Brent Cross

Underground station, existing between 1923 and now.

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Brent Cross tube station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Hendon Central and Golders Green. The Brent Cross shopping centre is nearby.

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps and opened as Brent on the 19 November 1923, the first station on the extension of what was then known as the Hampstead & Highgate Line through undeveloped rural areas to Edgware. The extension had first been planned prior to World War I when the station had been due to be called Woodstock. It was renamed from Brent to its current name on the 20 July 1976 opening of the shopping centre.


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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Grove Farm Grove Farm changed usage between a farm and a house before being overwhelmed by suburbia.
Renters Farm Near to where Brent Cross Shopping Centre is today was a farm called Renter’s.
Whitefield School Whitefield School is a secondary school and sixth form.

NEARBY STREETS
Alba Gardens, NW11 Alba Gardens is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
Beverley Gardens, NW11 Beverley Gardens was part of an Edwardian development (Golders Green)
Brent Court, NW11 Brent Court lies off Highfield Avenue (Brent Cross)
Brent Cross Gardens, NW4 Brent Cross Gardens was a new section of road, built at the same time as the Brent Cross Flyover (Brent Cross)
Brentfield Gardens, NW11 Brentfield Gardens is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Clive Lodge, NW11 Clive Lodge is a block next to Brent Cross Flyover (Brent Cross)
Cooper Road, NW4 Cooper Road sits on the pre-1965 alignment of Hendon Way (Brent Cross)
Elmcroft Crescent, NW11 Elmcroft Crescent is a street in Golders Green (Brent Cross)
Etheridge Road, NW4 Etheridge Road is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Everton Court, NW4 A street within the NW4 postcode (Brent Cross)
Flower Mews, NW11 Flower Mews is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Golders Green)
Golders Manor Drive, NW11 Both Golders Manor Drive and Heather Gardens were laid out in 1908 but were only developed after the Second World War (Golders Green)
Haley Road, NW4 Haley Road runs along a sliproad from Hendon Way (Hendon Central)
Hamilton Road, NW11 Housing along Hamilton Road was completed in 1914 (Brent Cross)
Haslemere Avenue, NW4 Haslemere Avenue is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Hendon Central)
Heather Gardens, NW11 Heather Gardens was a proposed road as early as 1908 (Golders Green)
Heathfield Gardens, NW11 Heathfield Gardens was proposed as a through route allowing a short cut from Hendon Way via Highfield Avenue to the North Circular Road (Brent Cross)
Hendon Way, NW2 Hendon Way is a location in London (Brent Cross)
Highfield Avenue, NW11 Highfield Avenue runs between Golders Green Road and Hendon Way (Brent Cross)
Highfield Court, NW11 Highfield Court is a 1935-built block on Highfield Road (Golders Green)
Highfield Gardens, NW11 Highfield Gardens was built in the grounds of a large house called Highfields (Golders Green)
Highfield Road, NW11 Highfield Road is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
Layfield Close, NW4 Layfield Close is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Limes Avenue, NW11 Limes Avenue dates from 1906 (Golders Green)
Marble Drive, NW2 Marble Drive is a street in Cricklewood (Brent Cross)
Mayfield Gardens, NW4 Mayfield Gardens is a street in Hendon (Hendon Central)
Montpelier Rise, NW11 Montpelier Rise is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
Pearl Close, NW2 Pearl Close is a road in the NW2 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Prince Charles Drive, NW4 Prince Charles Drive is a street in Hendon (Brent Cross)
Princes Parade, NW11 Princes Parade is a parade of shops at the junction of Golders Green Road and Golders Manor Drive (Golders Green)
Riverside Drive, NW11 Riverside Drive is a location in London (Golders Green)
Russell Gardens, NW11 Russell Gardens is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
Russell Parade, NW11 Russell Parade is a shopping area at the junction of Golders Green Road and Highfield Avenue (Golders Green)
Sandringham Road, NW11 Sandringham Road is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Shirehall Gardens, NW4 Shirehall Gardens is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Hendon Central)
Shirehall Lane, NW4 Shirehall Lane is a street in Hendon (Hendon Central)
Shirehall Park, NW4 Shirehall Park is a street in Hendon (Hendon Central)
Siding Street, E20 Siding Street is a location in London
Sinclair Grove, NW11 Sinclair Grove runs from Western Avenue to Golders Green Road (Brent Cross)
Spalding Road, NW4 Spalding Road is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Brent Cross)
St Marys Road, NW11 St Mary’s Road was completed in 1914, just before the First World War (Brent Cross)
Stadium Crescent West, NW4 Stadium Crescent West is a road in the E3 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Stadium Road East, NW4 Stadium Road East is a road in the NW4 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Station Approach, NW11 Station Approach is a street in Golders Green (Brent Cross)
Tempelhof Avenue, NW4 Tempelhof Avenue stretches north of the North Circular Road into Brent Cross (Brent Cross)
The Drive, NW11 The Drive is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
The Grove, NW11 The Grove is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Golders Green)
Tilling Road, NW2 Tilling Road was named after Thomas Tilling, founder of the London omnibus firm (Brent Cross)
Topaz Walk, NW2 Topaz Walk is a location in London (Brent Cross)
Wallcote Avenue, NW2 Wallcote Avenue is a road in the NW2 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Western Avenue, NW11 Western Avenue is a road which dates from the period just after the First World War (Brent Cross)
Whitefield Avenue, NW2 Whitefield Avenue is a road in the NW2 postcode area (Brent Cross)
Woodstock Avenue, NW11 Woodstock Avenue is a street in Golders Green (Golders Green)
Woodville Gardens, NW11 Woodville Gardens is a location in London (Brent Cross)
Woodville Road, NW11 Woodville Road is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Brent Cross)


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Hendon Park on a 1933 map
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Plough with horses
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Brent station (1923) This photograph shows the future site of Brent Cross station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line. The Edgware extension utilised unused plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway (E&HR) which the UERL had taken over in 1912. It extended the CCE&HR line from its terminus at Golders Green to Edgware in two stages - to Hendon Central in 1923 and to Edgware in 1924. The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central station, was on the surface. Five new stations were constructed to pavilion-style designs by Stanley Heaps, stimulating the rapid northward expansion of suburban developments in the following years. In the mid 1970s, this Northern Line station was renamed Brent Cross.
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Suburbia awaits (1908) This is a view of The Homestead from the end of the unfinished Sinclair Grove, NW11 The area was transformed from the year 1907. The opening of the underground as far as Golders Green crossroads that year caused the rapid transformation from farmland to suburb. Ribbon development along the main road got as far as Highfield Avenue by the end of 1907 and continued as far as the River Brent by 1912. This photo epitomises that transformation - we see the end of Sinclair Grove with the unnamed Western Avenue awaiting their houses. Meanwhile, across the fields we can still see "The Homestead" - a large house down a track from Golders Green Road until that year but now being dismantled. The fields beyond remained in place until after the First World War. Then the Northern Line was extended to Edgware in the early 1920s and the last of the countryside around Brent Cross disappeared under the tracks of the bulldozers.
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In the neighbourhood...

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Brent Cross (1947) Brent Cross roundabout was named after its nearby river, the Brent. The junction was transformed by a flyover over the North Circular Road followed by the 1970s construction of Brent Cross Shopping Centre. The latter was built next to Hendon’s former greyhound stadium.
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1920 map showing the future route of the Northern Line Edgware Branch - completed four years later
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1912 map of Golders Green, extending to Brent Cross and Temple Fortune. It is notable for showing how quickly Golders Green developed - in 1904 it was simply a lonely crossroads. Eight years later the street layout was just about complete, even if housing wasn’t quite there yet.
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Brent station (1923) This photograph shows the future site of Brent Cross station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line. The Edgware extension utilised unused plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway (E&HR) which the UERL had taken over in 1912. It extended the CCE&HR line from its terminus at Golders Green to Edgware in two stages - to Hendon Central in 1923 and to Edgware in 1924. The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central station, was on the surface. Five new stations were constructed to pavilion-style designs by Stanley Heaps, stimulating the rapid northward expansion of suburban developments in the following years. In the mid 1970s, this Northern Line station was renamed Brent Cross.
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Suburbia awaits (1908) This is a view of The Homestead from the end of the unfinished Sinclair Grove, NW11 The area was transformed from the year 1907. The opening of the underground as far as Golders Green crossroads that year caused the rapid transformation from farmland to suburb. Ribbon development along the main road got as far as Highfield Avenue by the end of 1907 and continued as far as the River Brent by 1912. This photo epitomises that transformation - we see the end of Sinclair Grove with the unnamed Western Avenue awaiting their houses. Meanwhile, across the fields we can still see "The Homestead" - a large house down a track from Golders Green Road until that year but now being dismantled. The fields beyond remained in place until after the First World War. Then the Northern Line was extended to Edgware in the early 1920s and the last of the countryside around Brent Cross disappeared under the tracks of the bulldozers.
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Highfield Court (built 1935)
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Western Avenue - looking towards the North Circular Road (2015)
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White Swan, Golders Green (2011)
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Highfield (1920)
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Brent station (1923) This photograph shows the future site of Brent Cross station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line. The Edgware extension utilised unused plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway (E&HR) which the UERL had taken over in 1912. It extended the CCE&HR line from its terminus at Golders Green to Edgware in two stages - to Hendon Central in 1923 and to Edgware in 1924. The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central station, was on the surface. Five new stations were constructed to pavilion-style designs by Stanley Heaps, stimulating the rapid northward expansion of suburban developments in the following years. In the mid 1970s, this Northern Line station was renamed Brent Cross.
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