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Tag: Chipping Barnet

Lakeside Crescent, EN4

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Place Name This road was laid out in the gardens of Little Grove. There were once, no fewer than five…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named 1936

Park Road, EN4

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Place Name On the face of it, this should be literal. The Victoria Recreation Ground stands at its northern end.…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named 1888

Glyn Avenue, EN4

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Place Name This side road was laid out in 1939 as infill on Victoria Road by a local builder Ernest…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, streets named 1939, streets named after builder

Windsor Drive, EN4

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Place Name As with adjacent Eton Avenue, this was laid out as part of the Littlegrove Estate. Like many suburban…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, Littlegrove estate, streets named 1932, streets named after royals, streets with a Berkshire connection

Welbeck Road, EN4

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Place Name Originally named Fergusson Road, after a local developer and temperance campaigner called Edward Fergusson Taylor (1849 – March…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, gentrification, name change, street named 1928, streets named after a Nottinghamshire connection, streets named after abbeys

Woodfield Drive, EN4

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Place Name As it says, this takes its name from a former field name, Woodyfield, which was once part of…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Agricultural, agriculture, Barnet, Brunswick Park ward, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, field name

Vernon Crescent, EN4

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Place Name William Allen Vernon (November 10, 1860 – February 16, 1939) was a miller whose award-winning Millennium Flour made…

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Posted in: Barnet Filed under: Barnet, Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, East Barnet ward, industry, streets named after industrialists
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