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Barnsbury Street, N1

29 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This was originally Batters Lane, sometime around 1735. Until 1791 this was only a narrow passage leading from…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Islington, Medieval name, Middle English, name change, names from Norman French, St Mary's and St James', streets named after a French connection

Barnsbury Road, N1

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Place Name Like so many big landowners of the medieval period, first and surnames have been passed down the ages…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnsbury, Islington, Middle Ages, Middle English, Middlesex, names from Norman French, streets named after a French connection

Barn Way, HA9

27 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Agricultural heritage. Quite literally named after a barn on a hill, it was first recorded as Barnhills in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, Barn Hills, Barnhill, Brent, cluster

Barn Rise, HA9

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Quite literally named after a barn on a hill, it was first recorded as Barnhills in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, Barnhill, Brent, cluster

Barn Hill, HA9

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. Quite literally named after a barn on a hill, it was first recorded as Barnhills in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Agricultural, Barnhill, Brent, cluster, Middlesex

Friern Barnet Road, N11

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Place Name This was road ran along the northern boundary of the County Lunatic Asylum. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval

Friern Park, N12

26 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Friern comes from the Middle English word freren meaning of the brothers and is a reference to the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval name, Woodhouse

Friern Barnet Lane, N20

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Place Name This was, in the Middle Ages, once part of the Great North Road. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Great North Road, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval, Whetstone

Friern Barnet Lane, N11

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Place Name This was, in the Middle Ages, once part of the Great North Road. Friern comes from the Middle…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Friern Barnet, Great North Road, Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, Medieval

Barnet Way, NW7

25 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out between the wars, it partly follows the route of the former Hankins Lane. A great wood…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, Edgwarebury, Old English

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