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Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb, Barnet The most archi­tec­turally successful of London’s planned suburbs, situated to the north-west of Hampstead Heath Henrietta Barnett, who lived at Hampstead’s…

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Temple Fortune

Temple Fortune, Barnet An overlap locality separated from Hendon by the River Brent and the North Circular Road, and sharing char­ac­ter­is­tics with its neigh­bours to…

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Mill Hill East

Mill Hill East, Barnet An ‘inten­si­fi­ca­tion site’ for north London housing, situated midway between Finchley and Mill Hill proper The fields here belonged to All…

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Canons Park

…has restored some of the historic features of Canons Park open space with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. To its south, Barnet football club…

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Ardleigh Green

…a century ago. Like Barnet’s Hadley, the original name probably indicated a heathland clearing. However, an alter­na­tive theory suggests a link with the de Badele…

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London football history

…Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal, Millwall, Barnet, Brentford and Wimbledon began playing in the 1880s – mostly under differing iden­ti­ties from their…

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Fryent

Fryent, Brent A large park and the neigh­bouring electoral ward, filling much of north Kingsbury Like Friern Barnet, Fryent’s name derives from its early ownership…

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Ballards Lane

Ballards Lane, Barnet A busy road linking Finchley Central with North Finchley This was an important medieval thor­ough­fare, named after a family who were living…

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Church End, Finchley

Church End, Barnet The old heart of Finchley, repre­senting the south-west quadrant of the parish, usually now called ‘Finchley Central’ An exca­va­tion at St Mary’s…

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Projected population growth

…Barking and Dagenham 206,934 244,139 +18.0% Barnet 388,416 441,372 +13.6% Bexley 245,181 273,647 +11.6% Brent 330,770 362,949 +9.7% Bromley 328,715 368,606 +12.1% Camden 248,472 280,730…

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