Edmonton Urban District
| Edmonton | |
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 Edmonton within Middlesex in 1961 |
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| Area | |
| • 1894 | 3,894 acres (15.8 km2) |
| • 1965 | 3,896 acres (15.8 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 46,899 |
| • 1961 | 91,956 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | London Borough of Enfield |
| Status |
Local board 1850 -1894 Urban district (1894 - 1937) Municipal borough (from 1937) |
| • HQ | Edmonton |
| • Motto | Faith in Industry |
 Coat of arms of the borough council |
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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, forming 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 former 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.
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.
Supporters: On either side a lion gules gorged with a collar engrailed with the chain reflexed over the back and charged on the shoulder with a saltire couped or supporting a staff or flying therefrom a banner the dexter azure charged with an oak tree eradicated and fructed proper and the sinister gules charged with two seaxes in saltire argent pomelled and hilted or.
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