The Baldfaced Stag was an inn on the Edgware Road as early as the 18th century when hay carters from Middlesex and Hertfordhire would meet there on May Day.
The carts and horses were decked out with ribbons and brasses, and local children would make extra pocket money by selling wild flowers for further decorations. Often there were competitions and prizes for the best cart.
The Baldfaced Stag was rebuilt in 1930.
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Bald Faced Stag
Axholme Avenue, HA8 Axholme Avenue is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Barnfield Road, HA8 Barnfield Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Burnt Oak Broadway, HA8 Burnt Oak Broadway lies along the route of the pre-Roman part of Watling Street, which crossed the Thames around Lambeth and by Roman times ran on to St Albans. East Road, HA8 East Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Gaskarth Road, HA8 Gaskarth Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Gervase Road, HA8 Gervase Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Market Lane, HA8 Market Lane is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Millfield Road, HA8 Millfield Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Oakleigh Avenue, HA8 Oakleigh Avenue is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Park Way, HA8 Park Way is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Playfield Road, HA8 Playfield Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Redhill Drive, HA8 Redhill Drive is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Silkstream Road, HA8 Silkstream Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. The Chase, HA8 The Chase is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. The Highlands, HA8 The Highlands is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Thirleby Road, HA8 Thirleby Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Vancouver Road, HA8 Vancouver Road is one of the streets in the Harrow postal district of Middlesex. Watling Avenue, HA8 Watling Avenue is a road which forms part of the Burnt Oak Broadway shopping area.
Burnt Oak tube station is a London Underground station in on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Edgware and Colindale stations.The name
Burnt Oak was first used in 1754 and from then until the 1850s referred to no more than a field on the eastern side of the Edgware Road (Watling Street). Nor is there evidence that the name implies anything except that the field had once contained a burnt oak tree.
In May 1844 Burnt Oak field was sold to a Mr Essex, and by the 1860s plans were in place to build three residential streets: North Street, East Street, and South Street. The application of the field name to the area seems to have followed from this new estate and was in use by the end of the 19th century.
However, the area was generally known as Red Hill until the opening of Burnt Oak tube station.
The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps and opened as
Burnt Oak (Watling) on the 27 October 1924, two months after the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate Line from Hendon Central to Edgware had opened. The station was originally provided with a temporary structure before the final ticket office building was constructed in 1925. The suffix was dropped from the name about 1950.
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