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Golders Hill (Hendon NW11)
Last updated: 19 November, 2018
The Old Bull and Bush was open in the 1720s. By 1762 North End had 17 houses, 3 cottages, as well as 2 inns. Prime Minister William Pitt the elder (c1766) lived at Pitt House (demolished 1952). Hope Cottage was the home of a painter called John Linnell (1820s) where he was visited by Blake and Morland. The house was the childhood home of Wilkie Collins, the novelist.
Street parties and special events
Last updated: 3 August, 2023
Watling Estate
Last updated: 19 November, 2018
Much of the area we now call the Watling Estate had been Goldbeaters farm. In 1924 the London County Council decided to establish a number of housing estates in the areas around London, as part of the 'Homes fit for Heroes campaigns. The fourth largest of these areas was the Watling estate.
Special treatments
Last updated: 5 April, 2024
Barnet Town
Last updated: 19 November, 2018
Barnet Town formed around the junction of Wood Street. St John the Baptist, in High Barnet, is situated at this junction and is the third church building on the site. The first church was built in the 11th century, the second was built in the middle of the 15th century with money left by John Beauchamp.
Church Farm East Barnet
Last updated: 19 November, 2018
This is the oldest part of Barnet. There may have been a small hamlet before the church was built. The Church of St Mary's is a medieval building. The church originally belonged to the Abbey at St Albans and was possibly built in the 1140s.
Register new build and converted properties for Council Tax
Last updated: 21 September, 2023
Finchley Church End library
Last updated: 4 July, 2024
Find your bin collection day
Last updated: 10 January, 2024
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Last updated: 27 November, 2023