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Edmonton Hundred is one of six hundreds (obsolete subdivisions) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. The shape of its area suggests a rotated "L", and for the past 200 years it has been firmly part of the urban growth of London. Since the formation of Greater London in 1965 it has mainly corresponded to the London Boroughs of Enfield, plus slightly more than half of the London Borough of Haringey and a negligible portion of London Borough of Barnet. 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. The hundred contained the parishes and settlements of Edmonton, Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms and Tottenham. It bordered Ossulstone Hundred to the southwest, and had a boundary with Essex to the east. To the north and west it projected into Hertfordshire (containing South Mimms and Monken Hadley). The eastern successors to the three easterly ecclesiastical parishes continue to adjoin Essex across the River Lea but due to urbanisation the three simple original parishes have more Church of England parishes today. In 1831 the hundred had an area of 31,410 acres (127.1 km2) and a population of 26,930. By 1881 the area had not changed but the population had expanded to 94,185. In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, the area forming the small civil parish of Monken Hadley was transferred to Hertfordshire and absorbed into the town of Barnet. In 1965 this area was transferred back into Greater London, becoming the London Borough of Barnet. [Add relevant part of sketchmap from Middlesex_parishes.jpg. Credit Adam37 and wikimedia] [edit] The demise of the hundredsThe 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 [Parliamentary] Seats Act 1885 to define many constituencies, but in the Reform Act 1867 the Poor Law Union was used. [edit] Successors to Edmonton Hundred in 1894
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