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Cat Hill, EN4

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Place Name Named after the Cat Inn in East Barnet, which used to stand at the foot of the hill.…

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Camlet Way, EN4

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Place Name Camlet Way was first mentioned in 1658 and named after an ancient site called Camlet Moat, which itself…

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Bohun Grove, EN4

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Place Name Remembering the early 14thCentury Lord of the Manor of Enfield, Humphrey de Bohun (1276 – March 16, 1322),…

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Belmont Avenue, EN4

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Place Name Named after the residence of the antiquarian Lord William Howard (December 19, 1563 – October 7, 1640), sometimes…

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Beech Hill, EN4

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Place Name The name derives from Beech Hill Park whose northern boundary the street forms. The park was originally the…

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Barnet Road, EN4

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Place Name Directional connecting Elstree with Chipping Barnet and onwards to East Barnet and Friern Barnet. A great wood once…

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Pritchett Close, EN3

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Place Name Robert Taylor Pritchett (February 24, 1828 – June 16, 1907) was an artist, inventor, traveller, writer and gunmaker…

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Metford Crescent, EN3

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Place Name Known as the father of the modern rifle, engineer William Ellis Metford (October 4, 1824 – October 14,…

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Dujardin Mews, EN3

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Place Name Named in honour of Olympian Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin (born July 13, 1985), the most successful British dressage rider…

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Swan Way, EN3

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Place Name Industrial heritage. Named after Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (October 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914), the physicist and chemist,…

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