The Bohemia

The Bohemia is situated in North Finchley.

Originally a Firkin pub and then an O’Neill’s, the pub was taken over, rebranded and refurbished by Antic Ltd in 2012 but closed again in August 2013.

In June 2014, the Bohemia was reopened as a London Brewing Company brewpub, developing the vast building.

It was voted local CAMRA Pub of The Year in 2016. An on-site-brewery was set up (switching from The Bull in Highgate).

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Tim Stevenson The Bohemia Added: 16 Nov 2021 18:03 GMT	Pub still open The Bohemia survived the 2020/21 lockdowns and is still a thriving local social resource. Reply
Halliwick Manor House Added: 16 Dec 2020 11:17 GMT	Halliwick Manor House My mother lived here for two or three years, in the 1920s (born 1922) with family, after First World War, which my grandfather fought in.....then after the war, grandfather looked after all the horses/shire horses at Halliwick Manor...... Reply
Southover, N12 Added: 25 Apr 2022 22:11 GMT	Southover, N12 Everyone knows Central Woodside is the place to be. Ever since kdog moved from finchtown, Woodside has been thriving. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

The Gaumont Finchley opened on 19 July 1937 and was built as a replacement for the Grand Hall across the road.

Artsdepot The artsdepot is a multi-purpose cultural centre located in North Finchley and opened on 23 October 2004.

Artsdepot

Coathouse Farm Coathouse Farm was the seat of the Peacock family.

Coathouse Farm

North Finchley North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Finchley Central and Whetstone.

North Finchley

Tally Ho Corner Tally Ho Corner was named after a stagecoach service.

Tally Ho Corner

Woodhouse College Woodhouse College is a further education establishment which accepts students between the ages of 16 and 19.

Woodhouse College

NEARBY STREETS

Albert Street, N12 Albert Street is a nineteenth century cul-de-sac leading off of Lodge Lane.

Albert Street, N12

Alexandra Grove, N12 Alexandra Grove leads northwestwards from Ballards Lane towards the tracks of the Northern Line.

Alexandra Grove, N12

Anastasia Mews, N12 Anastasia Mews is a road in the N12 postcode area

Anastasia Mews, N12

Arden Grange, N12 A street within the N12 postcode

Arden Grange, N12

Ashbourne Close, N12 Ashbourne Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Ashbourne Close, N12

Ashbourne Court, N12 Ashbourne Court is a block on Ashbourne Close.

Ashbourne Court, N12

Avenue Road, N12 Avenue Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Avenue Road, N12

Ballards Lane, N12 Ballards Lane is the main road linking Finchley Central with North Finchley.

Ballards Lane, N12

Barbara Langstone House, N12 Barbara Langstone House can be found on Ballards Lane.

Barbara Langstone House, N12

Barclay Court, N12 Barclay Court is a block on Dale Grove.

Barclay Court, N12

Beech Lawns, N12 Beech Lawns appeared for the first time in Kelly’s Directory of Finchley & Friern Barnet in 1938 as ‘Beech Court’.

Beech Lawns, N12

Birkbeck Road, N12 Birkbeck Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Birkbeck Road, N12

Boxworth Close, N12 Boxworth Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Boxworth Close, N12

Cairn House, N12 Cairn House is a block on Lodge Lane.

Cairn House, N12

Cardrew Avenue, N12 Cardrew Avenue dates from 1936.

Cardrew Avenue, N12

Castle Mews, N12 Castle Mews is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Castle Mews, N12

Castle Road, N12 Castle Road was named after the Rev E Castle who owned the land on which the road was built.

Castle Road, N12

Church Path, N12 Church Path is a road in the N12 postcode area

Church Path, N12

Churchfield Avenue, N12 Churchfield Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Churchfield Avenue, N12

Churchfield Way, N12 Churchfield Way is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Churchfield Way, N12

Cliveden Close, N12 Cliveden Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Cliveden Close, N12

Coleridge Road, N12 Coleridge Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Coleridge Road, N12

Cottonham Close, N12 Cottonham Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Cottonham Close, N12

Dale Grove, N12 Both Dale Grove and Hutton Grove were granted building leases in the 1870s.

Dale Grove, N12

Derby Avenue, N12 Derby Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Derby Avenue, N12

Derby House, N12 Derby House is a block on Coleridge Road.

Derby House, N12

Dorie Mews, N12 Dorie Mews is a road in the N12 postcode area

Dorie Mews, N12

Fairfield Close, N12 A street within the N12 postcode

Fairfield Close, N12

Fenstanton Avenue, N12 Fenstanton Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Fenstanton Avenue, N12

Finchley High Road, N12 The main road through Finchley was first laid out just before 1300.

Finchley High Road, N12

Forest Court, N12 Forest Court can be found on Holden Avenue.

Forest Court, N12

Friern Park, N12 Friern Park was originnally part of Henry Holden’s Friern Park estate.

Friern Park, N12

Friern Watch Avenue, N12 Friern Watch Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Friern Watch Avenue, N12

Gainsborough Road, N12 Gainsborough Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Gainsborough Road, N12

Glenhurst Road, N12 The planning application for Glenhurst Road was made in 1937.

Glenhurst Road, N12

Grand Arcade, N12 Grand Arcade was built in the late 1930s as a commercial thoroughfare.

Grand Arcade, N12

Grange Avenue, N12 Grange Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Grange Avenue, N12

Grove Road, N12 Grove Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Grove Road, N12

Hall Street, N12 Hall Street is a road in the N12 postcode area

Hall Street, N12

Hemingford Close, N12 Hemingford Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Hemingford Close, N12

Hillcourt Avenue, N12 Hillcourt Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Hillcourt Avenue, N12

Holden Avenue, N12 Holden Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Holden Avenue, N12

Hughes Close, N12 Hughes Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Hughes Close, N12

Hutton Grove, N12 Hutton Grove is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Hutton Grove, N12

Inverey House, N12 Inverey House is located on Holden Avenue.

Inverey House, N12

Kingsway, N12 Kingsway forms the lower part of the North Finchley triangle.

Kingsway, N12

Knightswood House, N12 Knightswood House is a block on Dale Grove.

Knightswood House, N12

Lambert Mews, N12 A street within the N12 postcode

Lambert Mews, N12

Lambert Road, N12 Lambert Road is a road in the N12 postcode area

Lambert Road, N12

Lambert Way, N12 Lambert Way is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Lambert Way, N12

Lodge Lane, N12 Lodge Lane has existed since the late eighteenth century.

Lodge Lane, N12

Lotus House, N12 Lotus House can be found on Lodge Lane.

Lotus House, N12

Michelle Court, N12 Michelle Court is a block on Torrington Park.

Michelle Court, N12

Netherfield Road, N12 Netherfield Road is a road in the N12 postcode area

Netherfield Road, N12

Norbury Court, N12 Norbury Court is a block on High Road.

Norbury Court, N12

Northwood Gardens, N12 Northwood Gardens is a road in the N12 postcode area

Northwood Gardens, N12

Okehampton Close, N12 Okehampton Close was built on the site of a house called Okehampton.

Okehampton Close, N12

Park Court, N12 A street within the N12 postcode

Park Court, N12

Percy Road, N12 Percy Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Percy Road, N12

Premier House, N12 Premier House is a block on Ballards Lane.

Premier House, N12

Ravensdale Avenue, N12 Ravensdale Avenue was built on the estate of the former Friern Watch House.

Ravensdale Avenue, N12

Regent Close, N12 Regent Close is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Regent Close, N12

Robson Court, N12 Robson Court can be found on Dale Grove.

Robson Court, N12

Rosemont Avenue, N12 Rosemont Avenue is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Rosemont Avenue, N12

Rowlandson House, N12 Rowlandson House is a block on Ballards Lane.

Rowlandson House, N12

Sonia Court, N12 Sonia Court is sited on Sonia Gardens.

Sonia Court, N12

Stanhope Road, N12 Stanhope Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Stanhope Road, N12

The Lindens, N12 The Lindens is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

The Lindens, N12

The Oaks, N12 The Oaks is a road in the N12 postcode area

The Oaks, N12

Theobalds Avenue, N12 A street within the N12 postcode

Theobalds Avenue, N12

Torrington Park, N12 Torrington Park had been part of Henry Holden’s Friern Park estate lying east of the Great North Road.

Torrington Park, N12

Victoria Grove, N12 This is a street in the N12 postcode area

Victoria Grove, N12

Welbeck Close, N12 Welbeck Close is a road in the N12 postcode area

Welbeck Close, N12

Winifred Place, N12 Winifred Place is a road in the N12 postcode area

Winifred Place, N12

Woodside Park Road, N12 Woodside Park Road is one of the streets of London in the N12 postal area.

Woodside Park Road, N12

NEARBY PUBS

Finchley United Services Club

Malt and Hops The Malt and Hops was situated at 891 High Road, N12.

Malt and Hops

Moss Hall Tavern The Moss Hall Tavern opened in 1871 and became known as "The Elephant".

Moss Hall Tavern

Pub location

Tally Ho The Tally Ho was named after nearby Tally Ho Corner where in the 1820s and 30s the Tally Ho Coach Company kept the first change of horses used for the London to Birmingham mail coach.

Tally Ho

Tommy Flynn’s

Toolans

Torrington House The Torrington Arms (Torrington House) opened in the 1830s.

Torrington House

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North Finchley

North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Finchley Central and Whetstone.

The name of the whole of the modern area covering North Finchley and neighbouring Whetstone was North End, a name first used in 1462.

The rapid enclosure of the countryside in the first years of the nineteenth century meant the end of Finchley Common in 1816, opening up North Finchley from urbanisation - this still took a while nevertheless.

21 cottages were built in Lodge Lane during 1824 and by the 1830s there were other houses - even a chapel by 1837.

By 1839 North Finchley had a blacksmith (on Lodge Lane and not the High Road).

In 1851 there was a regular bus service from the ’Torrington’ to Charing Cross and next came the local railway lines. Christ Church was opened in 1870 and a new parish was formed in 1872.

In 1905 the Metropolitan Electric Tramways started a route between Highgate and Whetstone - a tram depot was opened in Woodberry Grove. Trams and buses together promoted North Finchley’s development.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, Finchley. Credit: Alexander ?aj?yc TUM image id: 1526486240 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Finchley Catholic High School Credit: Finchley Catholic High School TUM image id: 1526478168 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Artsdepot, Nether Street Credit: Grim23 TUM image id: 1526150227 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Gaumont Finchley (1937) In north Finchley, the Gaumont opened in 1937 and closed in 1980, before being demolished in 1987. TUM image id: 1681222354 Licence:	The Tally Ho (1978). The pub was named after the Tally Ho stage coach company that had stables nearby. Prior to the building of the current pub in 1927 this was the Park Road Hotel. Credit: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society TUM image id: 1527092391 Licence:
The Swan and Pyramids (1960) Credit: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society TUM image id: 1527516358 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Elephany a.k.a. the Moss Hall Tavern. Credit: http://www.pubology.co.uk TUM image id: 1527521198 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Malt and Hops Credit: Pubology TUM image id: 1527517651 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Park Road Hotel, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley. TUM image id: 1527518172 Licence:	Torrington House Credit: Pubology TUM image id: 1527518697 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Artsdepot, Nether Street
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The Gaumont Finchley (1937) In north Finchley, the Gaumont opened in 1937 and closed in 1980, before being demolished in 1987.
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The Tally Ho (1978). The pub was named after the Tally Ho stage coach company that had stables nearby. Prior to the building of the current pub in 1927 this was the Park Road Hotel.
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The Swan and Pyramids (1960)
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The Elephany a.k.a. the Moss Hall Tavern.
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Malt and Hops
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Park Road Hotel, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley.
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Torrington House
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