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Crescent Road, EN4

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Place Name Named due to its shape, a wide arc that follows the bend of Pymme’s Brook. The road was…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward

Botany Close, EN4

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Place Name Laid out over land that had formerly been used as a long-standing plant nursery, which was knocked down…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, industry, street named in the 1990s

Clarence Close, EN4

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Place Name George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (October 21, 1449 – February 18, 1478), was the much undecided brother of…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after criminals, streets named after people who have been in prison, War of the Roses

Church Way, EN4

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Place Name Originally, this was a footpath that ran behind the church, leading to the Vicarage and the Trent Church…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Church of England, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

Church Hill Road, EN4

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Place Name Believed to follow one of the oldest routes in East Barnet, with accounts suggesting that the hill on…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, street named after a church

Chestnut Grove, EN4

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Place Name Laid out on the gardens of the Little Grove estate. According to local historian Doreen Willcocks, in Barnet’s…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Littlegrove estate, streets from 1930s, streets named after trees

Cedar Avenue, EN4

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Place Name According to local historian Doreen Willcocks, in Barnet’s History in its Street Names’ (1994), “some people remember a…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after trees

Cambridge Close, EN4

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Place Name One of a small cluster of streets developed on the site of East Barnet Grammar School, later East…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Brunswick Park ward, East Barnet, streets named after schools

Brookside South, EN4

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Place Name This road was laid out in the mid-20thCentury on land that had been part of the Ferney House…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after rivers

Brookside, EN4

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Place Name Takes its name from the nearby Pymmes Brook. The brook itself is named after William Pymme, a local…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after rivers

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