Wilmot Close, N2

Wilmot 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 Reply
Halliwick Manor House Added: 16 Dec 2020 11:17 GMT	Halliwick Manor House My mother lived here for two or three years, in the 1920s (born 1922) with family, after First World War, which my grandfather fought in.....then after the war, grandfather looked after all the horses/shire horses at Halliwick Manor...... Reply
Tim Stevenson The Bohemia Added: 16 Nov 2021 18:03 GMT	Pub still open The Bohemia survived the 2020/21 lockdowns and is still a thriving local social resource. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Matthew Proctor Blackheath Grove, SE3 Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT	Blackheath Grove, SE3 Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942. From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944 Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Long Lane Pasture Long Lane Pasture is a meadow hidden away in the heart of North London’s suburbs.

Long Lane Pasture

NEARBY STREETS

Abingdon Road, N3 Abingdon Road runs north east from Long Lane, roughly parallel with the North Circular Road.

Abingdon Road, N3

Avondale Road, N3 Avondale Road is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.

Avondale Road, N3

Berwick House, N2 Berwick House is a block on Oak Lane.

Berwick House, N2

Borrowdale Close, N2 Borrowdale Close is a road in the N2 postcode area

Borrowdale Close, N2

Brendon Grove, N2 Brendon Grove is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Brendon Grove, N2

Briar Close, N3 Briar Close is a modern road lying east of the North Circular Road.

Briar Close, N3

Brighton Road, N2 Brighton Road is a road in the N2 postcode area

Brighton Road, N2

Brownswell Road, N2 Brownswell Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Brownswell Road, N2

Central Avenue, N2 Central Avenue is a road in the N2 postcode area

Central Avenue, N2

Challoner Close, N2 Challoner Close is a road in the N2 postcode area

Challoner Close, N2

Chamberlain Road, N2 Chamberlain Road is a road in the N2 postcode area

Chamberlain Road, N2

Cleveland House, N2 Residential block

Cleveland House, N2

Cranbourne Court, N2 Cranbourne Court is a block on Briar Close.

Cranbourne Court, N2

Dickens Avenue, N3 Dickens Avenue is a road in the N3 postcode area

Dickens Avenue, N3

Dolman Close, N3 Dolman Close is a road in the N3 postcode area

Dolman Close, N3

East View House, N2 East View House is a block on High Road.

East View House, N2

Fallows Close, N2 Fallows Close is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Fallows Close, N2

Font Hills, N2 Font Hills is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Font Hills, N2

Glebe Road, N12 Glebe Road is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.

Glebe Road, N12

Glebe Road, N12 Glebe Road is a road in the N12 postcode area

Glebe Road, N12

Glebe Road, N3 Glebe Road is a location in London.

Glebe Road, N3

Green Lane, N2 Green Lane is a lost road of Finchley.

Green Lane, N2

High Road, N2 High Road East Finchley dates from the early Middle Ages.

High Road, N2

Juliana Close, N2 Juliana Close is a road in the N2 postcode area

Juliana Close, N2

King Street, N2 King Street was named in 1920 but existed since Napoleonic times.

King Street, N2

Lankaster Gardens, N2 Lankaster Gardens is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Lankaster Gardens, N2

Lewis Gardens, N2 Lewis Gardens is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Lewis Gardens, N2

Long Lane, N2 Long Lane, named in 1719, ran from Ballards Lane to Bulls Lane at East End and was probably the medieval ’Ferrours Lane’.

Long Lane, N2

Manor Cottages Approach, N2 Manor Cottages Approach is a road in the N2 postcode area

Manor Cottages Approach, N2

Montpelier Road, N3 Montpelier Road is a road in the N3 postcode area

Montpelier Road, N3

New Oak Road, N2 New Oak Road connects Oak Lane with Long Lane.

New Oak Road, N2

Nursery Avenue, N3 Nursery Avenue is a road in the N3 postcode area

Nursery Avenue, N3

Nursery Road, N2 Nursery Road is a road in the N2 postcode area

Nursery Road, N2

Oak Lane, N2 Oak Lane was one of the roads of a settlement called Cuckolds Haven - so-named by 1678.

Oak Lane, N2

Park Avenue, N3 Park Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.

Park Avenue, N3

Plane Tree Walk, N2 Plane Tree Walk is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Plane Tree Walk, N2

Ploughmans Walk, N2 Ploughmans Walk is a road in the N2 postcode area

Ploughmans Walk, N2

Primrose Close, N3 Primrose Close is a road in the N3 postcode area

Primrose Close, N3

Pumphandle Path, N2 Pumphandle Path is a road in the N2 postcode area

Pumphandle Path, N2

Queens Road, N3 Queens Road is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.

Queens Road, N3

Red Lion Hill, N2 The contemporary Red Lion Hill connects Oak Lane and Central Avenue.

Red Lion Hill, N2

Richmond Road, N2 Richmond Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Richmond Road, N2

Simms Gardens, N2 Simms Gardens is a road in the N2 postcode area

Simms Gardens, N2

Squires Lane, N3 Squires Lane - formerly Squires Place - runs across Finchley. .

Squires Lane, N3

St Mary’s Green, N2 St Mary’s Green is a road in the N2 postcode area

St Mary’s Green, N2

St Pancras Court, N2 Saint Pancras Court is a small side street.

St Pancras Court, N2

Strawberry Vale, N2 Strawberry Vale is now simply a road - it was once an estate.

Strawberry Vale, N2

Sylvester Road, N2 Sylvester Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Sylvester Road, N2

Tangle Tree Close, N3 Tangle Tree Close is a road in the N3 postcode area

Tangle Tree Close, N3

Tarling Road, N2 Tarling Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.

Tarling Road, N2

Taunton Drive, N2 Taunton Drive is a road in the N2 postcode area

Taunton Drive, N2

The Grange, N2 The Grange is a location in London.

The Grange, N2

The Mead, N2 The Mead is a road in the N2 postcode area

The Mead, N2

Vineyard Grove, N3 Vineyard Grove is a road in the N3 postcode area

Vineyard Grove, N3

William Close, N2 William Close is a road in the N2 postcode area

William Close, N2

Woodlands Avenue, N3 Woodlands Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N3 postal area.

Woodlands Avenue, N3

NEARBY PUBS

The Alexandra

The Dick Turpin

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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’.

East Finchley underground station, first opened in 1863 by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, is topped by a famous statue of an archer, created in the Art Deco style, and pointing his arrow towards the other end of the tunnel which starts south of the station and runs all the way to the end of the Northern Line at Morden. This 27.8 km tunnel was for many years the longest in the world. There was originally an arrow at Morden Station to match the archer at East Finchley, but this was stolen not long after the station was opened.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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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	Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, Finchley. Credit: Alexander ?aj?yc TUM image id: 1526486240 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Confluence of Folly Brook (left) with Dollis Brook. Credit: Dudley Miles TUM image id: 1526314218 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:	Southern entrance to Coldfall Wood (2006). Credit: ElectricRay TUM image id: 1526231136 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Artsdepot, Nether Street Credit: Grim23 TUM image id: 1526150227 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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:	Nether Street Old London postcard TUM image id: 1603387691 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Bishops Avenue’s name derives from the bishops of London, who owned a large hunting park in the area in the late Middle Ages. The Bishops Avenue, connects the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane) to East Finchley. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest streets in the world. The road is often referred to by its nickname of "Billionaires’ Row". Credit: Hidden London TUM image id: 1695295952 Licence:	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:

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Cobley’s Farm - 19th century watercolour
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Finchley in 1814
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