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Tag: High 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

Barnet Hill, EN5

25 November 2023 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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 Gate Lane, EN5

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Place Name This refers to an actual gate that was on the Barnet Road at the old county boundary between…

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Filed under: Anglo-Saxon, Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after legends

Willow Drive, EN5

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Place Name Laid out over fields off the Manor Road in 1938. There was a willow tree on the corner…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after plants, streets named after trees, Underhill

Moxon Street, EN5

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Place Name Thomas Moxon (died September 22, 1775) was an apothecary and surgeon who operated from the Old Assembly Rooms…

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Filed under: Barnet, High Barnet, streets named after surgeons

Barnet Road, EN4

12 May 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

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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