Editing Edgware (section)

===Origins and pre-industrial history===
The [[Roman Empire|Romans]] made pottery at [[Brockley Hill]], thought by some to be the site of [[Sulloniacis]].  

Edgware does not appear in the [[Domesday Book|Domesday]] survey of 1086. A manorial centre has, since at least 1216, been {{mmukscaled|TQ192942|25|Edgwarebury Farm}}. 

Edgware Road follows the same line as the ancient [[Watling Street]], an important Roman Road, and used in the medieval period by pilgrims. The Road was improved by the Edgware-Kilburn [[turnpike trust]] in 1711, and a number of the local inns functioned as a stop for coaches. By 1867 a railway line had been built between Edgware and [[Finsbury Park railway station|Finsbury Park]] and a station was built. [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]] built a stately home called [[Cannons (house)|Cannons]] in nearby Little Stanmore, around 1713 for £250,000 ({{Inflation|UK|250000|1713|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) and was by far the wealthiest resident in the vicinity at that time. 

By the 17th century Edgware had a small market selling cattle driven from other parts of England and fattened and sold locally. Local trades included butchers, tailors, colliers (charcoal sellers) and brewers. The market was held every week but petered out in 1790s.<ref name=barnet>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/info/940045/edgware_and_burnt_oak/745/edgware_and_burnt_oak Edgware & Burnt Oak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015054518/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/info/940045/edgware_and_burnt_oak/745/edgware_and_burnt_oak |date=15 October 2014 }} London Borough of Barnet</ref>

Edgware was associated with the highwayman [[Dick Turpin]]. The infamous scene of his worst incident, which happened on 4 February 1735, was when five gang members, including Turpin, broke into a farmhouse owned by Joseph Lawrence, called Earlsbury Farm. Lawrence was at least 70 (so considered fairly old) and yet Turpin et al. beat him with their pistols and tortured him by setting him on a fire whilst naked, before announcing that they would amputate his legs. While this was going on, the leader of the gang took a servant girl upstairs and raped her.<ref name=Barlow>{{cite book|last1=Barlow|first1=Derek|title=Dick Turpin and the Gregory Gang|date=1973|publisher=Phillimore|isbn=0900592648|pages=85–92}}</ref>