67-518: Upper Edmonton is the southern part of Edmonton , North London within the London Borough of Enfield . The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton on Fore Street is often referred to as " The Angel " by locals in reference to the former Angel public house that was demolished in 1968 to make improvements to the North Circular Road . The area borders Lower Edmonton to the north and Tottenham to
134-487: A local board being formed for the 3,894 acres (15.76 km ) parish of Edmonton in 1850, which eventually achieved the status of municipal borough (main article Municipal Borough of Edmonton ) in 1937. At the 1961 census the borough had a population of 91,956. This was absorbed into the London Borough of Enfield in 1965, and the former town hall and civic buildings were controversially demolished by Enfield Council in 1989. Pymmes Park with its historic walled garden
201-503: A municipal borough in 1937. Local government took place at the now-demolished Edmonton Town Hall in Fore Street between 1855 and 1965. In 1965, following reform of local government in London , the municipal borough and former parish of Edmonton was abolished, merging with that of Enfield and Southgate to form the new local government district of Enfield, a borough of Greater London. Once
268-459: A 73-room Travelodge hotel will be opened on the development. Edmonton Green area is currently being regenerated by St. Modwen Properties , who bought the property from the London Borough of Enfield in 1999. Phase 1 was completed in 2007 and includes a Primary health care centre, 176 affordable residential units, bus station, hotel, leisure centre, new retail outlets and the refurbishment of
335-414: A different site. However, the benefactor, Obadiah Legrew, grew tired of the children close to his home. He had the original school demolished, drew £170 from the trust, and purchased another plot of land. In 1793 the new school was built afresh, away from his delicate ears. Pupils aged between 7 and 14 were clothed and educated, although the main purpose was to fit them for domestic service. The facade carries
402-451: A figure of a charity girl and the words A structure of Hope founded in Faith on the basis of Charity . The school closed in 1904. Lamb's Cottage Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial counties , formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies , are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. They are one of the two main legal definitions of
469-487: A public park in 1906. Pymmes House was destroyed by fire during the Second World War and the remains were demolished. In the 17th century the then rural Edmonton had a reputation for supernatural activities. In approximately 1600, a play entitled The Merry Devil of Edmonton was performed in London about a wizard who lived there. In 1621 the villagers accused an old woman, Elizabeth Sawyer, of witchcraft and she
536-402: A radically transformed urban centre with a pedestrian shopping area, car parking for 3000, 750 flats including three 25 story tower blocks (Grampian House, Mendip House and Pennine House) and new civic and amenity buildings to replace the old town hall and baths . When Edmonton was incorporated within the new London Borough of Enfield (1965) plans for the civic buildings were abandoned. Only
603-412: A rural village, the opening of the railway and tramway in the 19th century, especially the opening of the high-level station at Lower Edmonton , caused the area to expand rapidly, forming part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, similar to much of the county of Middlesex. The late 19th century saw the establishment of industry on former marshland and movement of a working-class population to
670-607: A wider county for lieutenancy purposes, except the City of London which had its own lieutenants. The geographical counties were relatively stable between 1889 and 1965. There were occasional boundary changes, notably following the Local Government Act 1894 which said that parishes and districts were no longer allowed to straddle county boundaries. After that most boundary changes were primarily to accommodate urban areas which were growing across county boundaries, such as when Caversham
737-533: Is 281.18 crimes per 1000 population, with the most common offences being related to theft, handling stolen goods, burglary, criminal damage, drugs and robbery. Upper Edmonton has a crime rate 74.87% higher than the overall crime rate for the Borough of Enfield (160.79 crimes per 1000 population for the same time period). During the 12 months to November 2018 compared to the previous 12 months, Upper Edmonton has experienced an 8.48% increase in logged crimes. In recent years,
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#1733092635472804-596: Is 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross and stretches from just south of the North Circular Road , where it borders Tottenham , to its boundary with Ponders End to the north. Bush Hill Park , Winchmore Hill and Palmers Green adjoin the western boundary along the Great Cambridge Road , while the River Lee Diversion forms Edmonton's eastern boundary with Chingford . The northern part of Edmonton, known as Lower Edmonton, corresponds to
871-421: Is Upper Edmonton's park. Pymmes Park originated as a private estate. In the late 16th century it was owned by the powerful Cecil family. In 1589 Robert Cecil , later 1st Earl of Salisbury , spent his honeymoon at Pymmes. Cecil was a protege of Francis Walsingham , Elizabeth I 's chief spymaster and he succeeded him as Secretary of State in 1590. The estate was eventually acquired by Edmonton Council and opened as
938-604: Is in Montagu Road B137 road . The site also incorporates the Western Synagogue Cemetery founded in 1884 (containing 3 Commonwealth service war graves of World War II ) and adjoins the Tottenham Park Cemetery . Edmonton Girls' Charity School The simple yellow brick structure with red brick dressings is located on the south side of Church Street. Initially the school, founded in 1784, had been on
1005-581: Is now Hertfordshire as far as South Mimms . Local government in the modern sense began in 1837 with the Edmonton Union, set up under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 . This also covered a wide district of 47,102 acres (190.62 km ), including the modern boroughs of Haringey and Enfield, plus Cheshunt , Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross . The town hall was built in 1884 and extended in 1903. The crenelated perpendicular Edmonton Town Hall
1072-456: Is one of the most concentrated methods of trying to overcome this problem. Edmonton, London Edmonton is a town in north London , England within the London Borough of Enfield , a local government district of Greater London . The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonton . Situated 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross , it borders Enfield to
1139-598: Is the 15th lowest out of the 628 wards of Greater London. All Saints' Church The mostly 15th-century church is located in Church Street. It is the oldest building in Edmonton. Angel Place A circa 1730 terrace of linked Grade II* Listed Buildings which were altered in the middle of the 19th century. 185, 187 and 189 were extensively restored in the 1980s to include the formation of an arch at 187 Angel Place with prize-winning gardens behind. Set back from Fore Street,
1206-669: The A1010 road , and standing close to the junction with the A406 road , the buildings were adjacent to The Angel public house demolished to widen the North Circular Road. Charles Lamb Institute The Grade II listed building is located in Church Street. Designed by J. S. Alder and opened in 1908. The building today is used as a church. Edmonton Central Library The former public library (closed 1991) opened in 1897 at Fore Street. Designed by Maurice Bingham Adams with bequests provided by
1273-465: The County of London where the administrative county was larger on account of the City of London and the rest of the county being separate for both judicial and lieutenancy purposes. The counties lost their judicial functions in 1972, after which the main functions of the counties were the administrative functions of local government. Despite the loss of their functions, sheriffs continued to be appointed to
1340-525: The Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded as Adelmetone—'a farmstead or estate of a man called Ēadhelm' from an Old English personal name and tūn . Edmonton Hundred was a division of the historic county of Middlesex from Saxon times, an area of some 31,000 acres (130 km ) stretching up the west bank of the Lea from Tottenham to the county boundary south of Waltham Cross , and west into what
1407-516: The John Passmore Edwards foundation. Today the Grade II listed building is used as a religious and community centre. (Inside the library by the main entrance were two portrait plaques of Charles Lamb and John Keats by George Frampton , 1908. The plaques can be viewed at (Community House, 313 Fore Street, Edmonton). Edmonton Federation Cemetery The roughly triangular shaped Jewish cemetery
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#17330926354721474-597: The Lieutenancies Act 1997 , and the shrieval counties in the Sheriffs Act 1887 . Both are defined as groups of local government counties. The historic counties of England were originally used as areas for administering justice and organising the militia , overseen by a sheriff . From Tudor times onwards a lord-lieutenant was appointed to oversee the militia, taking some of the sheriff's functions. Certain towns and cities were counties corporate , which gave them
1541-461: The Local Government Act 1888 , taking over the administrative functions of the quarter sessions . Certain towns and cities were made county boroughs , independent from the county councils. In counties where the quarter sessions had been held separately for different parts of the county, such as the Parts of Lincolnshire , each part was given its own county council. The area administered by a county council
1608-520: The Sheriffs Act 1887 and specifying the areas for the appointment of lieutenants were accordingly brought in with effect from 1 April 1996. The regulations were then consolidated into the Lieutenancies Act 1997 . When Herefordshire, Rutland and Worcestershire were re-established as local government counties in 1997 and 1998 no amendment was made to the 1997 Act regarding them, allowing them to also serve as their own lieutenancy areas. The lieutenancy counties have not changed in area since 1998, although
1675-487: The Sheriffs Act 1887 as amended, in a similar way to the lieutenancies defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997. Each has a high sheriff appointed (except the City of London, which has two sheriffs ). The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines counties for the purposes of lieutenancies in terms of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties (created by the Local Government Act 1972 , as amended) as well as Greater London and
1742-429: The counties of England in modern usage, the other being the counties for the purposes of local government legislation. A lord-lieutenant is the monarch 's representative in an area. Shrieval counties have the same boundaries and serve a similar purpose, being the areas to which high sheriffs are appointed. High sheriffs are the monarch's judicial representative in an area. The ceremonial counties are defined in
1809-530: The 1950s council housing Gilpin House in Upper Fore Street. Edmonton was home to many industries which included manufacturing of gas appliances, electrical components and furniture. Most of this was lost in the latter part of the twentieth century. Household names that produced goods here included MK electric , Ever Ready batteries, British Oxygen , Glover and Main gas appliances. Eley Industrial Estate
1876-399: The 2011 census, between 36 and 38 per cent of the town's three electoral wards was white. On 10 February 2005, retailer IKEA opened its Tottenham store on Meridian Way, Edmonton. The Edmonton Green area is currently being redeveloped by St. Modwen Properties . The £100 million project will include new housing, bus station, clinic and refurbishment of the shopping centre. In addition,
1943-501: The 2nd most deprived of the 21 wards in the Borough. In addition, the same analysis estimates that it is within the 10% most deprived wards in both London and England. Upper Edmonton had the 3rd lowest average (median) household income of the 21 wards in Enfield as estimated by CACI in 2018. Average household income in the ward is below the median level for the borough as a whole. The proportion of households with an income of less than £15,000
2010-511: The Isles of Scilly (which lie outside the 1972 Act's system). Although the term is not used in the act, these counties are sometimes known as "ceremonial counties". The counties are defined in Schedule 1, paragraphs 2–5 as amended (in 2009, 2019 and 2023). Generally, each time a new non-metropolitan county is created the 1997 Act is amended to redefine the existing areas of the lieutenancies in terms of
2077-538: The N9 postcode area. Upper Edmonton, the southern part of the town, corresponds to the N18 postcode area. Edmonton lies about 52 feet (16 m) above sea level. The largest public parks are Pymmes Park and Jubilee Park. The old highway Ermine Street passed through what is today Edmonton. Ermine Street was the main Roman road from London to Lincoln and on to York . Edmonton appears in
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2144-550: The Ravenside Retail Park and the large IKEA Edmonton store. The area is served by Silver Street and Meridian Water railway stations, with Angel Road having closed in 2019. Edmonton Green and White Hart Lane stations are to the north and south of the area respectively. Analysis carried out by the Local Government Association indicates that, within Enfield, Upper Edmonton has been calculated to be
2211-500: The area has undergone a huge structural transformation, of which some work is still undergoing, as part of the government's aim to provide the community with a wider range of shops and public facilities. It is the site of regeneration project, Meridian Water . As in many other parts of the city, a major concern is the level of violent crime , which has steadily increased over the past few years. The effort from local role models to work with government to provide education for local youths
2278-401: The area, encouraging much of this development. By the 1930s, the area had become a popular north London shopping destination, and in the 1960s and 1970s, the area underwent major redevelopment, with the construction of an indoor market and shopping centre , as well as mass construction of council housing , including tower blocks . In recent years, as a result of increased levels of immigration,
2345-477: The comic tale of John Gilpin a linen draper of Cheapside London, who was probably based on a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row . Gilpin's spouse decides she and her husband should spend their twentieth wedding anniversary at The Bell Inn , Fore Street, Edmonton. The journey is beset with misfortune from start to finish. Gilpin loses control of his horse which carries him on to
2412-594: The county. Yorkshire had three lieutenancies, one for each riding, but was a single judicial county with one sheriff, and was counted as one geographical county by Ordnance Survey. The counties lost their judicial functions in 1972 under the Courts Act 1971 which abolished the quarter sessions and assizes . Sheriffs continued to be appointed for each county despite the loss of the judicial functions. Certain towns and cities were counties corporate appointing their own sheriffs. The counties corporate were all included in
2479-460: The creation of county councils in 1889, there were counties for judicial and shrieval purposes, counties for lieutenancy purposes, and administrative counties and county boroughs for the purposes of local government. The 1888 Act used the term 'entire county' to refer to the group of administrative counties and county boroughs created within each judicial county. The Ordnance Survey used the term 'geographical county' to refer to this wider definition of
2546-438: The definitions of which local government counties are included in each lieutenancy have been amended to reflect new unitary authorities being created since 1997. In legislation the lieutenancy areas are described as 'counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies'; the informal term 'ceremonial county' has come into usage for such areas, appearing in parliamentary debates as early as 1996. The shrieval counties are defined by
2613-447: The edge of the village green. The service was infrequent and often required a change of train at the junction. This, coupled with the train taking the long way round through Stratford to get to the terminus at Bishopsgate, meant that the railway offered little competition to the existing horse coaches and buses. Edmonton's population grew with the opening of the high level railway at Edmonton Green station in 1872. The traffic produced by
2680-487: The existing multi-storey car park . Demolition of the original 1970's leisure centre has been completed, that enabled construction to commence of a new Asda supermarket which opened in November 2008. The then Mayor of London , Boris Johnson , visited Edmonton in November 2008 to release his Time For Action plan. He claimed his proposals would help stop young people becoming repeat offenders. Edmonton currently has some of
2747-584: The former B&I Nathan factory on the Eley Industrial Estate. As of 2013, the area is dominated by the 100 metre Edmonton Incinerator chimney which was built in 1971. Other major employers include Coca-Cola . The railway arrived in 1840 with the opening of the first section of the Lea Valley Line from Stratford to Broxbourne . A station was provided in Water Lane (Angel Road) . As the station
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2814-586: The former judicial counties up until 1974. In 1974, administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished, and a new system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties was introduced instead. Sheriffs were renamed 'high sheriffs' and both they and the lieutenants were appointed to the new versions of the counties. The counties of Avon , Cleveland and Humberside , each of which had only been created in 1974, were all abolished in 1996. They were divided into unitary authorities ; legally these are also non-metropolitan counties. As part of these reforms, it
2881-560: The highest levels of unemployment in Britain, with the recession of the late 2000s pushing unemployment to nearly 14% by 2009. On 18 June 2011 over 400 people marched through Edmonton to make a stand against gun and knife crime . As part of the 2012 Summer Olympics preparations, the Olympic torch relay passed through Edmonton on 25 July 2012 at Fore Street en route to Haringey . Up to 5000 new homes and 3000 new jobs will be created by
2948-514: The leisure centre (demolished 2007) set in a car park was completed. Building began on the redevelopment in 1965 and completed in 1974. In recent years, Edmonton has been transformed from a predominantly white area into one of the most ethnically diverse areas in England as a result of increased immigration. At the 2001 census, 66.1% of the population of the Edmonton constituency was white, whereas at
3015-444: The new areas. No such amendment was made in 1997 when Rutland was made a unitary authority or in 1998 when Herefordshire and Worcestershire were re-established; those three therefore have been given their own lieutenants again since the passing of the 1997 Act. The actual areas of the ceremonial counties have not changed since 1998. These are the 48 counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies in England, as currently defined: After
3082-471: The north, Chingford to the east, and Tottenham to the south, with Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill to the west. The population of Edmonton was 82,472 as of 2011. The town forms part of the ceremonial county of Greater London and until 1965 was in the ancient county of Middlesex . Historically a parish in the Edmonton Hundred of Middlesex, Edmonton became an urban district in 1894, and
3149-500: The railway and by a tramway opened by the North London Tramways Company in 1881, brought a working class population to Lower Edmonton and encouraged housing development and the development of Edmonton Green's outdoor market. This had always been the major centre for the village, but by the early 20th century its character had changed to a busy, raucous Cockney centre, alive with costermongers barrows and food stalls,
3216-474: The right to appoint their own sheriffs and hold their own courts. Whilst in theory the counties corporate could have had separate lieutenants appointed for them, in practice all of them except London shared a lieutenant with the wider county from which they had been created. London had instead a commission of lieutenancy , headed by the Lord Mayor . The long-standing practice of appointing lieutenants jointly to
3283-485: The south, and is the location of North Middlesex University Hospital . Increased levels of immigration in recent years has led to the area becoming ethnically and culturally diverse , with local businesses and places of worship reflecting the area's diversity. Upper Edmonton is the location of the Meridian Water regeneration programme on a 210-acre site adjacent to the North Circular Road and Lea Valley , containing
3350-405: The town has been transformed from a predominantly white area into one of the most ethnically diverse areas in England, with the majority of the population now belonging to an ethnic minority background, as first recorded in the 2011 census . In 1795, the town gave its name to Fort Edmonton , which grew and evolved into the city of Edmonton , the capital city of Alberta , Canada. Edmonton
3417-464: The town of Ware ten miles (16 km) distant. On the return journey, Gilpin is still unable to handle his steed, as he once again he fails to stop at The Bell . The horse gallops back to Cheapside much to the dismay of his concerned spouse. Gilpin is remembered in Edmonton by the statue at Fore Street, the ex- Wetherspoons outlet the Gilpin's Bell public house opposite the site of the original inn and
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#17330926354723484-436: The venue for travelling circuses and fairs. On several occasions the local council tried unsuccessfully to close down the market. The direct line from London to Enfield Town was opened in four stages, from Bethnal Green to Stoke Newington on 27 May 1872; from Stoke Newington through to Lower Edmonton High Level on 22 July 1872, with stations in Edmonton at Silver Street and a new High Level station at Lower Edmonton, which
3551-540: The wider county and any counties corporate it contained was formalised by the Militia Act 1882. Apart from the inclusion of the counties corporate, the counties for the purposes of lieutenancy generally corresponded to the judicial counties. The exception was Yorkshire, which was one judicial county, having a single Sheriff of Yorkshire , but from 1660 onwards each of Yorkshire's three ridings had its own lieutenant. In 1889 elected county councils were established under
3618-471: The £1.5 billion Meridian Water redevelopment on former industrial land by 2026. The Edmonton constituency had a population of 96,493 in the 2001 census. The white groups made up 66.1% of the population and thirteen other ethnic groups the remainder. The most spoken foreign language in all three wards is Turkish . The median house price as of 2014 in the Edmonton Green ward was £210,000. This
3685-432: Was badly sited and the trains were slow and expensive, few people used the railway in the early days, preferring the horse buses. In 1845 there were buses every 15 minutes along Fore Street, travelling alternately to Bishopsgate and Holborn . The single-track line from a junction just north of Angel Road to Enfield Town opened on 1 March 1849, with an intermediate single-platform station at Lower Edmonton , located at
3752-579: Was built in 1884 to the designs of George Eedes Eachus. The building was enlarged in 1902–3 by W. Gilbee Scott, who added public swimming baths. The baths were replaced by the Edmonton Green Swimming Pool in 1970. The Town Hall was demolished in 1989. The population of this area grew rapidly, reaching 445,875 by 1911 and would today be about 615,000. As the population mushroomed, smaller areas within Middlesex were used for local government, with
3819-465: Was called an administrative county . As such, some of the judicial or lieutenancy counties comprised several administrative counties and county boroughs. The Ordnance Survey adopted the term 'geographical county' to describe the widest definition of the county. In most cases this was the lieutenancy county; the exceptions were Yorkshire, where the judicial county was larger on account of it being split into its three ridings for lieutenancy purposes, and
3886-422: Was decided to define counties for the purposes of lieutenancy differently from the local government counties in some cases, effectively reverting to the pre-1974 arrangements for lieutenancies. Whereas the lieutenancies had been defined slightly differently from the shrieval counties prior to 1974, it was decided in 1996 that the high sheriffs and lieutenants should be appointed to the same areas. Regulations amending
3953-508: Was demolished in 1931 to be replaced by Keats Parade. An extant shop carries a blue plaque in commemoration. Edmonton was the home town of Sir James Winter Lake , director of the Hudson's Bay Company . The company's trading outpost named after Edmonton is now the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta . In his 1782 poem, The Diverting History of John Gilpin , William Cowper relates
4020-549: Was founded in 1889 with land given by Samuel Montagu . The walled cemetery is bordered by Salmons Brook which forms part of the Pymmes Brook Trail and a footpath which follows the course of the disused Lower Edmonton low level railway. Rabbi Eliezer Gordon is buried here. The cemetery contains the war graves of 7 Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War and 23 of the Second World War . The entrance
4087-602: Was named after Eley Brothers the firearms cartridge manufacturer. Its shot tower was a distinctive landmark on the skyline until being demolished the late twentieth century. Due to its close proximity to the River Lee Navigation , timber was transported by barge from the London Docks and stored in riverside wharves. As a result, many furniture makers including Nathans, Beautility and Homeworthy established factories. Today, Parker-Knoll products are manufactured at
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#17330926354724154-577: Was placed entirely in Norfolk for those purposes. The county borough of Stockport straddled Cheshire and Lancashire for judicial and lieutenancy purposes - it was placed entirely in Lancashire for judicial purposes in 1956 but continued to straddle the two counties for lieutenancy purposes until 1974. More significant changes to the geographical counties were made in 1965 with the creation of Greater London and of Huntingdon and Peterborough , which resulted in
4221-544: Was put at 24.2% compared to a Borough average of 16.7%. This was the 3rd highest proportion of the 21 wards. At November 2017 the number of people claiming the main working-age DWP benefits was 1,935 – 15.2% of the estimated working age population. This is higher than the Enfield Borough average of 12.8% According to data from the Metropolitan Police Service, the crime rate for November 2016 to November 2018
4288-427: Was re-constructed and electrified during 1905, lasting until 1938 when trolley buses took over. By the 1930s, the area had become a major shopping destination drawing visitors from a wide catchment area. The early post war years saw much of the area in a run down state. There was also an acute housing shortage. Comprehensive redevelopment of the area was agreed in 1960, to a plan by Frederick Gibberd & Partners for
4355-670: Was renamed Edmonton Green in 1992; the short section from Lower Edmonton High Level to Edmonton Junction (where the new line met the original Eastern Counties Railway route from Angel Road to Enfield Town via Lower Edmonton Low Level) on 1 August 1872; and the suburban platforms on the west side of Liverpool Street station on 2 February 1874. The stations were well sited and offered exceptionally cheap workmen's fares of just 2d on trains arriving at Liverpool Street prior to 07:00, 3d on those arriving between 07:00 and 07:30, and half-price returns on those arriving between 07:30 and 08:00. A horse tramway along Fore Street opened in 1881. The tramway
4422-407: Was subsequently executed at Tyburn ; her story was told in a pamphlet by Henry Goodcole , and in a 1621 play entitled The Witch of Edmonton . The historic All Saints' Church is situated in Church Street as is Lamb's Cottage, which was home to writers Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb . John Keats , the poet, was apprenticed to surgeon Dr. Hammond in Church Street between 1810 and 1816. The house
4489-582: Was transferred from Oxfordshire to Berkshire as a result of being absorbed into the County Borough of Reading in 1911. The lieutenancies and judicial / shrieval counties were defined as groups of administrative counties and county boroughs, and so were automatically adjusted if the boundaries of those administrative areas changed. There were two exceptions to this rule (one only briefly). The county borough of Great Yarmouth straddled Norfolk and Suffolk for judicial and lieutenancy purposes until 1891 when it
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