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Fallow Corner

Fallow Corner, Barnet A late Victorian and Edwardian neigh­bour­hood situated at the southern tip of North Finchley Although now focused on the corner of Granville Road…

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West Hendon

West Hendon, Barnet One of the borough’s poorer quarters, most of West Hendon is separated from Hendon proper by the M1 motorway The land hereabouts…

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Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park, Barnet A very mixed indus­trial and resi­den­tial district situated north of New Southgate and east of Friern Barnet, separated from Osidge by Pymmes…

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EU Referendum

…south-west. It is not clear why Barnet proved more Europhile than its neigh­bours to the east and west – unless it was simply because the…

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Edgwarebury

Edgware­bury, Barnet Also spelt as two separate words, Edgware­bury is farming country strad­dling the M1 motorway and the Hert­ford­shire border north of Edgware To the…

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Colindale

Colindale, Barnet An ‘oppor­tu­nity area’ (now being taken advantage of) in the hinter­land of the A5 south of Edgware Colindale’s name probably derives from 16th-century…

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Edgware

Edgware, Barnet/Harrow An interwar middle-class suburb with a strongly Jewish character, situated three miles north-west of Hendon and split between two boroughs along the course…

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Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak, Barnet A rela­tively deprived community located on the southern side of Edgware, dominated by the London County Council’s Watling estate Evidence has been…

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Hendon

Hendon, Barnet A socially graduated resi­den­tial district situated three miles north-west of Hampstead Exca­va­tions have revealed Roman remains from c.ad300 and Hendon’s name (which means…

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New Southgate

New Southgate, Enfield/Barnet An invented and then rein­vented resi­den­tial district situated to the south of Arnos Grove tube station It’s not surprising that New Southgate…

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