King Street was named in 1920 but existed since Napoleonic times.
Park Farm Park Farm, Finchley give much of its land to the later Hampstead Garden Surburb.
Benedict Way, N2 Benedict Way is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Brendon Grove, N2 Brendon Grove is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Chandos Road, N2 Chandos Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Chapel Court, N2 Chapel Court was originally built as Chapel Street and lead in those days to the Great North Road. Church Lane, N2 Church Lane runs from East End Road to the Great North Road. East End Road, N2 East End Road, linking East End and the southern section of the Great North Road with Church End, was the main east-west road in Finchley. Fallows Close, N2 Fallows Close is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Font Hills, N2 Font Hills is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Hamilton Road, N2 Hamilton Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. High Road, N2 High Road East Finchley dates from the early Middle Ages. Leopold Road, N2 Leopold Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Long Lane, N2 Long Lane, named in 1719, ran from Ballards Lane to Bulls Lane at East End and was probably the medieval ’Ferrours Lane’. Market Place, N2 Market Place developed from Finchley’s Hogmarket - so named by 1897. Neale Close, N2 Neale Close is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Oak Lane, N2 Oak Lane was one of the roads of a settlement called Cuckolds Haven - so-named by 1678. Park Road, N2 Park Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Red Lion Hill, N2 The contemporary Red Lion Hill connects Oak Lane and Central Avenue. Richmond Road, N2 Richmond Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Tarling Road, N2 Tarling Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. The Walks, N2 The Walks is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area. Trinity Road, N2 Trinity Road is one of the streets of London in the N2 postal area.
East Finchley is a suburban development, five miles north north-west of Charing Cross.The land on which East Finchley now stands was once part of the Bishop of London’s hunting ground. More recently, it was home to some grand ’country’ estates of wealthy Londoners, from which several roads take their names (e.g. Summerlee Avenue, Park Hall Road). At one time East Finchley was referred to as ’East End’.
East Finchley underground station, first opened in 1863 by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, is topped by a famous statue of an archer, created in the Art Deco style, and pointing his arrow towards the other end of the tunnel which starts south of the station and runs all the way to the end of the Northern Line at Morden. This 27.8 km tunnel was for many years the longest in the world. There was originally an arrow at Morden Station to match the archer at East Finchley, but this was stolen not long after the station was opened.
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