By 1906, Sir Audley Neeld was building on the land - the future Hendon Central - that had been Renter’s Farm.
The eventual estate used many names associated with the family: Dallas, Audley, Elliot, Graham, Rundell, Vivian, Algernon and, of course, Neeld. Other names are associated with Neeld estates in Grittleton, including Alderton, Foscote, Sevington, and Allington.
Hendon Central Station and the Watford Way were constructed in 1923.
Originally, the road was planned to cut through the Neeld Estate, but in January 1924 a local ratepayers’ group in Hendon Central, backed by Hendon Urban District Council, petitioned the County Council and central government, and the route was changed so that it would pass up Queen’s Road (better known now as Hendon Way).
