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Tag: Barnet

Thornton Road, EN5

22 March 2025 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Richard Thornton (September 20, 1776 – June 20, 1865) is probably the richest man you’ve never heard of.…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, Leathersellers Company, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after philanthropists

Friern Barnet Road, N11

27 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Filed under: Barnet, Old English, Totteridge, Totteridge and Woodside

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