Things you didn't know about... Edmonton

A stage legend performed her last show in Edmonton
Marie Lloyd, the turn-of-the-century music hall star, gave her last stage performance at Edmonton's Empire Music Hall. She was taken ill on stage that night, and died a few days later.

Del Boy hails from Edmonton
Despite the show being set in Peckham, Only Fools and Horses' star David Jason was actually born in Edmonton in 1940. His real name is Sir David John White, OBE, but he continues to work under his stage name.

Chas 'n' Dave would not exist were it not for Edmonton
Chas Hodges comes from Edmonton. He met his writing and performing partner, Dave Peacock, in the back of a car when they were both being given a lift through Edmonton by a mate.

John Keats spent time learning in Edmonton
In 1810, Keats served an apprenticeship under the surgeon Thomas Hammond in Edmonton. The house was on a site that is now 7 Keats Parade, Church Street. Keats left Edmonton for Guy's Hospital in 1814.

Edmonton features in a legendary 18th-century comic ballad
John Gilpin was a real-life character who was immortalised in a William Cowper ballad, describing how the wealthy draper became separated from his family on a day out. The song goes that his horse bolted at The Bell Inn at Edmonton, taking him all the way to Ware.

Bruce Forsyth is an Edmonton local lad
Legendary entertainer Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson, CBE, was born in Edmonton in 1928 and spent much of his childhood there. His parents owned a garage on Victoria Road.

Witchcraft and devilry in Edmonton
In 1615, Edmonton local Elizabeth Sawyer was hanged for "killing by witchcraft". Sawyer had told her story to a minister, whose notes would go on to inspire a play, The Witch of Edmonton. A couple of decades earlier, Michael Drayton wrote the play The Merry Devil of Edmonton, which was performed at the Royal Court.