Editing Edgware (section)

===Suburban transformation===
[[File:Edgware, The Railway public house - geograph.org.uk - 1421419.jpg|thumb|Grade II listed, former [[Railway Hotel, Edgware|Railway Hotel]] on Station Road]]
[[File:Station Road, Edgware.jpg|thumb|right|Station Road, Edgware.]]
The first (non-tube connected) railway accompanied a brief decline in population. By the mid 19th century the area was almost entirely for the purpose of hay production. In 1939 the overground railway passenger service ceased to run, and goods traffic ceased by 1964. A tram service began in 1904.<ref name=barnet/> In 1921 the population was 1,516. Although much suburban development was encouraged by the opening of the [[Edgware tube station|tube station]] in 1924, the area was already attracting developers like George Cross to the area by 1919. The conurbation increased as far north as the Edgware Way. In 1932 the parish became a part of [[Hendon Urban District]]. The shopping district around Station Road developed to include the Ritz Cinema, which opened in May 1932. Following several name changes the cinema was eventually demolished in 2001 and replaced by a large gym, apartments and a [[Caffè Nero]]. The [[Edgware Town F.C.]] was founded in 1939 after a predecessor team in 1915.<ref name=barnet/>

A [[general hospital]] on Burnt Oak Broadway dates back to an [[wikt:infirmary|infirmary]] that was added at a [[workhouse]] from the Hendon Board of Guardians in 1865, with an all new site adjacent to it built and opened with 175 beds in December 1927 as Redhill Hospital. It was extended greatly by [[Middlesex County Council]] in the late 1930s. It became part of the [[National Health Service]] in 1948 and was renamed Edgware General Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/30fd3ce9-575d-4a2d-8ce4-d44e698812e3|title=Edgware General Hospital|via=The National Archives (UK)}}</ref>

Post-war development has been restricted by the [[Metropolitan Green Belt]], sparing [[urban sprawl]] into the Scratch Wood and Deacons Hill areas apart from the [[M1 motorway]]. By this time the population was more than 17,000. In 1990, the Mall Shopping Centre, originally called the Broadwalk Shopping Centre, replaced the former Edgware Town station pulled down in 1961.

Following a review in 1994, Edgware General Hospital was controversially closed by the Conservative government of [[John Major]] in April 1997 despite public opposition.<ref name="ezitis.myzen.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/edgware.html|title = Lost_Hospitals_of_London}}</ref> After the Labour Party election victory the closure was upheld, leading to further outcry from the public. Eventually a review and lengthy consultations took place with local campaigners and authorities, which resulted in the building of a [[community hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/38420.green-light-hospital/?ref=arc|title = Green light for hospital| date=7 March 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6317469.work-starts-on-375m-community-hospital/|title=Work starts on £37.5m community hospital|website=News Shopper|date=10 July 2002 }}</ref> Some of the General Hospital site was demolished and Edgware Community Hospital, which cost £38 million, opened in its place in February 2005.<ref name="ezitis.myzen.co.uk"/>

Edgware was identified in 2008 as a major centre for preferred development in the London Plan.<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |author=Mayor of London |author-link=Mayor of London |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] |title=London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) |date=February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602000714/http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2010 }}</ref>

In the mid-2010s, many new apartments have been built on Green Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/new-homes-hoping-entice-families-live-leafy-london/|title = New homes hoping to entice families to live in leafy London|date = 10 October 2013}}</ref>