Edgware in London (before 1965 in Middlesex) is on the Hertfordshire border and covers a relatively large medieval parish (traditionally defined area of England) of 2,089 acres (8.45 km2). This place, from its situation within an easy distance of the metropolis, and the excellence of the road to it through an almost uninterrupted succession of elegant villas and agreeable scenery, has become the residence of numerous opulent and respectable families.— S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848