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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

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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

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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

Barnet Hill, EN5

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Place Name Originally called North Road. A great wood once covered Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and until the late 11thCentury it…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, name change, Old English

Barnet Road, EN5

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Place Name The main road leading from Elstree to Chipping Barnet. A great wood once covered Middlesex and Hertfordshire, and…

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

Barnet Lane, EN5

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Place Name Barnet Lane originally started at Totteridge Village and ended at Dollis Brook, where it continued as Totteridge Lane.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnet, name change, Old English, Underhill

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