infobox UK place official name EastFinchley london borough Barnet region London country England map type Greater London latitude 51.59016 longitude 0.17534 constituency westminster Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency Finchley & Golders Green post town LONDON postcode area N postcode district N2 dial code 020 os grid reference TQ265895 static image File Eastfinchley high rd.JPG 230px static image caption EastFinchley High Road looking south towards the tube station Refimprove date September 2008 EastFinchley is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet , in north London , and situated ... from the rest of Finchley , with North Finchley and West Finchley to the north, and Church End, Barnet Finchley Central to the west. History Main History of EastFinchley The land on which EastFinchley ... Friern Barnet West Temple Fortune Centre EastFinchleyEast Muswell Hill Southwest Hampstead Garden Suburb South Highgate Southeast Fortis Green Transport EastFinchley tube station is marked by a well ... web title List Entry EastFinchley Library url http list.english heritage.org.uk resultsingle.aspx ... Wood , Queens Wood and Hampstead Heath to the south. Housing Housing in EastFinchley is diverse ... blocks of Prospect Ring, near to the centre of EastFinchley, are visible for miles around. Schools EastFinchley has several state primary schools , including Our Lady Of Lourdes RC primary school, Martin Primary School, and Holy Trinity Primary School. There are two secondary schools in EastFinchley itself Bishop Douglass RC High School Roman Catholic and mixed and Christ s College, EastFinchley ... Garden Suburb Institute s new facilities are on the High Road. Media The Archer is EastFinchley ... http barnet4u.co.uk Front Page Barnet4U Bot generated title ref Sir Ronald Fisher was born in EastFinchley ... in Lincoln Road. The poet, playwright and educator Clive Sansom was born in EastFinchley in 1910 ... fr EastFinchley hi nl EastFinchley ja ... more details
File Eastfinchley cemetry.jpg thumb right Chapel at EastFinchley Cemetery EastFinchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in EastFinchley in the London Borough of Barnet . The facilities are owned and managed by the City of Westminster . ref name cemetery http www.westminster.gov.uk communityandliving burials eastfinchley.cfm EastFinchley Cemetery City of Westminster accessed 26 January 2006 ref The St Marylebone Burial Board purchased convert 47 acre km2 2 of Newmarket Farm in 1854 ref name cemetery and the cemetery, then known as St Marylebone Cemetery , was laid out by architects Barnet & Brick Ltd. the following year with an Anglican Grade II listed building listed chapel . ref IoE 199257 accessed 26 January 2006 ref Principal features are two Lebanon Cedar trees planted on the front lawn. The crematorium was opened in 1937. ref name cemetery Due to local government reorganisation, the cemetery was managed by the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone &ndash from 1900 and became the responsibility of the City of Westminster in 1965, when the cemetery became known by its current name. The cemetery contains about 22,000 interments and remains open for burials. ref name cemetery The cemetery was awarded a Green Flag Award in 2007, 2008 and 2009. ref name cemetery It is also ...&siteid 6059 EastFinchley Cemetery, London Wildweb ref The nearest List of London Underground stations London Underground station is EastFinchley tube station EastFinchley , on the Northern Line . Notable burials Image Stokowski Leopold grave.jpg right upright thumb Leopold Stokowski s grave at EastFinchley Cemetery Robert Donat Actor ref name cemetery Sir Henry Bishop composer Henry Bishop Professor ... cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 42303&mode 1 EastFinchley Cemetery and St Marylebone Crematorium ... EastFinchley Cemetery City of Westminster http www.cwgc.org search cemetery reports.aspx?cemetery ... cemeteries de EastFinchley Cemetery ... more details
infobox London station symbol underground name EastFinchley image name EastFinchley stn building.JPG ... latitude decdeg 51 35 14 N 4 longitude decdeg 0 09 54 W 4 EastFinchley is a London Underground station in EastFinchley in north London . The station is on the Northern Line High Barnet branch High ... station Finchley Central stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 3 . History EastFinchley station was built ... of EastFinchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through the Northern Line The Northern ... Camden Town and central London this is the route south of EastFinchley as it now exists. The platforms ... from EastFinchley to Finsbury Park was not incorporated into the Northern Line. Underground services never ran from EastFinchley through Highgate high level station as planned although the line was occasionally ..., EastFinchley station was at the forefront of United Kingdom British architecture architectural design ... a pun, in that it faces towards Archway. Gallery Gallery Image EastFinchley north.JPG Northbound platform northern end Image East Finchley1.JPG Northbound train in platform Image EastFinchley Stn ... Image East Finchley3.JPG Southbound platforms, with statue visible Image EastFinchley Stn statue.JPG Close up of the statue Image EastFinchley Stn southbound platform.JPG Southbound platform Image East Finchley4.JPG Northbound platform looking south towards tunnel portal Image EastFinchley south.JPG ... of the station. Image EastFinchley entr causeway.JPG Entrance on The Causeway a footpath running to the west of the Northern line Image EastFinchley roundel.JPG Roundel on northbound platform File EastFinchley Station, with Diesel on local goods geograph 2398832 by Ben Brooksbank.jpg Diesel on local ... his mother was sheltering since there is no deep shelter at EastFinchley, a surface station. ref ... East . References Reflist External links commons category EastFinchley tube station Spoken Wikipedia EN EastFinchley tube station.ogg 2007 12 13 http photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum ... more details
of East End, later EastFinchley had begun to develop by 1365. ref name tle ref cite web url http www.barnet.gov.uk ... archives finchley eastendroad.htm title Finchley N2 East End Road last Nurse first Richard date ..., and connect the Underground from Archway tube station Archway to EastFinchley tube station EastFinchley , via a new tunnel. Much of the work was carried out, with EastFinchley station being completely ... Central tube station , and in postal area N postcode area N3 EastFinchley , roughly the area between ... Northeast Friern Barnet West Mill Hill Centre FinchleyEast Muswell Hill Southwest Hendon South ... Grade II listed situated on East End Road. College Farm is the last farm in Finchley, it was a model dairy farm, then a visitor attraction. The Phoenix Cinema in EastFinchley with its 1930s art deco ... as if having just released an arrow. Located on EastFinchley tube station. The statue La Delivrance ... the south, in Regent s Park Road, just north of Henly s Corner. Transport Image EastFinchley stn building.JPG thumb right EastFinchley tube station Being in Greater London Transport for London is responsible ... on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line . EastFinchley tube station in zone three, serves East ..., serves North Finchley and is 29 minutes from Charing Cross. Two of London s major roads, the east ... The Goon Show , hails from EastFinchley, where Peter Sellers who played Bluebottle used to live at one ... Cottages on the High Road in EastFinchley just south of the junction with the North Circular Road ... Dollis Brook Viaduct Image EastFinchley Stn statue.JPG Art Deco Archer Statue at EastFinchley Tube ...Infobox UK place country England map type Greater London region London population official name Finchley ... district N2, N3, N12 london borough Barnet dial code 020 constituency westminster Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency Finchley & Golders Green static image Image Ballards lane.JPG 250px static image caption Ballards Lane, Church End, FinchleyFinchley IPAc en icon f n t l ... more details
century to pass through Finchley, and a small settlement developed in EastFinchley during the following century. By the 16th century the Great North Road passed across Finchley Common, and by the 17th ... a railway from Finsbury Park to Edgware, which passed through EastFinchley and Church End http pro.corbis.com ... in population. In 1905 a tramline from Archway to Whetstone via EastFinchley was opened, joined in 1909 by another line running from New Southgate, through North Finchley and down Ballards Lane. These forms of cheap mass transportation enabled Finchley to become a proper suburb of London by 1914 ... industries were established in the tram period, the first being small motor works on East End Road, at EastFinchley now a carpet store . There was only one large manufactory, Simms Motor Units ...The History of Finchley charts its transformation from a rural parish on the edge of the Forest of Middlesex to its present situation as a mainly residential suburb of Greater London . Finchley, as an ancient ... of what is now the Hampstead Garden Suburb and Whetstone, London Whetstone . Finchley is a Anglo Saxons ... around 1547 Finchley had a parish vestry , which became a local board in 1878, an urban district in 1895 ... Borough of Barnet . There is no evidence of Ancient Rome Roman settlement in Finchley ... century the woods on the eastern side of the parish were cleared to form Finchley Common . By the 1270s ... with transport in the period along its route. By the 18th century Finchley was well known for the quality ... century. North Finchley only began to developed after the enclosure of the common during the 1820s. In the late 1820s the Finchley Road was built from Marylebone to the Great North Road at Tallyho Corner, North Finchley. It became possible, through the use of an omnibus from 1827, for a small number of wealthy individuals to commute between London and Finchley, and the area acquired a number of villas ... of Finchley from 1801 1961 Population as a http www.the archer.co.uk history population.GIF graph 1801 ... more details
for the London district Finchley refimprove date February 2008 Infobox UK place static image File North Finchley 2009.JPG 230px static image caption High rise at Tally Ho Corner country England map type Greater London region London latitude 51.617 longitude 0.174 population official name North Finchley constituency westminster Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency Finchley & Golders Green post town LONDON postcode area N postcode district N12 london borough Barnet dial code 020 os grid reference TQ265925 North Finchley is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Barnet , situated 7 miles 11.3 km north west of Charing Cross . North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to EastFinchley , Church End FinchleyFinchley Central and Whetstone, London ... Park North Whetstone, London Whetstone Northeast Brunswick Park West West Finchley Centre North FinchleyEast Friern Barnet Southwest Church End, Barnet Church End South EastFinchley Southeast Colney ... Park where ex Spice Girl Emma Bunton grew up. The new North Finchley bus station opened in 2004, but closed ... author link last2 first2 author2 link title Incompetence newspaper Hendon and Finchley Times pages year ... by routes 82, 260 and 134 which all terminated at North Finchley. However, due to the direction ... 260 route between North Finchley and Willesden, as that route was shortened. It is also served by through routes 221 and 125 to Edgware and Finchley Central, respectively. The Cricketers pub ... outside Balfour House, a prominent building on North Finchley High Street and home to an Israeli charity ..., a police presence is still evident in front of Balfour House. History main History of North FinchleyFinchley was created an urban district of Middlesex in 1894. In 1932 it was created as the Municipal Borough of Finchley , but in 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its area became part of the London ... nl North Finchley ja ... more details
Finchley Central may refer to Finchley Central tube station Church End, Barnet , also known as Finchley Central A song by The New Vaudeville Band disambig ... more details
. Finchley Common occurs in Nicholas Culpeper s Herbal 1652 whereas John Gerard in his Herbal 1596 refers to Finchley Wood 2 . As a place name Finchley Common continued long after the enclosure of 1816. Places, which were said to be Finchley Common, represented much of Finchley s eastern flank. These included The Torrington public house in what we would now call North Finchley , and also the White Lion in EastFinchley . The last known active use of Finchley Common as a place name is an isolated ... in modern day EastFinchley. The hog market At the southern end of the common an unofficial hog ..., FinchleyFinchley Common was an area of land in Middlesex , and until 1816 the boundary between the parishes of Finchley , Friern Barnet and Hornsey . History Its use as a common land common is quite late. Rights to the common were claimed by the inhabitants of Finchley at the beginning of the 15th ... reference to a common called Finchley Wood . The earliest known use of the name Finchley Common appeared ... of Haringey and the London Borough of Barnet which are still closely associated with Finchley Common ... claims made by the Bishop of London, and gradual encroachment Finchley Common s size varied. It was certainly ... lean, at a large market, held on Finchley Common, and to which they are brought from ... is a sham fight by the St Andrew s and St George s Volunteers in 1804. Highwaymen Finchley Common ... , stated in a letter to his wife that he would not trust my throat on Finchley Common in the dark , and victims ... of Lady Katherine Ferrers the Wicked Lady , was caught on Finchley Common c.1660 . There were certainly robberies committed before this date but the first crime in which Finchley Common is referred ... was the end of the highwayman on Finchley Common. But actually the period of this kind of crime ... rather than enclosure that terminated the age of the highwayman on Finchley Common ... of the Board of Agriculture during the Napoleonic War, made a call for the enclosure of Finchley Common ... more details
File Finchley lido 2009.png thumb 250px The new swimming pool viewed from the cinema Finchley Lido is a leisure complex at gbmapping TQ266911 , just east of the suburb of North Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet . Currently there is a swimming pool and leisure centre, cinema, several food restaurants, bowling facilities and large amount of car parking spaces. Finchley Lido is extremely popular with the local population of Finchley at weekends, as it is one of the only cinema complexes in this area of North London . History The Finchley Open Air Pool was designed by P T Harrison, of fame from Finchley Borough Council . The main heated pool opened in 17 September 1931 and stayed open until 11 November. The following year it was officially opened on 26 March, and on 22 April 1932 the Duke of York to become King George VI unveiled a ceremonial wall tablet made of Staffordshire marble , which can be seen to this date. This tablet can now be seen on display behind the counter of Nando s restaurant, which was built around the original site. The main heated pool measured convert 165 ft m abbr on x 80 ft, depth ft 3 ins to convert 10 ft m abbr on , with two fountains. This pool contained at most 456,250 gallons 1,727,094 litres and had a diving stage of a similar design to Barking Lido, containing a 2 stage platform. Finchley Lido was the first swimming pool to introduce gay nudist days and events, this was a pilot scheme which later introduced trials in Manchester ref cite http www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk news s 1043430 outrage over naked swimm Evening News Outrage Over ... Olympics official report. p. 49. ref Facilities File Finchley lido retail park.png 600px thumb ... Pizza Hut Hollywood Bowl Cafe References Reflist External links http www.gll.org centre finchley lido leisure centre.asp Finchley Lido on Greenwich Leisure website http www.myvue.com cinemas index.asp ... Lidos Category Visitor attractions in Barnet hi nl North Finchley ... more details
Mr. Finchley is a fictional character in three comic novels by Victor Canning , a novelist who later gained great success with thrillers. He first appears in Canning s very first book, Mr. Finchley Discovers his England , published in 1934 and as Mr. Finchley s Holiday in the United States USA in 1935. Notable adventures He is introduced as a 45 year old London solicitor s clerk who is told by his boss to take a holiday for the first time in his life. On his way to the railway station he agrees to keep watch on a car, goes to sleep on the back seat, and wakes to find it being driven off by a thief and pursued by the police. This is the first of around 20 disconnected episodes which take Mr Finchley gradually west to Land s End and then back to London . In the second book, Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris 1938 , he befriends and in the end adopts an orphan boy, and in the third, Mr. Finchley Takes the Road 1940 , he marries and explores the county of Kent in a horse drawn caravan. In other media A series of radio dramatisations were made by the BBC in the 1980s featuring Richard Griffiths , and these were rebroadcast in 2005 on BBC 7 . Notes In an early draft of his first book, Canning called his character Mr. Pitcheley . His address is Nassington Avenue, Hampstead, which does not exist although Nassington Road does. Category Characters in British novels of the 20th century Finchley Category Fictional lawyers ... more details
Refimprove date February 2010 Finchley Road , an inner city main road which runs for about 7 kilometres 4 miles, is one of the major thoroughfares of north London , England . Originally named Finchley New Road, ref name tle cite book last Weinreb first Ben coauthors Christopher Hibbert others Julia Keay, John Keay title The London Encyclopedia publisher Macmillan edition 3rd page 291 isbn 978 1 4050 4924 5 ref it was built as a turnpike trust turnpike road in the late 1820s early 1830s to provide a by pass to the existing route north from London through Hampstead . The Hampstead route now the route Haverstock Hill, Rosslyn Hill and North End Road contained two steep hills either side of Hampstead Village and was difficult for horses with carriages to negotiate when muddy. The new turnpike was built at the same time as the improvements which created Regents Park . It started from what was then called the New Road now Euston Road , Marylebone Road the first London bypass and ran north. As the road crossed the boundary of Finchley , its name became Regents Park Road , indicating the destination of the turnpike from Finchley. The turnpike ended when it joined the A1 road Great Britain Great North Road as Ballards Lane . There was a tollgate at Childs Hill . After construction, many grand houses were built along its length, especially near to what are now Fortune Green , Childs Hill and Golders Green . It was once served by Finchley Road railway station on the Midland Main Line , but that has long sinced closed. It is still served by Finchley Road tube station and Finchley Road & Frognal railway station on the North London Line . Today the route follows the A41 road A41 which becomes Finchley Road at St. John s Wood tube station . It goes north through Swiss Cottage , then turns ... again at Child s Hill . The A41 diverges westward and Finchley Road becomes the A598 road A598 . It continues ... to Finchley Road tube station and the O2 Centre . References Reflist Coord 51 33 55 N 0 11 47 W ... more details
Infobox football club clubname Finchley image caption fullname Finchley Football Club nickname shortname founded 1874 dissolved 1991 ground Summers Lane, Finchley capacity owntitle owner chrtitle chairman mgrtitle manager league season 1990 91 position Isthmian League Division Two North, 21 22 Finchley Football Club was an England English association football football club based in Finchley , Greater London . Established in 1874, the club merged with Wingate F.C. Wingate to form Wingate & Finchley F.C. Wingate & Finchley in 1991. History The club was founded in 1874 by Pa Jackson. ref name history http www.wingatefinchley.com history.html History Wingate & Finchley FC ref In 1902 the club joined Division Two of the London League football London League , and after finishing fourth in 1903 04, they were promoted to Division One. League reorganisation saw them placed in Division One B for the 1909 10 season, after which they left the league. They returned to Division One for the 1910 11 season, but left in 1912 to become founder members of the Athenian League . In 1914 they rejoined the London League, playing in the Amateur Division, but did not return after World War I until 1923 24, when they were placed in the Premier Division. In 1929 the club rejoined the Athenian League , but returned to the London League after a single season. They were Premier Division champions in 1936 37, and returned to the Athenian League for the 1939 40 season, which was abandoned due to World War II . After the war the club rejoined the Athenian League. They reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in 1946 47 FA Cup 1946 47 , losing 5 0 at Port Vale F.C. Port Vale . In 1952 53 FA ... to Southend United F.C. Southend United . ref fchd id FINCHLEY name Finchley ref When the league ..., the club merged with Wingate in 1991 to form Wingate & Finchley. The new club continued to play at Finchley s Summers Lane ground, which was renamed the Harry Abrahams Stadium after a long term ... more details
Finchley tube station could refer to one of a number of London Underground stations serving the Finchley area of north London EastFinchley tube station EastFinchleyFinchley Central tube station Finchley Central West Finchley tube station West FinchleyFinchley Road tube station Finchley Road station is located in Swiss Cottage . disambig Category Disambig Class London Transport articles ... more details
of the High Barnet branch north of EastFinchley tube station EastFinchley was incorporated into the London ...Infobox London station name West Finchley symbol underground manager London Underground locale Finchley borough London Borough of Barnet platforms 2 fare zone 4 image name West Finchley stn entrance.JPG latitude decdeg 51 36 34 N 4 longitude decdeg 0 11 18 W 4 original London and North Eastern Railway postgroup London and North Eastern Railway years1 1 March 1933 years2 14 April 1940 years3 2 March 1941 events1 Opened by LNER events2 Northern Line service commences events3 LNER service ceased tubeexits06 ... West Finchley tube station is a London Underground station in the Finchley area of north London ... branch of the Northern line , between Finchley Central tube station Finchley Central and Woodside ... project begun in the late 1930s. West Finchley station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 ... under used. Bus routes 82, 125, 221 and 460 stop about 10 minutes walk from West Finchley Station. Local information Image West Finchley stn high southbound.JPG thumb right 200px Station platforms ... In the rush hour the station has fairly good usage. gallery Image West Finchley stn southbound.JPG Looking south Image West Finchley stn northbound.JPG Looking north Image West Finchley Stn platforms.JPG Looking north towards footbridge Image West Finchley stn roundel.JPG Roundel on southbound platform ... archive archivedate 2007 11 03 ref The list of stations includes West Finchley. References Reflist External links Spoken Wikipedia EN West Finchley tube station.ogg 2007 11 19 http photos.ltmcollection.org ... previous Woodside Park next Finchley Central type High Barnet type2 South s end Northern line navbox DEFAULTSORT West Finchley Tube Station Category Northern Line stations Category Tube stations in Barnet ... Category Article Feedback 5 ar de West Finchley London Underground fr West Finchley m tro de Londres gan nl West Finchley pl West Finchley ... more details
Finchley tube station West Finchley and EastFinchley tube station EastFinchley stations and is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East tube station Mill Hill East station . The station is above ground and is in Travelcard Zone 4 . History Finchley Central station was built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway EH&LR and was originally opened as Finchley & Hendon on 22 August ... Railway London & North Eastern Railway LNER . The section of the High Barnet branch north of EastFinchley tube station EastFinchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through the Northern ... clear s start s rail title LUL s line system LUL line Northern previous West Finchley next EastFinchley ... East next EastFinchley type Mill Hill East hidemid yes hide2 yes end Northern line navbox DEFAULTSORT ...Infobox London station symbol underground name Finchley Central image name Finchley Central station.jpg manager London Underground fare zone 4 locale Finchley borough London Borough of Barnet years1 1867 ... ref latitude 51.6011 longitude 0.1924 coord region GB BNE Finchley Central tube station is a London Underground station in the Church End, Barnet Church End area of Finchley , North London . The station ... to Finchley Church End on 1 February 1894. After the Railways Act 1921 1921 Railways Act created ... 1 Northern line services to Mill Hill East began on 18 May 1941, due to the need to carry passengers ... character today. ref cite web url http www.ribapix.com index.php?a wordsearch&s gallery&w Finchley ... retaining its original buildings, with Mill Hill East , it is one of the oldest parts of the Underground ... station Stockwell in Southwark . ref File Finchley Central geograph.org.uk 881159.jpg thumb right ... two are served by northbound trains, platform 1 mainly for trains terminating at Finchley Central or going to Mill Hill East tube station Mill Hill East , platform 2 mainly for trains going ... in summer 2008. Finchley Central was the station used in the 1930s by Harry Beck , designer ... more details
North Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London , England . Tally Ho Corner and the High Road North End, the old name for the area of North Finchley and Whetstone, was first recorded in 1462. North Finchley did not develop into an urban area until after the enclosure of Finchley Common ..., making North Finchley a junction. This suggests that Ballards Lane had already become a link in a route ... of the common after 1816 and the creation of the Finchley Road turnpike along Ballards Lane in the late ... of Orchard Cottage. By 1839 North Finchley had at least five retail outlets including a blacksmith ... now Finchley Park had all been laid out. In 1872 the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway opened Torrington ... the construction of a railway through Finchley from 1864 that a Reverend Henry Stephens opened a mission ... opened Arts Depot . Woodhouse and the Rough Lots The Woodhouse area of Finchley began with three houses ... the 18th century as a short cut from the main road through to Friern Barnet . Below it and to the east ... Finchley Wood. Close to Coppetts Wood a Sewage treatment sewage farm was established by Finchley ... in World War I as a defence against early German airstrike air raids . Finchley football club now Wingate and Finchley F.C. , founded in 1874, started playing football on the Glebe Lands in 1932 ... The Finchley Open Air Pool was a Lido swimming pool lido opened by Finchley Borough Council in September ... element in a Finchley complex which was to include a Town Hall for which plans were drawn ... of Sairey Gamp whilst out walking in Finchley. The Farm s fields were realised for building, as the Etchingham ... occupied the fields within the bow of Bow Lane. Finchley Cottage Hospital opened with 18 beds in 1908 and was renamed the Finchley Memorial Hospital in 1922. The original hospital was paid for out of subscriptions and the later extensions raised to form a memorial for the Finchley dead of World War I . Finchley County School was opened in 1903. Dame Evelyn Turner 1910 1993 , on whose life the television ... more details
History of Church End Finchley History of EastFinchley History of North Finchley Victoria County ...infobox historic subdivision Name Finchley Government Finchley Local Board br Finchley Urban District Council br Finchley Borough Council HQ Finchley Status Local board of health Local Government District ... London Borough of Barnet Map Image Finchley1961.svg 200px br Finchley within Middlesex in 1961 Arms Image Finchley arms.png 250px Finchley br Coat of arms of Finchley Borough Council Motto Regnant Qui ... PopulationLastYear 1961 Finchley was a local government district in Middlesex , England , from ... forms part of the London Borough of Barnet . Formation The parish of Finchley had no local government ... over local administration to Barnet that was to lead the ratepayers of Finchley to adopt the 1858 legislation. Finchley Local Board was formed in 1878, consisting of twelve members. There was tension between the ratepayers of North Finchley and the wealthier Church End area as those owning more property ... Friern Barnet Local Government District in 1881 was not carried out. ref name vch cite web title Finchley ... of Middlesex Volume 6 Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate publisher British ... the twelve member council until the urban district was divided into three ward politics wards East ... was first given to applying for a royal charter charter of incorporation to create Finchley ... The New Borough Of Finchley. Lord Athlone s Visit work The Times page 9 date 6 October 1933 ref The town ... Elections work The Times page 6 date 10 May 1957 ref At the final elections to Finchley council in 1963 ... these represented the oak woods that once covered much of Finchley. The area had been a favourite ... recalled that much of Finchley belonged to the Diocese of London Bishops of London . The crest ... de lis , for Finchley . The dexter supporter was a lion, from the arms of the Margaret, Countess ... borough of Hendon and the urban districts of Barnet Urban District Barnet , East Barnet ... more details
was redefined as comprising the wards of EastFinchley, Finchley, Friern Barnet, St Paul s, and Woodhouse ...Infobox UK constituency main name Finchley parliament uk map1 map2 map entity map year year 1950 abolished 1997 type Borough elects howmany One previous next Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency Finchley & Golders Green , Chipping Barnet UK Parliament constituency Chipping Barnet region ... Finchley1918.png right thumb 300px Finchley constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918 45. Image Finchley1945.png right thumb 300px Finchley constituency within the parliamentary county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1945 50. Finchley ... , centred on the town of Finchley , which before 1918 had been located in the Hornsey UK Parliament ... Borough of FinchleyFinchley and Friern Barnet Urban District s. In 1934 the Finchley district became ... revision. In the 1945 1950 Parliament it included the Municipal Borough of Finchley, part of the Municipal ..., with the constituency comprising the Municipal Borough of Finchley and the Friern Barnet Urban ... see Finchley and Golders Green UK Parliament constituency Finchley & Golders Green and Chipping ... title United Kingdom general election, 1992 General Election 1992 Finchley ref cite web url http ... 1987 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative Party UK candidate Margaret ..., 1983 General Election 1983 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative ... Election 1979 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative Party UK candidate ... United Kingdom general election, October 1974 General Election October 1974 Finchley Election box ... February 1974 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative Party UK candidate ... 1970 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative Party UK candidate Margaret ..., 1966 General Election 1966 Finchley Election box candidate with party link party Conservative ... more details
founder founder pl specialist Maths & Computing street East End Road city Finchley county London country ... English school academy status in EastFinchley , London , United Kingdom. It falls under the London ... from Borough of Finchley s coat of arms Alder School, Long Lane A British School in Chapel Street EastFinchley was opened by local Congregationalists in 1842, but in 1876 fire destroyed the original building, and the new building became Finchley s first Board School in 1881. EastFinchley grew rapidly in the 1880s, and the Finchley School Board decided to build a new building in Long Lane which ..., the old unofficial arms of the Urban District of Finchley. The Motto, since March 1906, is Usque Proficiens meaning advance all the way . When Christ s College Finchley CCF was a grammar school, before it was merged with the lower achieving comprehensive, the badge for Christ s College Finchley only ... in two different schools Chapel Street School, founded by Rev Watson in 1842, later Alder School Finchley ..., the school opened a secondary wing and was renamed Alder School, after a chairman of Finchley ... as providing a necessary education for skilled workers in the light engineering works of Finchley ... s Finchley opened Finchley Hall School, in Hendon Lane on the site of Church End Library in what had ... was first divided into four houses North, South, East, and West. With the loss of its ... to be an Anglican institution. In 1972, a new annexe for design and technology was built on land in EastFinchley. As a county grammar the school had a strong academic reputation, particularly in the sciences, with many pupils continuing their education at Oxford and Cambridge. Christ s College, East ... tabid 1041 Default.aspx Christ s College, Finchley , http www.nzrugby.co.nz nzrugby.co.nz ... more details
No footnotes date December 2010 Infobox UK school name Finchley Catholic High School image size latitude 51.622 longitude 0.182 dms dms motto Da Nobis Recta Sapere br Grant that we may be truly wise motto pl established 1926 approx closed c approx type Voluntary aided school religion Roman Catholic president head label Headmaster head Seamus McKenna founder Rev Monsignor Canon C. H. Parsons specialist Business and Enterprise College Business & Enterprise street Woodside Lane city North Finchley North Finchley, London county Greater London country England flagicon England postcode N12 8TA LEA London ... free 1 Finchley Grammar School br Challoner School free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.finchleycatholic.org.uk website name Finchley Catholic High School for Boys is in North Finchley , part of the London Borough of Barnet . Admissions Finchley Catholic High School is, as its ... academic year. Location The school is situated to the west of Finchley s http www.geograph.org.uk photo 1479044 High Road A1000 road A1000 , and immediately to the east of that stretch of the Northern ... tube station and Totteridge and Whetstone tube station . History Finchley Catholic Grammar School ... , parish priest of St. Alban s Roman Catholic church, Nether Street, North Finchley . He founded the Challoner ... primary for the Grammar and Challoner schools. 1971 saw its two institutional forbears, Finchley Catholic Grammar School Finchley Grammar and the Challoner School, merge to become Finchley Catholic ... personal connection to Finchley Bampfield green , Francis Bourne Bourne blue , John Feckenham Feckenham ... up the initials of the school. This is FRCHSB, standing for Finchley Roman Catholic High School for Boys ... Spike Milligan Se n Milligan , son of Spike Milligan famous comedian, who as co founder of the Finchley ... band Madness band Madness , also co wrote one of their trademark hits, Our House . Finchley Grammar ... Finchley Catholic High School website http www.st michaels.barnet.sch.uk St. Michael s Catholic ... more details
Infobox London station symbol underground name Finchley Road image name Finchley Road station MMB 01.jpg manager London Underground fare zone 2 locale Finchley Road borough London Borough of Camden Camden ... 9.309 tubeexits10 decrease 8.850 latitude 51.5472 longitude 0.18027 interchange Finchley Road & Frognal railway station Finchley Road & Frognal interchange note ref citation London station interchange May 2010 ref Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at the corner of Finchley ... the Finchley Road & Frognal railway station Finchley Road & Frognal station on the London Overground ... Finchley Road Underground Station geograph.org.uk 38261.jpg thumb left The station entrance. The station ... of its tracks between Finchley Road and Baker Street stations. To alleviate this congestion new sections of deep tube tunnels were bored between Finchley Road and Baker Street to carry some of the traffic ... tunnels opened on 20 November 1939 and from that date Finchley Road station was also served by Bakerloo ... transferred to the Jubilee Line when that line commenced operation on 1 May 1979. Finchley Road railway station Finchley Road was also the name of a nearby Midland Railway station which closed ... 3 ref Services File Finchley Road stn southbound Jubilee look north.JPG thumb Looking north along the Jubilee Line platforms. Finchley Road is served by London underground Jubilee and Metropolitan ... Baker Street to the north west of London. Finchley Road is on London bus routes 13, 82, 113, 187 ... Harrow on the Hill next Finchley Road type Four hidemid yes hide2 yes note Peak periods only s line ... London Transport Museum Photographic Archive ltmcollection 44 9875644.jpg Finchley Road station, 1910 ltmcollection 37 9927037.jpg Finchley Road station, Finchley Road entrance, 1933 ltmcollection ... ii i00001ii.jpg Finchley Road station, 2001 http www.transportarchive.org.uk aimages L2661.jpg www.railwayarchive.org.uk Finchley Road station, Canfield Gardens entrance, 1933. commons category ... more details
Finchley Children s Music Group FCMG is a UK youth choir based in North London for children aged 4 to 18. Finchley Children s Music Group FCMG was founded in 1958 after a group of singers came together to give the first amateur performance of Benjamin Britten s Noye s Fludde . Today, FCMG is a highly versatile group of mixed voice choirs producing a natural, vibrant vocal quality together with a high level of musicianship and professionalism. Fact date May 2008 One of FCMG s most important aims is to encourage young people to take up and to enjoy singing in a choir and to promote appreciation of choral music to as wide a public audience as possible. To this end, FCMG holds weekly rehearsals for all its choirs and creates opportunities for public performance of choral music. FCMG is regularly invited to perform in professional concerts with major orchestras such as London Symphony Orchestra LSO , London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and with other children and adult choirs. The main performing choir of upper voices and the SATB Chamber Choir sing regularly in major London venues, a recent appearance being at the BBC Proms in September 2008 when the Senior Choir performed La damnation de Faust with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under James Levine . FCMG makes regular appearances at the BBC Proms and has performed at the premier of two works commissioned by the BBC Sir Peter Maxwell Davies A Little Light Birthday Music for the Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen s 80th Birthday in 2006 and Alex Roth s Earth and Sky in 2000. The choir performed in Britten s War Requiem in the 2004 series and Beethoven s 9th Symphony ... by Christopher Gunning was premi red at St John s, Smith Square in 2002 and was showcased again at the EastFinchley Festival in 2003. Brian Chapple s two works Songs of Innocence and its companion ... Theatre artsdepot , Finchley on Friday February 26th and Saturday February 27th 2010. Prior to this it received ... more details
Infobox football club clubname Wingate & Finchley image Image Wingateandfinchleyfc.jpg fullname Wingate & Finchley Football Club nickname The Blues founded 1991 ground http stable.toolserver.org geohack geohack.php?pagename The Harry Abrahams Stadium¶ms 51 36 24.65 N 0 10 17.54 W region GB type landmark Harry Abrahams Stadium , Finchley capacity Chairman Aron Sharpe manager Dave Norman league Isthmian League Premier Division season 2011 12 Isthmian League 2011 12 position Isthmian League Premier Division, 13th pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 111347 body1 111347 rightarm1 111347 shorts1 111347 socks1 FFFFFF pattern la2 pattern b2 unknown pattern ra2 leftarm2 FFFFFF body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 FFFFFF shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 FFFFFF Image WingateFinchleyWivenhoe.jpg thumb right Wingate & Finchley blue shirts take on Wivenhoe Town F.C. Wivenhoe Town at The Harry Abrahams Stadium. Wingate & Finchley F.C. is an England English association football football club based in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet . The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League and play at The Harry Abrahams Stadium. History The club was established in 1991 by a merger of Wingate F.C. Wingate and Finchley F.C. Finchley . ref fchd id WINGATEH name Wingate Herts ref Although Finchley were the higher placed of the two clubs, the new club took Wingate s place in the Premier Division of the South Midlands League and played at Finchley s Summers Lane ground, which was renamed after Harry Abrahams, a long time Wingate supporter. In 1994 95 they finished second in the league and joined Division Three of the Isthmian League. After a second place finish in 1998 99 Isthmian League 1998 99 they were promoted to Division Two, but were relegated back to Division Three at the end of the following season. ref fchd id WINGATEF name Wingate & Finchley ref After league reorganisation they were placed in Division One North for the 2002 03 Isthmian League 2002 03 season , but in 2004 ... more details
about the tube station Finchley Road tube station the still open section on the North London Line Finchley Road & Frognal railway station Finchley Road railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St Pancras railway station St. Pancras . Situated at the north end of the Belsize Tunnels, it served the newly developed area of St John s Wood . File The Circle Routes of Victorian London.png thumb right 300px The Victorian Super Outer Circle route, passing through Finchley Road ststion For a short period from 1878 and 1880, the MR operated the Super Outer Circle service through the station from St. Pancras to Earl s Court tube station Earl s Court Underground station via tracks through Cricklewood railway station Cricklewood , then using the Dudding Hill Line to South Acton railway station South Acton and Hammersmith tube station Piccadilly & District Lines Hammersmith . ref name CULG cite web url http www.davros.org rail culg circle.html history title Circle Line, History work Clive s Underground Line Guides accessdate 2008 02 13 ref The station was rebuilt in 1884 and closed in 1927. ref Radford, B., 1983 Midland Line Memories a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London St Pancras & Derby London Bloomsbury Books ref Very little of the station buildings other than rubble remain, though the island platform s contours still determine the track layout. As of February 2009, the station area is being offered for sale with a view to redevelopment. The present day Finchley Road & Frognal railway station is on the old London and North Western Railway LNWR line from Willesden Junction station Willesden to Camden Road railway station Camden Town which crosses the Midland line a little way north. References reflist External links http www.abandonedstations.org.uk Finchley Road station.html London s Abandoned Stations Finchley Road ... 0.18168 type landmark region GB source npemap.org.uk enwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Finchley Road ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 File Market place finchley.JPG thumb right The sorting office on Market Place Market Place is a road in Finchley , north London . It was the site of the largest pig Marketplace market in Middlesex , founded in the late 17th Century. Pigs would be fattened on grain left over from London s gin distilleries before being sold on to London butcher s. In the 19th Century the market declined in importance and was only held once a week, and towards the end of the century was reduced to occasional auctions ref name pigs cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Finchley N2 Hog Market and Church Lane work publisher London Borough of Barnet date 2007 01 30 url http www.barnet.gov.uk index leisure culture libraries archives archives histories archives finchleyhistories archives finchley hogmarket.htm doi accessdate 2007 05 17 ref . From the earliest days, the market had a reputation for squalor and immorality ref cite web last Roberts first Tony authorlink coauthors title What s In a Name? work publisher Tony London date url http www.tonylondon.fsnet.co.uk lochistory.htm doi accessdate 2007 06 08 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070523205310 http www.tonylondon.fsnet.co.uk lochistory.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 05 23 ref . The notorious highwayman and burglar Jack Sheppard was held at the George Inn on Market Place following his fourth arrest whilst disguised as a butcher ref name pigs . Following heavy bomb ing during World War II the market was extensively rebuilt, with most of the shops closing. The last shops closed on the street in 1973, and the only commercial premises remaining is a single pub , the Duke of Cambridge. However, the area maintained its association with piggery pig farming well into the 20th Century, with a herd of 25 pigs kept on nearby Prospect Place as late as 1955 ref name pigs . No trace of the market now exists other than the road name. References reflist coord 51 35 25 N 0 09 59 W region GB type land ... more details
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