Place Name Originally named Western Way when it was laid out in 1932 this New Barnet road was meant to…
Place Name Ordinarily this would suggest a meadow with a hazel tree. But, according to Doreen Willcox’s book Barnet’s History in…
Place Name Named after the licensee of the Green Man public house, Bruce Johnson, who was listed in the Post…
Place Name Nicolson Calvert (May 15, 1764 – April 13, 1841) was the Whig MP for Hertfordshire from 1826 to…
Place Name This name has been around since at least the 14thCentury. It was first recorded as Arkleyslond in 1332…
Place Name Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (May 25, 1803 – January 18, 1873) was a colourful writer and politician…
Place Name Named sometime around 1915 after the Byng family, the earls of Stratford who owned land around Barnet. In…
Place Name This road overlooking the railway line is named after the London and North Eastern Railway locomotive number 4468…
Place Name In 1679, James Ravenscroft at the age of 84, decided to build an almshouse called Jesus Hospital for…
Place Name In 1820 Thomas Wyatt bought Belle Vue, a substantial property, but soon afterwards pulled it down and erected…