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SOUTHGATE, a village and a chapelry in Edmonton parish, Middlesex. The village stands near the Great Northern railway, 8 miles N of St. Paul's, London; took its name from having been a south gate to Enfield chase; and has a post-office‡ under London N, a r. station, and a police station. The chapelry was constituted in 1851-Pop., 2,226. Houses, 433. S. House is the seat of Sir J. L. M. Lawrence, Bart.; Arno's Grove, of J. Walker, Esq., and there are several other good residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £210. Patron, the Vicar of Edmonton. The church was built in 1862. There are an Independent chapel, Church schools, and a British school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Edmonton All Saints AP/CP Southgate Ch/CP Middlesex AncC |
Place: | Southgate |
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