Edgware
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Edgware is a suburb of north London situated 9.7 miles (15.6 km) 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.
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. There is a bus garage, a shopping centre called The Mall (formerly known as The Broadwalk), and a library. There is a large hospital, Edgware Community Hospital. There are two streams, Edgware Brook and Deans Brook, which are tributaries of the River Brent. Edgware's population is 47% Jewish (taken from synagogue membership figures) and the area contains twelve synagogues, situated in the central and northern areas of the suburb. The Jewish community in Edgware have constructed their own Eruv - The Edgware Eruv.
In the 2001 Census 36.9% of Edgware residents give their religion as Jewish – one of the highest rate in England and Wales. This figure is believed to be higher as the question was optional on the census. see Barnet Census Profile
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[edit] Brief History of Edgware
Edgware was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. Edgware is a Saxon name meaning Ecgi's weir. Ecgi's was a Saxon and the weir relates to a pond where Ecgi's people would catch fish. From 1932 to 1965, it was in the Borough of Hendon. 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 erected by Duke of Chandos.
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[edit] Notable people who have lived in Edgware
- George Frideric Handel — composer
- Pat Sharp — disc jockey and television presenter
- Antony Costa — singer from boy band Blue
- Vanessa Feltz — TV/Radio presenter
- Dayan Michoel Fisher — Emeritus Principal Rabbi of the Federation of Synagogues
- Eleanor Bron — actress
- Gary E Lewis — Economist and Author
- Max Bygraves — singer and actor
- George Michael — musician
[edit] Schools
- The London Academy secondary school - one of 5 DfES Academies - was scheduled to open in 2004 but due to delays in planning permissions the academy did not open until September 2006. The building was designed by architects Foster Associates.
- Sponsorship of £1.5 million was provided by the chairman of a venture capital company, Peter Shalson.
- Edgware Jewish Primary School
- Holland House Prep School
- Leading independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 4-11.
- Broadfields Primary School
- Deansbrook Primary School
- North London Collegiate School
- Rosh Pinah Jewish Primary School
- Founded in 1956 and located at two sites on the Broadfields Estate. The main building on Glengall Road opened in 1986, when the school became a two-form entry.
