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Brookhill Road, EN4

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Place Name Previously Brook Hill Road. It was developed across farmland sometime in the late 19thCentury. The former Brook Hill…

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

Brookhill Close, EN4

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Place Name The former Brook Hill or Brookhill Farm lay on Cat Hill, on the eastern slopes of the valley…

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

Berkeley Crescent, EN4

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Place Name Sir Robert Berkeley (1584 – August 5, 1656) was a judge and MP who owned Church Hill House,…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Charles I, Civil War, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after people who have been in prison

Beeston Road, EN4

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Place Name Thought to be named after Edward Beeston Long (March 1, 1763 – September 25,1825), the Lord of Barnet Manor,…

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

Barons Gate, EN4

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Place Name Generally thought to be a reference to the barons who clashed near here in the Battle of Barnet,…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, War of the Roses

Baring Road, EN4

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Place Name Charles Edward Baring Young (March 19, 1850 – September 22, 1928) was an English educationalist and Conservative MP.…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Conservatives, streets named after Eton connection, streets named after MPs, streets named after schools, streets named after Tories

Ashurst Road, EN4

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Place Name William Pritchard Ashhurst (May 17, 1699 – May 31, 1773) was a member of a family of Lancashire…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, military, misspelt, streets named after Cambridge graduates

Tony Road, SE6

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Place Name This small insignificant road is a dead end. It was named in 2025 after Anthony Bonnici, who set…

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Approach Road, EN4

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Place Name Today, it doesn’t approach very much, since the goods yard which served Barnet (later renamed New Barnet Station)…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Railway, street names connected with transport

Alexander Close, EN4

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Place Name Henry Alexander (sometime around 1780 – January 1861) was born into a prominent Irish family of merchants and…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, politics, streets with a connection to the East India Company

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