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Edgware is an Old English place-name first recorded in the 970s as Aegces wer, meaning Ecgi's weir. Ecgi is a Saxon name and the weir relates to a pond where his people would catch fish. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The name was subsequently applied to the ancient parish of Edgware.
5 days ago · Name and etymology. Norden supposes, that this place has been corruptly called Edgware; its right name being Edgworth, which he defines, a fruitful place upon the edge of the county (fn. 1) . But this etymology appears to be very erroneous; for neither do the Saxon Glossaries affix any such sense to the component parts of the word Edgworth, nor ...
400 years ago Edgware was a resting place for pilgrims travelling along the Roman Road on their way from London to St Albans. It grew into a village, then a small market town with traders and a cattle fair but it remained a farming community well into the 1800s.
The parish included part of the village of Elstree in its northwestern corner, while that part of the village of Edgware which stands on the western side of Watling Street has always been in the parish of Little Stanmore. Edgware was included in Hendon R.D. on its formation in 1895 and was transferred to Hendon U.D. in 1931. Hendon was ...
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edgware like this: EDGWARE, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district in Hendon district, Middlesex. The town stands on Watling-street, at the terminus of the London and Edgware railway, 4 miles NE of Harrow; is partly in Little Stanmore parish; was known ...
Apr 26, 2024 · In 10 dead-straight miles, the Edgware Road spans British history from the Romans' establishment of Londinium (when it could all have fitted into Hyde Park, had Hyde Park existed...
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The name “Edgware” comes from the Old English words “Ecgi’s weir,” meaning “Ecgi’s fish trap,” and refers to a fishing weir that was built on the River Brent in the area.
