Holmfield Avenue, NW4

Road in/near Hendon .

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 21 Aug 2023 12:54 GMT   

When was this built?
Does anybody know when Danescroft was built? I assume 1930s....

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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Hendon Park on a 1933 map
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Plough with horses
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Brent station (1923) This photograph shows the future site of Brent Cross station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line. The Edgware extension utilised unused plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway (E&HR) which the UERL had taken over in 1912. It extended the CCE&HR line from its terminus at Golders Green to Edgware in two stages - to Hendon Central in 1923 and to Edgware in 1924. The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central station, was on the surface. Five new stations were constructed to pavilion-style designs by Stanley Heaps, stimulating the rapid northward expansion of suburban developments in the following years. In the mid 1970s, this Northern Line station was renamed Brent Cross.
Credit: London General Omnibus Company
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Suburbia awaits (1908) This is a view of The Homestead from the end of the unfinished Sinclair Grove, NW11 The area was transformed from the year 1907. The opening of the underground as far as Golders Green crossroads that year caused the rapid transformation from farmland to suburb. Ribbon development along the main road got as far as Highfield Avenue by the end of 1907 and continued as far as the River Brent by 1912. This photo epitomises that transformation - we see the end of Sinclair Grove with the unnamed Western Avenue awaiting their houses. Meanwhile, across the fields we can still see "The Homestead" - a large house down a track from Golders Green Road until that year but now being dismantled. The fields beyond remained in place until after the First World War. Then the Northern Line was extended to Edgware in the early 1920s and the last of the countryside around Brent Cross disappeared under the tracks of the bulldozers.
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Brent station (1923) This photograph shows the future site of Brent Cross station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line. The Edgware extension utilised unused plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway (E&HR) which the UERL had taken over in 1912. It extended the CCE&HR line from its terminus at Golders Green to Edgware in two stages - to Hendon Central in 1923 and to Edgware in 1924. The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central station, was on the surface. Five new stations were constructed to pavilion-style designs by Stanley Heaps, stimulating the rapid northward expansion of suburban developments in the following years. In the mid 1970s, this Northern Line station was renamed Brent Cross.
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In the neighbourhood...

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Hendon House (1890)
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Decoy Farm on the Hendon/Temple Fortune boundary was painted circa 1890 by Louise Surrey. The farmhouse was an 18th-century building, which took its name from a nearby pond used as a duck decoy. The farmland was destroyed with the building of the North Circular Road in 1925. The building was demolished in 1935. A bricked-up window in the painting indicates an attempt to reduce window taxes paid on a residence introduced in the 18th century.
Credit: Louise Surrey
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Suburbia awaits (1908) This is a view of The Homestead from the end of the unfinished Sinclair Grove, NW11 The area was transformed from the year 1907. The opening of the underground as far as Golders Green crossroads that year caused the rapid transformation from farmland to suburb. Ribbon development along the main road got as far as Highfield Avenue by the end of 1907 and continued as far as the River Brent by 1912. This photo epitomises that transformation - we see the end of Sinclair Grove with the unnamed Western Avenue awaiting their houses. Meanwhile, across the fields we can still see "The Homestead" - a large house down a track from Golders Green Road until that year but now being dismantled. The fields beyond remained in place until after the First World War. Then the Northern Line was extended to Edgware in the early 1920s and the last of the countryside around Brent Cross disappeared under the tracks of the bulldozers.
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Highfield Court (built 1935)
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White Swan, Golders Green (2011)
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Highfield (1920)
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Decoy Farm, painted here in 1914 by E.H. Smith. The 18th century building (demolished in 1935), took its name from a nearby pond used as a duck decoy. Mutton Bridge takes its name from the brook which joins the Dollis Brook to form the River Brent. The road it carries is Bell Lane, an old route from Hampstead to Hendon via Temple Fortune.
Credit: E.H. Smith
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