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Eley Industrial Estate
Eley Industrial Estate is in Edmonton, London. Bordered by the Angel Road which is part of the A406 road, North Circular Road A406 road, the River Lee Navigation, and the Lea Valley Lines railway line. The estate is named after Eley Brothers who manufactured Cartridge (firearms), firearms cartridges here. Today The estate is now mostly used for warehousing and retail outlets. The former B&I Nathan furniture factory is now used to manufacture the Parker Knoll range of furniture. Coca-Cola are a major employer with a manufacturing plant on the estate. The estate still has some functional brick built factories from the 1950s.Cherry. B, Nikolaus Pevsner, Pevsner.N ''Buildings of England, London4: North'' p432 Retrieved April 17, 2008 External linksEdmonton:Economic History Onlinefn54 References {{Reflist Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Enfield Edmonton, London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north-northeast of Charing Cross, it borders Enfield to 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 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 Enf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
