Edith's Streets

Edgwarebury Brook The brook flows southwards and is joined by tributaries from the north west Suburban area with evidence of its rural past and with remains of the abortive tube line to Elstree Post to the north Edgwarebury Edgwarebury Park Edgwarebury Park covers an area which was once part of the manor of Earlsbury and there is evidence of the older landscape in fields and woodland – with ancient trees and hedgerows still in situ. Hendon Rural Distict Council and Middlesex County Council bought the land in 1929 and 1932. Edgwarebury Brook runs down the western side and the land slopes down towards it. Pipers Green Lane Previously called Green Lane, Piper’s Green probably refers to a farmhouse. The lane continues as a wooded footpath alongisd Edgwarebury golf course. The surrounding land belongs to All Souls College, Oxford.   This is Newlands, a posh area alongside the lane and its closes. Roman cremation burials were found here in 1953 Broomfield House. 19 th hou...

Edgwarebury Brook The Edgwarebury Brook rises in this area and flows southwards Area of posh houses in a countryside setting Post to the north Elstree Post to the south Edgwarebury Post to the west Elstree Hill Elstree Open Space Edgware Bury Edgwarebury. First noted in 1657 and refers to the manor house which was the focus of Edgware in the middle ages. The manor was owned by All Souls, Oxford, from 1443.   Traces of Celtic fields. Edgwarebury Lane Originally connected to Fortune Lane until enclosure in 1854 when it was subsequently diverted. Locally it was once known as Roman Road. Edgwarebury Hotel . As Edgwarebury house it was the country home of armaments manufacturer Trevor Dawson, managing director of Vickers. The 19 th Tudor-style building claims to date back to 1540. It was converted into a hotel in the 1960s, and operated as the Edgwarebury Country Club.   It has featured in many TV and film productions, such as The Devil Rides Out in 1968 and appea...

Deans Brook Deans Brook flows south and is met by a tributary from the north west.   The Edgwarebury Brook flows through the area south eastwards towards Deans Brook Suburban area - with several synagogues and private schools Post to the east Upper Hale Post to the south Edgware Broadfields Avenue Holland House School . A private ‘preparatory’ school set up in 1974 when a group of parents bought the school and formed a Trust. Since then it has been rebuilt and refurbished. Brook Avenue The line of this road from Penshurst Road running south is the line of the Edgwarebury Brook flowing towards Deans Brook. It then turns north west where it then runs along the west side of Deans Brook. Campbell Croft This lane is on the line of the never built Northern Line Extension. As distinct from the surrounding area, it has post war houses and bungalows. Edgware Way (Watford Way) Completed in 1927 and an enormous amount of suburban housing followed after its construction Edg...

Deans Brook Deans Brook flows south Post to the north Stoney Wood Post to the west Edgware Post to the south Watling Estate Post to the east Mill Hill Ash Close Brookside . Residential care home which is the remaining property of the John Grooms Crippleage which was on this site.   Called Brookside because it is near Dean’s Brook. Deans Lane Until the 1930s this was a country lane across open fields from The Hale, hamlet, to the London County Council’s Watling estate. Holbrook House . Farmhouse which is now the site of John Keble Church John Keble Church . In 1932 this was a building contractor's hut and a church built soon afterwards. Built in 1936 by D.F.Martin-Smith with a reinforced concrete frame faced with brick. The font was originally a mortar in the kitchen of Devonshire House, Piccadilly. Baden Powell Hall . This was originally in the hut which was the first church and is, obviously, used by the scouts and guides 142 John Keble Church Hall Edgware Way T...

Deans Brook Deans Brook meets with a number of tributaries from the Scratchwood area and Moat Mount and flows south. Post to the north Scratchwood Post to the south Upper Hale A1 Barnet Way Subway under the road between the golf course and the club house 100 Mill Hill Golf Course Club House . Built in the dairy buildings of Coventry Farm. Hemmings Wood M1 Days Hotel . Welcome Inns were rebranded as Days Hotels by Welcome Break who operate the adjacent services. Mill Hill Golf Course Stoney Wood Stoney Wood Lake – this lake is formed on the course of the Deans Brook by damming the waterway. At the southern end is a sluice and pump house. Stoneyfields Park The park is a grassland area with a wood, hedgerows and two play areas.   Many trees predate the lay out of the park. Deans Brook flows through the park albeit dammed to create an ornamental lake. The lake has a fringe of vegetation which supports water fowl and amphibians. The Fairway Fairway School and Ch...

Deans Brook A number of streams rise in this area and converge southwards towards Deans Brook. A tributary from the east flows south west. Post to the east Moat Mount Post to the north Scratchwood Post to the south Stoney Wood A1 Barnet Way Scratchwood Open Space - Park . This area was once part of the ancient Middlesex Forest but in 1756 the lands were purchased and a mansion built. Scratchwood was used for rearing game and sport. Part of the estate was bought by Hendon UDC in 1923 but The A1 Barnet Bypass bisected the site in 1927.   This is an access point from the A1 Mill Hill Golf Course . The Mote Mount Golf Club opened in 1927 on the land of Coventry farm. This was a dairy farm and the 1880s dairy buildings became the Club House. The land had been bought by Hendon Council in 1930 and in 1939 Club name was changed to Mill Hill Golf Club. During the Second World War three holes were lost and, more when the M1 was built. Thistle Wood Clump of Trees wood ...

River Brent The Brent flows south and west and enters the Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp. Post to the east Brent Cross Post to the west Welsh Harp Post to the north Hendon Station Post to the south Dollis Hill Brent View Road Built by Mr. Bishop in 1881 Hendon Islamic Centre . This was the Alexandra Works, used as a warehouse until 1995 and previously electrical engineers. It had previously been Hendon Alexandra Working Mens Club.   It has also been said that it was King’s Hall, which became the Bioscope Cinema. Cool Oak Lane 8 Normal Propeller Co. 1930s Coles Green Road Trading units Staples Corner Business Park Edgware Road Watling Street. This is the Roman Road to St. Albans and the north, but ‘Watling’ is a Saxon word. From 1711 it was part of the Edgware-Kilburn Turnpike Trust, who improved it. Brent Bridge . Called The Harp Bridge in the early 19 th because of its nearness to the pub. It was rebuilt when the reservoir was built but the river is now culverted u...