The area was historically part of the parish of Edmonton, which adopted the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict.

The arms was: "Azure issuant from the base a sun in splendour on a chief Or a four-barred gate of the first".

The crest was: "On a wreath of the colours an oak tree fructed proper pendent therefrom a bugle-horn and a quiver of arrows Or".

The supporters were: "On either side a stag each gorged with a chaplet of oak proper pendent therefrom an escutcheon Or charged with a rose gules".

The arms can still be seen in relief on the façade of a block of flats in Reservoir Road, near Oakwood tube station.