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Hendon Park on a 1933 map
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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 shows 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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The site of Hendon Central station (1896) The future site of the 1920s Hendon Central station (at the red marker) was anticipated on the late nineteenth century Ordnance Survey map of the area. Butcher’s Lane, later to be Queen’s Road, headed west out of Hendon proper and made a sharp northward turn towards The Burroughs on the later site of Hendon Central Circus. The site is marked with GP (Guide Post) where a sign post pointed the way. Goosebury Gardens, at the bottom of the map, was located north of what became Brent Cross Flyover. The lane which ran north all the way The Burroughs became the route of Watford Way. The North Circular Road, Watford Way and the new Hendon Central station were all part of a coordinated 1920s scheme, transforming the area completely.
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Hendon Park on a 1933 map
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Hendon House (1890)
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Decoy Farm on the Hendon/Temple Fortune boundary was painted circa 1890 by Louise Surrey. The farmhouse was an 18th-century building, which took its name from a nearby pond used as a duck decoy. The farmland was destroyed with the building of the North Circular Road in 1925. The building was demolished in 1935. A bricked-up window in the painting indicates an attempt to reduce window taxes paid on a residence introduced in the 18th century.
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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 shows 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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Western Avenue - looking towards the North Circular Road (2015)
Credit: Geograph/David Howard
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The site of Hendon Central station (1896) The future site of the 1920s Hendon Central station (at the red marker) was anticipated on the late nineteenth century Ordnance Survey map of the area. Butcher’s Lane, later to be Queen’s Road, headed west out of Hendon proper and made a sharp northward turn towards The Burroughs on the later site of Hendon Central Circus. The site is marked with GP (Guide Post) where a sign post pointed the way. Goosebury Gardens, at the bottom of the map, was located north of what became Brent Cross Flyover. The lane which ran north all the way The Burroughs became the route of Watford Way. The North Circular Road, Watford Way and the new Hendon Central station were all part of a coordinated 1920s scheme, transforming the area completely.
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Aerial shot of Brent Cross area in the early 1970s
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1932 map of the Brent Cross area There is a video dedicated to the history of this obscure suburb of NW London. OK. We know the Brent Cross name is well-known. We’re talking about the suburb... https://youtu.be/4hwL3vts5xk
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