Cromwell Road School

Cromwell Road School was established in The Freehold in 1866 and was one of the first schools in Friern Barnet.

Middle class family living in Muswell Hill. c1890.

The earliest records held at St Peter-le-Poer Church are admission registers for Cromwell Road CE School from 1868. Cromwell Road National, later St Peters opened in 1866 and was so called after moving to new premises in Sydney Road in 1868.

It served a poor neighbourhood and until about 1879 standards were very low. In 1920 the school again received a very bad report and was overcrowded.

The number of boys and girls rose from 50 in 1869 to 424 in 1914. Additional classrooms were added in 1877, 1897 and 1907 and infants moved top a separate school in 1906. There was a slight fall in numbers until 1930 when it was designated a senior mixed school for 200.

In 1938 the Middlesex Education Committee declared that it must be rebuilt but it was bombed in the war and not reopened.

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Cromwell Road School Cromwell Road School was established in The Freehold in 1866 and was one of the first schools in Friern Barnet.

Cromwell Road School

NEARBY STREETS

Alexandra Road, N10 Alexandra Road runs beside Muswell Hill golf course

Alexandra Road, N10

Alma Road, N10 Alma Road was most likely built in 1888 - this was the year it received its sewerage

Alma Road, N10

Atlas Road, N10 Atlas Road is a service road running alongside the North Circular Road

Atlas Road, N10

Audley Close, N10 Audley Close is a cul-de-sac off of Sidney Road

Audley Close, N10

Bedford Close, N10 Bedford Close was built in 1949

Bedford Close, N10

Catterick Close, N11 Catterick Close is a road in the N11 postcode area

Catterick Close, N11

Cromwell Road, N10 Cromwell Road probably was in use by 1866 (Friern Barnet)

Cromwell Road, N10

Crown Road, N10 Crown Road is a road in the N10 postcode area

Crown Road, N10

Elm Way, N11 Elm Way is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Elm Way, N11

Fairfax Way, N10 Fairfax Way is a road in the N10 postcode area

Fairfax Way, N10

Firs Avenue, N11 The 170 houses of Firs Avenue were built in 1986

Firs Avenue, N11

Garsdale Close, N11 A street within the N11 postcode

Garsdale Close, N11

George Crescent, N10 The Albion Estates Company developed Albion Avenue, George Crescent and Halliwick Road around 1899.

George Crescent, N10

Greenway Close, N11 Greenway Close is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Greenway Close, N11

Haldane Close, N10 Haldane Close was constructed on the former Cromwell recreation ground in 1975

Haldane Close, N10

Hampden Road, N10 Hampden Road was built over the ancient Hollick Wood

Hampden Road, N10

Hopkins Close, N10 Hopkins Close is a road in the N10 postcode area (Friern Barnet)

Hopkins Close, N10

Hornbeams Rise, N11 A street within the N11 postcode

Hornbeams Rise, N11

Ireton Close, N10 Ireton Close is a road in the N10 postcode area

Ireton Close, N10

Kirkby Close, N11 A street within the N11 postcode

Kirkby Close, N11

Laburnum Close, N11 Laburnum Close is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Laburnum Close, N11

Larch Close, N11 Larch Close is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Larch Close, N11

Malham Close, N11 A street within the N11 postcode

Malham Close, N11

Melbourne Court, N10 Melbourne Court is one of the streets of London in the N10 postal area

Melbourne Court, N10

Oak Avenue, N10 Oak Avenue is a road in the N10 postcode area

Oak Avenue, N10

Orion Road, N10 Orion Road is a road in the N10 postcode area

Orion Road, N10

Otley Court, N11 Otley Court is a road in the N11 postcode area

Otley Court, N11

Pegasus Way, N11 Pegasus Way is part of the Friern Bridge Retail Park

Pegasus Way, N11

Pembroke Road, N10 Pembroke Road is one of the streets of London in the N10 postal area

Pembroke Road, N10

Pert Close, N10 Pert Close was created as part of a slum clearance project

Pert Close, N10

Pinkham Way, N10 Pinkham Way was constructed in 1933 as part of the North Circular Road

Pinkham Way, N10

Pinkham Way, N11 A street within the N11 postcode

Pinkham Way, N11

Poplar Grove, N11 Poplar Grove is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Poplar Grove, N11

Roman Road, N10 Roman Road is a road in the N10 postcode area

Roman Road, N10

Silver Birch Close, N11 Silver Birch Close is a road in the N11 postcode area

Silver Birch Close, N11

Skipton Close, N11 Skipton Close is a road in the N11 postcode area

Skipton Close, N11

Sycamore Hill, N11 Sycamore Hill is a road in the N11 postcode area

Sycamore Hill, N11

Sydney Road, N10 Sydney Road dates from the final decade of the nineteenth century

Sydney Road, N10

Trott Road, N10 Trott Road is a road in the N10 postcode area

Trott Road, N10

Wensley Close, N11 Wensley Close is one of the streets of London in the N11 postal area

Wensley Close, N11

Wharfdale Close, N11 Wharfdale Close is a road in the N11 postcode area

Wharfdale Close, N11

Winterburn Close, N11 Winterburn Close is a road in the N11 postcode area

Winterburn Close, N11

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A brand new black taxi cab waiting for a fare on a London street (1933) Credit: General Photographic Agency TUM image id: 1630401495 Licence:	Friern Hospital (2017) Credit: Philafrenzy TUM image id: 1527600756 Licence:	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	Islington Chapel, St Pancras and Islington Cemetery Credit: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary TUM image id: 1526232428 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The yard of Wood Green fire station in Bounds Green Road (1938) A side note that everybody was preparing for war in 1938. If the date of the photo is correct, people were preparing rather early. There do not appear to be any blackout deflectors on the headlamps so presumably before 1939 - certainly before 1941 when Wood Green would have been subsumed into the National Fire Service. After the war, Wood Green became part of the Middlesex Fire Service and then part of the London Fire Brigade under the Greater London Council in 1965 when the borough became part of the London Borough of Haringey. In the background can be seen the railway buildings on the Kings Cross main line to the north, an area of later interest to Nazi bombers during the Blitz. TUM image id: 1660581582 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Clyde Road, Alexandra Park, London N22 (1914) TUM image id: 1464281091 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Fortis Green, N2 TUM image id: 1527091150 Licence: CC BY 2.0	View of London from Hillfield Park, Muswell Hill Credit: IG/zdenka.ldn TUM image id: 1684491886 Licence:	Green Man, Muswell Hill The Green Man Public House was built on the site of a medieval alehouse mentioned in records of 1552. The continuous use of the site as a hostelry has resulted in it becoming a local landmark. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1614612454 Licence:

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