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Tag: Barnet

Woodside Grove, N12

21 August 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

Woodside Lane, N12

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Place Name Literally a hamlet or farmland next to woodland, although as early spellings of the area reveal this would…

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Filed under: Barnet, field name, Finchley Wood

Finchley Way, N3

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Place Name Directional, leads to Finchley. Thought to be named after the birds that nested in the grove or wood…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, Old English, streets named after birds, streets named after places, streets named after woods, West Finchley

Crooked Usage, N3

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Place Name This unusual name is thought to date back to Anglo-Saxon times when a usage was a strip of…

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Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon street name, Barnet, Finchley and Golders Green, Finchley Church End, unusual street name

Beech Hill, EN4

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Place Name The name derives from Beech Hill Park whose northern boundary the street forms. The park was originally the…

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Filed under: Barnet, Cockfosters, Hadley Wood, streets named after buildings

Barnet Road, EN4

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Place Name Directional connecting Elstree with Chipping Barnet and onwards to East Barnet and Friern Barnet. A great wood once…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, Old English

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