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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

Barnet Lane, N20

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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, Old English, Totteridge, Totteridge and Woodside

Barnet Gate Lane, EN5

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Place Name This refers to an actual gate that was on the Barnet Road at the old county boundary between…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after legends

East Barnet Road, EN5

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Place Name There has been a hamlet to the east of Barnet village since around 1275 when it was recorded…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abbey of St Albans, Barnet, East Barnet, name change, Old English

Barnehurst Avenue, DA8

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Place Name Named after the Barne family and in particular Colonel Frederick Barne, chairman of the Bexleyheath Railway Company. The…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnehurst, Bexley, Erith

Barnehurst Close, DA8

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Place Name Takes its name from the local area which was named after the Barne family and in particular Colonel…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Barnehurst, Bexley, Bexleyheath and Crayford, Colyers, post-war

Barking Road, E16

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Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town North, former toll road, industry, Newham, West Ham

Barking Road, E14

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Place Name Directional, the road leading from Canning Town to Barking. John Field in his book Place Names of Greater…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Canning Town, East Ham, former toll road, industry, Newham, Wall End

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