Edmonton Hundred

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The parishes and major newer settlements in the Hundred which extended from Tottenham (inclusive) northwards then westwards.
1820 map of the Edmonton Hundred by Greenwood based on the boundaries stated in the Doomsday Book of 1086. 1820 map of the Edmonton Hundred.jpg
1820 map of the Edmonton Hundred by Greenwood based on the boundaries stated in the Doomsday Book of 1086.
Edmonton
Edmonton Hundred in Middlesex.svg
Area
  183131,410 acres (127.1 km2) [2]
Population
  183126,930
  188194,185
History
  Createdin antiquity
  Abolishedno administrative or legal role after 1886, but never formally abolished.
  Succeeded by Edmonton Urban District
Enfield Urban District
East Barnet Urban District
South Mimms Rural District
Tottenham Urban District
Status hundred
   HQ see text

Edmonton is one of six hundreds (obsolete subdivisions) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. A rotated L-shape, its area has been in the south and east firmly part of the urban growth of London. Since the 1965 formation of London boroughs (see Greater London) it mainly corresponds to the London Boroughs of Enfield, a negligible portion of Barnet and a narrow majority of Haringey. Its ancient parish of South Mimms (including the later civil parish of Potters Bar) has since 1965 been part of the Hertsmere district in Hertfordshire.

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History

The hundred's name means 'farm/settlement of Eadhelm'. [3]

The hundred was listed in the Domesday Book in 1086, after which there were only very minor boundary changes. It was sometimes known as the Half Hundred of Mimms. [4]

It contained the parishes and settlements of Edmonton, Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms and Tottenham. It bordered Ossulstone hundred to the south west, and had a boundary with Essex to the east. To the north then west it projected into Hertfordshire (containing South Mimms and Monken Hadley) which county had long borders with all of the parishes except for Tottenham. The eastern successors to the three easterly ecclesiastical parishes continue to adjoin Essex across the (River Lea) but due to urbanisation the three simple parishes have more Church of England parishes today.

The Hundred Moot appears to have originally been held near Potters Bar. By the seventeenth century the "mote plane" was in an open area of Enfield Chase. The court for the hundred eventually moved to a public house in Enfield prior to its abolition in 1846. [4]

In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, the area forming the small civil parish of Monken Hadley was transferred to Hertfordshire reflecting the growth of Barnet as a town.

Area and population change

The following is the population of the parishes in Edmonton Hundred as given at each ten-yearly census from 1801 - 1881: [5]

ParishArea180118111821183118411851186118711881
Edmonton7,483 acres (30.3 km2)5,0936,8247,9008,1929,0279,70810,93013,86023,463
Enfield12,653 acres (51.2 km2)5,8816,6368,2278,8129,3679,45312,42416,05419,104
Monken Hadley641 acres (2.6 km2)5847189269799451,0031,0539781,160
South Mimms6,386 acres (25.8 km2)1,6981,6281,9062,0102,7602,8253,2383,5714,002
Tottenham4,642 acres (18.8 km2)3,6294,7715,8126,9378,5849,12013,24022,86946,456
Total31,805 acres (128.7 km2)16,88520,57724,77126,93030,68332,10940,88557,33294,185

Replacement

The hundreds of England declined in administrative use because of the rise of various ad-hoc boards and the gradual takeover of all types of jurisdiction by the King's courts, the courts of England and Wales. In the sixteenth century many of the powers of the manorial lords who would convene at the Hundred Court was stripped by placing their taxation powers and responsibilities in the board of each parish, the vestry. By 1894 whatever residual significance they had was replaced by a system of uniform local government districts, which were consolidated over time. Hundreds had been used in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 to define many constituencies but not by the Reform Act 1867 which preferred the Poor Law Unions. As to Edmonton Hundred its constituent parts split in 1965 four ways: three parts contributed to London boroughs and one part already constituting Potters Bar Urban District moved to Hertfordshire as its senior local government body which in 1974 united into a wider non-metropolitan district ranking beneath Hertfordshire County Council named Hertsmere.

Ancient ParishDistrictTodayExtent of contribution
Edmonton (included Southgate as a chapelry) Edmonton Urban District
Southgate Urban District
London Borough of Enfield all
Enfield Enfield Urban District
Monken Hadley East Barnet Urban District London Borough of Barnet minor contrib.
South Mimms (included Potters Bar as a chapelry) South Mimms Rural District Hertsmere District in Hertfordshireminor contrib.
Tottenham Tottenham Urban District
Wood Green Urban District
London Borough of Haringey major contrib.

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  4. 1 2 "Edmonton Hundred". Victoria County County of Middlesex: Volume 5. 1976. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  5. "Table of population, 1801-1901". Victoria County History of Middlesex: Volume 2. 1911. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
  6. "The history and antiquities of the parish of Edmonton, in the county of Middlesex. Comprising an account of the manors, the church, and Southgate chapel". 1819.

Coordinates: 51°38′42″N0°03′36″W / 51.645°N 0.060°W / 51.645; -0.060