions on where to cross
1638-530: The John Passmore Edwards 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 George Frampton , 1908. The plaques can be viewed at (Community House, 313 Fore Street, Edmonton). Edmonton Federation Cemetery The roughly triangular shaped Jewish cemetery
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#17327828241681716-470: The London Borough of Enfield , a local government district of Greater London . The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonton . Situated 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross , it borders Enfield to the north, Chingford to the east, and Tottenham to the south, with Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill to
1794-528: The Oblate missionary Albert Lacombe first visited Fort Edmonton. With Rundle having trouble controlling the department in 1848, Lacombe easily took up residence in the former Methodist chapel. Lacombe took pity on the fur trade labourers, opining that, "during the summer months, [Hudson's Bay labourers' toil] was as hard as that of the African slave.". He found little sympathy for the workers from John Rowand or
1872-684: The York Factory Express overland trade route, was peripherally involved in the Oregon Boundary Dispute . A pair of British Army lieutenants, Mervin Vavasour and Henry James Warre , were sent on a mission in the guise of eccentric gentlemen to reconnoitre the lower Columbia River valley and Puget Sound . Among other objectives, they were to determine which HBC posts could be used in a military conflict. The trip had been encouraged by Sir George Simpson Governor of
1950-414: The metropolitan and urban area of London, similar to much of the county of Middlesex. The late 19th century saw the establishment of industry on former marshland and movement of a working-class 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
2028-471: The trade of animal furs in Rupert's Land . As one company established a fur trading post, the other would counter by building its post in close proximity or even farther upstream. Expansion up the Saskatchewan River was heated in the 1790s. Coordinates: 53°46′5″N 113°10′19″W / 53.76806°N 113.17194°W / 53.76806; -113.17194 In the summer of 1795,
2106-542: The 1950s council housing Gilpin House in Upper Fore Street. Edmonton was home to many industries which included manufacturing of gas appliances, electrical components and furniture. Most of this was lost in the latter part of the twentieth century. Household names that produced goods here included MK electric , Ever Ready batteries, British Oxygen , Glover and Main gas appliances. Eley Industrial Estate
2184-399: The 2011 census, between 36 and 38 per cent of the town's three electoral wards was white. On 10 February 2005, retailer IKEA opened its Tottenham store on Meridian Way, Edmonton. 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,
2262-507: The 9th Earl of Southesk visited on his way to the Rocky Mountains , hoping that the fresh mountain air would improve his health. He recorded his observations in the 1874 book Saskatchewan and Rocky Mountains and also published a book on Cree syllabics in 1875. Viscount William Milton and William Butler Cheadle came through Edmonton in 1862/3 and published accounts of their journey. The spring of 1870 saw Fort Edmonton come under
2340-599: The CPR station at Calgary, to ensure that no local outbreak would occur. Most of the soldiers went on out to chase down Big Bear and his band. What remained of the fifth Fort Edmonton was dismantled in October, 1915. It was seen as a crumbling eyesore next to the Alberta Legislature Building, which had been completed three years earlier. The Government of Alberta indicated at the time that it would use
2418-405: The HBC clerks. The following year, Lacombe moved to Lac St. Anne , but had a new Catholic chapel constructed in the fort in 1857 (but did not dwell there); this chapel lasted nearly twenty years before being moved outside of the fort. A Methodist follow-up to Robert Rundle, Reverend Thomas Woolsey , was dispatched to Edmonton in 1852. His arrival in the fort coincided with Lacombe's residency in
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2496-913: The HBC's George Sutherland. The Fort was named after Edmonton , Middlesex , England , birthplace of both Pruden and HBC Deputy Governor Sir James Winter Lake. In addition to the NWC-HBC rivalry, two or three competing fur-trading posts were also built nearby. Grants Company, independent fur buyer Francois Beaubien and the North West Company reportedly built forts near the Fort Edmonton/Fort Augustus location. Coordinates: 53°31′44″N 113°29′53″W / 53.52889°N 113.49806°W / 53.52889; -113.49806 In 1802, due to several years of declining fur returns and increasingly scarce firewood, Fort Edmonton and Fort Augustus were moved upstream, to what
2574-514: The Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company still operated separate posts, in direct competition with each other, the two posts were built inside a shared palisade . After its abandonment in 1812, the forts fell into ruin and little remains of them. There is no official signage on the site. Perhaps a local name for a creek that enters the Saskatchewan on the south side of the river opposite
2652-500: The Hudson's Bay Company. Fifteen years later, on March 19, 1885, during the North West Rebellion , the telegraph wire connecting Edmonton to the rest of the world was cut. Fearing imminent attack, many local settlers and their families took shelter within the fort's old wooden palisade walls. No attack happened. Within a few weeks, marching and mounted troops arrived from southern Alberta and from eastern Canada by way of
2730-707: The Hudson's Bay Company. Warre and Vavasour reported that the mountain passes were unsuitable for troop transport. Their mission took them through Fort Edmonton in the fall of 1845, and again on their way back to Montreal in 1846. They wrote: "Without attempting to describe the numerous Defiles through which we passed, or the difficulty of forcing a passage through the burnt Forests, and over the high land, we may venture to assert, that Sir George Simpson's idea of transporting troops. . . with their stores, etc. through such an extent of uncultivated Country and over such impracticable Mountains would appear to Us quite unfeasible." As with other forts he visited on this mission, Vavasour drew
2808-631: The North West Company constructed Fort Augustus where the Sturgeon River meets the North Saskatchewan River , just north of the present-day city of Fort Saskatchewan , approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of the final Fort Edmonton (near the present-day Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton). A few months later (on Oct. 5, 1795), Hudson's Bay began to construct Edmonton House close by, taking advantage of
2886-743: The Rockies. With him were about 116 to 121 mostly Métis settlers from the Red River Colony , hired by the Pugets Sound Agricultural Company to settle on Fort Nisqually and Cowlitz Farm within modern Washington state . Captain John Palliser stayed in Fort Edmonton for a time in 1858 while on his famous expedition . With the help of the factor's wife, Palliser held a ball there. In 1859,
2964-482: The comic tale of John Gilpin a linen draper of Cheapside London, who was probably based on a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row . 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
3042-485: The construction of an indoor market and shopping centre , as well as mass construction of council housing , including tower blocks . In recent years, as a result of increased levels of immigration, the town has been transformed from a predominantly white area into one of the most ethnically diverse areas in England, with the majority of the population now belonging to an ethnic minority background, as first recorded in
3120-447: 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
3198-492: The existing multi-storey car park . Demolition of the original 1970's leisure centre has been completed, that enabled construction to commence of a new Asda supermarket which opened in November 2008. The then Mayor of London , Boris Johnson , 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
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3276-494: The first time, missionaries, artists, and curious travellers came to Edmonton to visit, sometimes for extended periods. This frustrated Rowand to some degree. Prior to this time, the only Europeans to come that far into the west were men on some sort of company business. With Rowand making Edmonton his home, the fort became an important centre in the west. It was a necessity for any traveller going any further west of Edmonton to go through there for provisions first. Rowand constructed
3354-555: The fleeing traders as they were unable to ford the North Saskatchewan due to high spring waters. Th Blackfoot encamped nearby, plundered the wagons and harassed the fort with their muskets. The men in the fort armed themselves and prepared to fight. But the fort was not attacked in force. Chief Factor William J. Christie ordered the Bay men not to go out to attack the Blackfoot, apprehensive that to do so would invite further violence against
3432-607: The former B&I Nathan factory on the Eley Industrial Estate. As of 2013, the area is dominated by the 100 metre Edmonton Incinerator chimney which was built in 1971. Other major employers include Coca-Cola . The railway arrived in 1840 with the opening of the first section of the Lea Valley Line from Stratford to Broxbourne . A station was provided in Water Lane (Angel Road) . As the station
3510-430: The former Methodist chapel, a discovery which distressed Woolsey. Conflicts and private frustrations with Catholic missionaries, and failures to convert Catholics to Protestantism, marked Woolsey's twelve-year residence at the fort. In 1854, the mission St. Joachim was officially founded in turn at Fort-des-Praires (Fort Edmonton). Though somewhat distant from the territory in question, Fort Edmonton, an important stop on
3588-689: The former NWC factor, became chief trader of the HBC's Fort Edmonton . Fort Edmonton became the headquarters for the Saskatchewan District of Rupert's Land, which stretched from the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the west to Fort Carlton in the east; from the 49th parallel in the south to Lesser Slave Lake in the north. In 1823, Rowand was promoted to chief factor. Rowand managed Saskatchewan District from Fort Edmonton until his death in 1854. Coordinates: 53°31′55″N 113°30′24″W / 53.53194°N 113.50667°W / 53.53194; -113.50667 Due to floods in
3666-513: The former town hall and civic buildings were controversially demolished by Enfield Council in 1989. Pymmes Park 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 Earl of Salisbury , spent his honeymoon at Pymmes. Cecil was a protege of Francis Walsingham , Elizabeth I 's chief spymaster and he succeeded him as Secretary of State in 1590. The estate
3744-412: The fort's horses. Six Nakoda were killed and five Bay men wounded in a brisk exchange of gunfire and arrow-flight. Already by that time, horses were being kept at Horse Hill in what is now northeast Edmonton. The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company merged in 1821. After the amalgamation, the companies used the Hudson's Bay Company name. The name Fort Augustus was dropped, and John Rowand,
3822-570: 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 gun and knife crime . As part of the 2012 Summer Olympics preparations, the Olympic torch relay passed through Edmonton on 25 July 2012 at Fore Street en route to Haringey . Up to 5000 new homes and 3000 new jobs will be created by
3900-547: The late 1820s, a new fort was built on the terrace above the riverflats in 1830. This fifth and final fort stood for 85 years, though its use as a fur trading post was phased out starting in 1891. During its final years, the Fort co-existed with the Alberta Legislature Building . The Legislative Building opened in 1913 on a terrace just north of the fort on the site of "Rowand's Folly", the large house built for Chief Factor John Rowand ... At this time,
3978-414: 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 ethnically diverse 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
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#17327828241684056-401: 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
4134-509: The old fort's timbers to create a heritage site elsewhere in the city, but it never did. A few were saved and still possibly exist in city museums or in Rowand House, but most were said to be accidentally burned in a Boy Scout jamboree in May 1937. In 1923 the suspected site of the original Forts Augustus and Edmonton at Fort Saskatchewan was declared a National Historic Site of Canada, and
4212-489: The population mushroomed, smaller areas within Middlesex were used for local government, with a local board being formed for the 3,894 acres (15.76 km ) parish of Edmonton in 1850, which eventually achieved the status of municipal borough (main article Municipal Borough of Edmonton ) in 1937. At the 1961 census the borough had a population of 91,956. This was absorbed into the London Borough of Enfield in 1965, and
4290-432: The presence of ministers in his fort was a distraction for the natives, and was ostensibly impeding the fur trade business. On a personal level, however, Rowand had taken a liking to Rundle, and entrusted the minister with teaching his children. Father Pierre-Jean De Smet spent the winter of 1845-46 at Fort Edmonton having traveled and explored from Oregon Country to meet the natives of the Rocky Mountains . In 1852,
4368-512: The railway and by a tramway opened by the North London Tramways Company in 1881, brought a working class population to Lower Edmonton 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 Cockney centre, alive with costermongers barrows and food stalls,
4446-502: The same name for differently-located forts. It is from this muddle that the present-day City of Edmonton bears the name that it does.) The first woman of European descent known to live in this region was the French-Canadian Marie-Anne Lagimodière (née Gaboury) , who was also noteworthy as the grandmother of Louis Riel . She had accompanied her fur trader husband, Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière , into
4524-455: The same two rivers; in a possible revelation of the competitive nature of the companies, Fort Augustus and Edmonton House's distance was described as being a "musket-shot" apart, yet the proximity also offered mutual security to the European traders of both companies in a land where they were all intruders. Edmonton House, and the subsequent forts, was named by John Peter Pruden , clerk to
4602-438: The site commemorates the old forts - its name is Fort Creek. Coordinates: 53°31′44″N 113°29′53″W / 53.52889°N 113.49806°W / 53.52889; -113.49806 Fort Edmonton and Fort Augustus moved back to the second site at the Rossdale flats, it having proven to be a site more amenable for Natives to visit. A crew of workers was sent from Fort Edmonton at White Earth to begin construction of
4680-446: The threat of violence due to a war between the Blackfoot and Cree, resulting from the slaying of Cree Chief Maskipiton . A group of the Blackfoot approaching the fort from the south caught some traders with wagons of goods on the south bank, in today's Walterdale neighbourhood of Edmonton. The traders escaped by ferry but had to leave their wagons behind. The ferry was not sent back to the Blackfoot and they were not able to give chase to
4758-468: The town of Ware ten miles (16 km) 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
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#17327828241684836-436: 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 Bethnal Green to Stoke Newington 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
4914-485: The villagers accused an old woman, Elizabeth Sawyer, of witchcraft and she was subsequently executed at Tyburn ; her story was told in a pamphlet by Henry Goodcole , and in a 1621 play entitled The Witch of Edmonton . The historic All Saints' Church is situated in Church Street as is Lamb's Cottage, which was home to writers Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb . John Keats , the poet, was apprenticed to surgeon Dr. Hammond in Church Street between 1810 and 1816. The house
4992-664: The west bank of the Lea from Tottenham to the county boundary south of Waltham Cross , and west into what is now Hertfordshire as far as South Mimms . Local government in the modern sense began in 1837 with the Edmonton Union, set up under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 . This also covered a wide district of 47,102 acres (190.62 km ), including the modern boroughs of Haringey and Enfield, plus Cheshunt , Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross . The town hall
5070-616: The west shortly after their marriage in Trois-Rivières , Lower Canada, and was known to take part in hunting expeditions. The couple lived in Fort Augustus from 1807 to 1811. John Rowand , the Chief Factor at Fort Edmonton from 1823 to 1854, first worked at Fort Augustus from 1804 to 1806; he was stationed there again from 1808 onward. Evidence of this Fort Edmonton was found in 2012, when crews were excavating under
5148-625: The west. The population of Edmonton was 82,472 as of 2011. The town forms part of the ceremonial county of Greater London and until 1965 was in the ancient county of Middlesex . Historically a parish in the Edmonton Hundred of Middlesex, Edmonton became an urban district in 1894, and a municipal borough 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 ,
5226-726: The western boundary along the Great Cambridge Road , while the River Lee Diversion forms Edmonton's eastern boundary with Chingford . 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 52 feet (16 m) above sea level. The largest public parks are Pymmes Park and Jubilee Park. The old highway Ermine Street passed through what
5304-478: The £1.5 billion Meridian Water redevelopment on former industrial land by 2026. 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. 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
5382-432: 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 Bishopsgate and Holborn . The single-track line from a junction just north of Angel Road to Enfield Town opened on 1 March 1849, with an intermediate single-platform station at Lower Edmonton , located at
5460-538: Was built in 1884 and extended in 1903. The crenelated perpendicular 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. The population of this area grew rapidly, reaching 445,875 by 1911 and would today be about 615,000. As
5538-517: Was demolished in 1931 to be replaced by Keats Parade. An extant shop carries a blue plaque in commemoration. Edmonton was the home town of Sir James Winter Lake , director of the Hudson's Bay Company . The company's trading outpost named after Edmonton is now the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta . In his 1782 poem, The Diverting History of John Gilpin , William Cowper relates
5616-475: Was eventually acquired by Edmonton Council and opened as a public park in 1906. Pymmes House was destroyed by fire during the Second World War and the remains were demolished. In the 17th century the then rural Edmonton had a reputation for supernatural activities. In approximately 1600, a play entitled The Merry Devil of Edmonton was performed in London about a wizard who lived there. In 1621
5694-564: Was founded in 1889 with land given by Samuel Montagu . The walled cemetery is bordered by Salmons Brook which forms part of the Pymmes Brook Trail and a footpath which follows the course of the disused Lower Edmonton low level railway. Rabbi Eliezer Gordon is buried here. The cemetery contains the war graves of 7 Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War and 23 of the Second World War . The entrance
5772-548: Was later exhumed and buried in Montreal as per his last will and testament. Following a few short-lived administrations in Rowand's wake, William J. Christie was a long-lasting chief factor at Edmonton from 1858 to 1872. Christie's protégé Richard Charles Hardisty , later a Canadian Senator , served as chief factor in Edmonton for an interim period from 1862 through 1864. The Hudson's Bay Company relinquished Rupert's Land to
5850-546: Was named after Eley Brothers the firearms cartridge manufacturer. Its shot tower was a distinctive landmark on the skyline until being demolished the late twentieth century. Due to its close proximity to the River Lee Navigation , timber was transported by barge from the London Docks 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
5928-427: Was re-constructed and electrified during 1905, lasting until 1938 when trolley buses took over. 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
6006-670: Was renamed Edmonton Green in 1992; the short section from Lower Edmonton High Level to Edmonton Junction (where the new line met the original Eastern Counties Railway 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 Liverpool Street station 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
6084-406: Was the one that evolved into present-day Edmonton . Fort Edmonton was also called Fort-des-Prairies , by French-Canadians trappers and coureurs des bois , and amiskwaskahegan or " Beaver Hills House" in Cree , the most spoken Indigenous language in the region during the 19th century. In the late 18th century, the HBC, established in 1670, was in fierce competition with the NWC for
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