Cecilia Close, N2

Cecilia Close is a road in the N2 postcode area

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

MARY RUSHTON-BEALES

Willifield Way, NW11

Added: 25 Jan 2021 17:58 GMT

MY GRANDMA GREW UP HERE - 100 WILLIFIELD WAY
MY GRANDMA WINIFRED AND HER BROTHERS ERIC AND JEFF LIVED AT 100 WILLIFIELD WAY. THEY WERE PART OF THE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. GRANDMA ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WILLIFIELD WAY AND HER LIFE IN HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB WITH GREAT AFFECTION. SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT THEY HAD BETTER EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY LIVED THERE. NOT LONG AGO MY BROTHER AND I TOOK THE TRAIN TO THIS PART OF LONDON AND WALKED DOWN THE ROAD. THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE

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East Finchley

East Finchley is a suburban development, five miles north north-west of Charing Cross.

The land on which East Finchley now stands was once part of the Bishop of London’s hunting ground. More recently, it was home to some grand ’country’ estates of wealthy Londoners, from which several roads take their names (e.g. Summerlee Avenue, Park Hall Road). At one time East Finchley was referred to as ’East End’.

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LOCAL PHOTOS

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Constructing Golders Green station (c. 1904) Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1660648864 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Claigmar Vineyard, Finchley (1921) Remembered in a few local street names such as Vines Avenue, the Claigmar Vineyards were begun by the Kay family in 1874. They not only produced 100 tons of grapes per year but also a quarter of a million cucumbers. During the 1920s, the vineyard was finally built over. Credit: Britain From Above/Historic England TUM image id: 1527242051 Licence:	Lyttelton Playing Fields A dispute between Finchley Urban District Council and Hampstead Garden Suburb as to whether the Lyttelton Playing Fields were to be exempt from building was settled by a Public Enquiry in 1931 and the lands conveyed to Finchley UDC in 1933. Credit: Wiki Commons/Memespring TUM image id: 1658403965 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cobley’s Farm - 19th century watercolour TUM image id: 1512653314 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bald Faced Stag, East Finchley TUM image id: 1527336393 Licence:
Islington Chapel, St Pancras and Islington Cemetery Credit: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary TUM image id: 1526232428 Licence: CC BY 2.0	View towards Central Square Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb trust TUM image id: 1556568888 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fortis Green, N2 TUM image id: 1527091150 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Gaumont Finchley (1937) In north Finchley, the Gaumont opened in 1937 and closed in 1980, before being demolished in 1987. TUM image id: 1681222354 Licence:	Meadway Gate (c.1924) An album of watercolours depicting a variety of Hampstead Garden Suburb scenes was painted between 1923 and 1925 by William Isaac Aston. Credit: William Isaac Aston (1857-1939) TUM image id: 1674232869 Licence:
Nether Street Old London postcard TUM image id: 1603387691 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hampstead Garden Suburb from Willifield Way (1914) Golders Green crematorium can be seen in the background Credit: William Whitehead Ratcliffe/Tate TUM image id: 1657883252 Licence:	Bute Mews Credit: Godfrey and Barr TUM image id: 1658403397 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Waterlow Court, a Grade II* listed building in Hampstead Garden Suburb Waterlow Court was designed for ’businesswomen’ by Baillie Scott and built by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company - opening in 1909. Credit: Wiki Commons/Dudley Miles TUM image id: 1674151048 Licence:	South Square Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Heritage TUM image id: 1556626310 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Finchley in 1814
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