Editing Muswell Hill (section)

==Administration and representation==
The hill was part of the Bishop of London's Manor of Hornsey, an area served from the medieval period by the [[civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parish]] of [[Hornsey]]. Parishes were originally ecclesiastic in purpose, but from the Tudor era onwards had a civic as well as ecclesiastical purpose.

In 1903, the area of the [[Hornsey (parish)|civil parish of Hornsey]] became the [[Municipal Borough of Hornsey]], within the  administrative county of [[Middlesex]]. Then in 1965 Hornsey merged with [[Tottenham]] and [[Wood Green]] to form the modern [[London Borough of Haringey]].

Northern parts of the N10 postal area, sometimes also regarded as part of Muswell Hill, were part of the parish of [[Friern Barnet]], which subsequently became [[Friern Barnet Urban District]] before becoming part of the [[London Borough of Barnet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/libraries/local-studies-and-archives/pocket-histories/finchley-friern-barnet-and-totteridge/south-friern-finchley-n10.html |title=South Friern (Finchley N10) |publisher=barnet.gov.uk |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref>

The area is in the [[Hornsey and Friern Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey and Friern Barnet parliamentary constituency]].