Some history on Finchley in the county of Middlesex
A paper published in 1903 by W. B. Passmore with plenty of information on the Queen's Head.
"The story of Finchley Hall, recently acquired by the District Council and utilised as Council chambers and offices of the School Board, possesses
much parochial and general interest that I have ventured to transcribe from my notes on Finchley the following information supplementary to my papers in vols. ii.
and iii. of the "Middlesex and Hertfordshire Notes and Queries."
The first mention of this donation is contained in a deed of conveyance made in the third year of Queen Elizabeth's reign from surviving trustees to "twelve
men of sober and discrete demeanour, inhabitants of Finchley." This deed, in addition to a description of the other charity estates, describes a messuage
commonly called the "Church House," with the edifices thereto belonging, and of divers and sundry "Little Groves" and "Hedge Rows" lying and
being next the churchyard. It does not appear from any document in the possession of the feoffees of the charity estate who was the original donor, on how or when it
came into their possession, or for what purpose the rents and profits were applicable; it appears not improbable that having been used by the priests in attendance
upon the church and chantry previous to the Reformation, it at that time, or thereabouts, with its "Little Groves" and "Hedge Rows," fell into the
hands of the parish, which thus by possession for time out of mind became seized in fee of the property. At this particular time it was probably used as a clergy
house, and for acts of hospitality to the yeomen and their families who came from distances for divine service on Sundays. The parishioners held their Vestry meetings
here on Sunday afternoons, when they administered relief to the poor of the parish, farmed out the paupers, discussed other necessary things, such as the repairing of
"noisome" highways, and the state of the feoffees' accounts, regarding which "variances, controversies, and debates" constantly depended.
It was at all events known as "Church House" down to 1718, when it was let at £10 a year to Thomas Walker, victualler, who was succeeded in 1745
by Francis Gillers, of Highgate, a brewer; then Francis Claridge, a victualler and farmer, came into occupation and a fine was taken of £23
10s for granting a new lease of the "Queen's Head," formerly the "Church House." Claridge continued until 1766, when he died, and a lease
was granted to his widow, Mary Claridge, and she, for many years, remained tenant of the premises, in fact, until 1808: it was then let to her son, or grandson,
William Parberry, at £30 a year; the lease was renewed for 21 years, in 1827, at £50 year, and it was in his occupation at the time of the fire, in
1836. The plan the "Old Queen's Head" which accompanies this paper, is a copy of the one prepared by the "skilful surveyor" to the order
of the feoffees, in 1775, "to be handed down from Warden to Warden." The annual meetings and dinners of the feoffees, when the justices came to audit the
accounts of the Warden, were invariably held at the Queen's Head. The most interesting of these meetings occurred in 1785, when seventeen gentlemen met
to commemorate the completion of the third century of the existence of this trust, and to unite in wishing continuance of its prosperity.
The Vestry meetings appear to have been held on Sundays, in the church, after morning service, with the customary adjournment to the Queen's Head, but in 1818
a discussion took place as to the time for holding the meetings, a section of the parishioners desiring it should be changed to the close of the afternoon service,
but it was decided by seventy-two votes against fifty-five that the Vestry should continue heretofore at the close of divine service in the forenoon, but
on Sacrament Sundays the Vestry adjourned at once to the Queen's Head. It was also resolved that "in future three guineas be allowed for expense of
Vestry." At a Vestry held in 1819, it is stated, a man came to the meeting "quite intoxicated and grossly insulted the chairman and gentlemen assembled,"
whereupon he was ordered into the cage, but assaulting the constable in the discharge of his duty, he was committed to prison. The Sunday Vestry was finally
abolished in 1832, but the change did not appear to meet with universal approval, if we may judge from frequent entries in the minute book of "no Vestry,"
"no one present," and on.
On the 2nd May, 1836. this ancient building was entirely destroyed by fire - the act of an incendiary; he having been charged before the magistrates with
setting fire to the premises, the Bench recognised the feofees as prosecutors, they therefore instructed a local solicitor to represent them, but at the same time they
resolved "that the destitute and defenceless state of the prisoner, now accused of arson by accomplice, calls for the humane consideration of the feoffees, and
the warden requested to forward him £2 2s in duties in aid of any legal assistance his friends may procure."
The present building was erected in the course of the same year at an expense of £2,000, Mr. Parberry, the tenant, undertaking to pay all charges beyond that sum.
The cost of rebuilding was defrayed by sale of £600 3 per cent, stock, which realised £537 8s 6d. and £1,500 received proved from the Protector Fire
Office. Mr. Parberry died the following year, and the lease of the Queen's Head was assigned to his executors. When this lease fell inn, about 1856, the
feoffees refused to grant a new lease to the landlord, whereupon the Rector, Rev. T. R. White, offered to take the premises for the purpose of opening a school for
the middle class at a rent of £70 a year, which was carried with one dissentient voice, but at the next meeting a proposal was unanimously carried rescinding
that resolution. The premises [now known as Finchley Hall] remained
unoccupied until the end of 1857, when they appear to have been let on lease to Mr. Heal. This lease was surrendered in 1878, and a new lease granted to the legatee
of the Rev. T. R. White for fifteen years at £100 a year.
The warden reported in 1858 that the house, formerly the Queen's Head, in which the meeting of the feofees had been hitherto held, was occupied as a
school, that the annual dinner had not taken place, and that the justices had not been invited to audit the accounts, whereupon the warden was requested to take the
same with the vouchers to the magistrates sitting in petty session at Highgate, and since that date this course has been adopted.
It appears particularly appropriate that the revolution of Time should have brought the anonymous donation back to the use of the worthy parishioners, as, under the
name of "Church House," it was utilised by their progenitors four centuries ago."
W. B. Passmore ¹
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A lovely Edwardian photograph of Finchley [Church End] railway station, the name being designated in 1894. When the station opened on August 22nd, 1867, it was known as Finchley [Hendon] or Finchley and Hendon. A journalist for the Daily News hopped on the inaugural journey, the experience of which was published later that day. It is an interesting account, describing the topography of the day, along with the impact of the railway in terms of housing development and subsequent growth of places like Finchley.....
"Today, a branch line is opened in connexion with the Great Northern Railway which, we predict, in time will be a great convenience to the
citizens of London, and a source of gain to that large class of investors, the shareholders in the Great Northern Railway. Few readers are aware of the peculiar
beauties of the district now opened up : the soil is favourable to trees and grass, the air is bracing and salubrious, and we may add, except during the hay
season, when the labourers seem to come from all the parishes in England and Ireland, the solitude is most profound. Those abominations of civilised life,
brickfields, and "desirable semi-detached residences" are not known : here and there, dotting some picturesque hill and surrounded by stately
elms, a gentleman's villa may be seen - otherwise you might fancy you were a thousand miles from London. Of King's Cross and Holloway it is needless
to speak. We leave the trunk line of the Great Northern at Seven Sisters Road. The original seven sisters recorded in legend would not know the place now, for
what with the railway, and the new Finsbury Park reaching right away to that resort of sporting men, Hornsey Wood House, the place has been thoroughly transformed
since they lived and loved, and died. Passing over the railway [not yet open], to connect Tottenham and Hampstead we arrive in five minutes at Crouch End,
the station nearest to Hornsey, with its memories of Rogers and Tom Moore. The cottage where the poet lived - Lalla Rookh Cottage - is still shown;
and Muswell Hill, now crowned by the Alexandra Palace, is speedily gained, if you feel inclined to leave the train. Muswell Hill is one of the finest building
sites in this neighbourhood, and has always been dear to the citizens of London. Dr. Johnson used to visit this spot, and his memory is still preserved in a walk
that bears his name. Highgate is the next stopping place, and is reached after another five minutes' ride. The station is in the Archway Road, under which
there is a tunnel - the mention of which reminds us of the immense progress which has been made in engineering science since that road was made. Our fathers
regarded it as the eighth wonder of the world, yet they made a sad mess of it. It was to have been tunnelled, but the tunnel fell it. It proved but an unprofitable
speculation, and its fifty pound shares, for such they were originally, may be now purchased at five and twenty shillings, At the top of this road, near the Woodman,
is the mansion of Marshal Wade, the military hero whose name Scotland should revere, of the original couplet : "Had you seen these roads before they were
made, You would lift up your hands, and bless General Wade." From the top of this mansion you can see over the valley of the Thames, far away the pleasant
hills of Surrey or Kent. You cannot wonder people love to live at Highgate, or that there should yet be pointed out the house where Cromwell resided, or Andrew
Marvel, or Coleridge lived. It was in one of the lanes leading up the hill that Coleridge met Keats and Leigh Hunt. "There is death in the hand,"
said he to Hunt, as he shook hands with the author of "Endyimion." It was in another lane that that pleasant man about town, and yet, in spite of
himself, eminent patriot, Jack Wilkes, came courting a rich heiress, and rode with her to meeting, in the style affected by the great nonconformist merchants of
that day. It was at Highgate George Morland loved to stay tippling, when he had better have been painting; and to Highgate also belongs the credit of having
turned Hogarth into an artist when his friends would have kept him an engraver. Walpole tells the tale as follows:- "During his apprenticeship he set
out one Sunday with two or three companions on an excursion to Highgate. The weather being very hot they went into a public-house, where they had not been long
before a quarrel arose between some persons in the same room: one of the disputants struck the other on the head with a quart pot, and cut him very much. The
blood running down the man's face, together with the agony of the wound which had distorted the features into a most hideous grin, presented Hogarth, who showed
himself thus early apprised of the mode nature had intended he should pursue, with a subject too laughable to be overlooked. He drew out his pencil and produced on
the spot one of the most ludicrous figures that was ever seen." Highgate Cemetery, a little to the left, is one of the few places near London in which you
would wish to lie, and Highgate Grammar School, founded in 1562 by Sir Roger Chomeley, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, is still a flourishing institution, if we
may judge by the handsome schoolroom and chapel just erected by the trustees. After all Highgate has much the air of a provincial town : the great city is
creeping up the hill, and trying to claim it as its own, but Highgate, with its quaint brick houses and fine old trees, forbids the banns. In the good old times
the fare by the stage to the Bank was half-a-crown, and these coaches rattled up and down the hill - for it was the Great North Road - all day long,
and the traveller was solemnly sworn on a pair of horns - not to eat brown bread when he could get white - not to kiss the maid when he had a chance of
saluting the mistress - not to drink small beer when he could have strong, unless he preferred to do otherwise.
Finchley is a very extensive parish, formerly a common, reaching as far as Enfield, and has two stations; the first, East End, after crossing the Great
North Road, is reached in five minutes after leaving Highgate. The view on your left towards Hampstead and Caen Wood, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield, is very
pretty, and reminds you of Devonshire. The cutting here is but slightly below the level of the road. Here also we gain a fine view of distant Harrow. But we must
hasten on. On our left is the Marylebone Cemetery, a little to the right is that of St. Pancras and Islington, and further on is Colney Hatch. As we are passing
rapidly along, we get a glimpse of the tree known as Turpin's Oak where gangs of his merry men were wont to hide, so runs the tale, for the purpose of pouncing
on the unwary or belated passenger. A little further, and you may see the farmhouse where Dickens is said to have written "Bleak House," and the
chimneys of the little cottage in Fallow Corner where Grimaldi used to live. But whilst thus looking around us six minutes have passed, and we are now at the
second Finchley Station, where the name of Hendon as well as that of Finchley suggests to us that about a mile and a quarter to the left is
the rural parish of Hendon, but little altered since Henry Bate Dudley, "the sporting parson," one of the boon companions of George IV., was curate there,
and used to play at cribbage in the vestry on Sundays between the morning and afternoon service. Leaving Finchley, we pass over a viaduct, which has been the most
troublesome part of the line to make, over Dollice Brook, and reach Mill Hill station, a mile further on, If you leave the station and climb the hill you will be
well repaid for your trouble. The views on every side, especially when I looked at in the morning sun, are beautiful indeed. At your feet, as you stand with your
face turned to where London should be, is the valley of the Brent, and around you are hills with waving woods and green fields, where the cow lazily feeds -
where the heavy-winged rook slowly sails - where the din and smoke of London never reach. Close by is the great dissenting grammar-school, with its
old cedars of Lebanon, planted, we believe, by Linnæus himself. As we look back to Finchley we see Finchley old church, where a small monument records
the name of Major Cartwright, the well-known reformer, when reform was a dangerous game to play, and not, as now, a passport to place and power.
Returning to the train we reach, after a journey of ten minutes the ancient and impoverished town of Edgware, a place apparently inhabited by the poorest of the
poor, but which, now that it has a railway, must revive. All along the line in the neighbourhood of the stations people are preparing to build. At Finchley alone
it is said, on one estate, no less than 450 houses, at rents from £40. to £100., are to be erected within a few months, and Edgware will, in like
manner - if land is to be had, and builders are spirited enough - revive and flourish. But the land here belongs to All Soul's College, Oxford, and it
is hard to buy. Beyond Edgware the country becomes as charming as ever. At Stanmore old Dr. Parr began life as a schoolmaster - and he could not have had a
better place for the training of the rising generation. There is a hill there from the top of which may be seen St. Albans, Westminster Abbey, the towers of the
new houses of parliament, Hampton Court, and Windsor. At Stanmore Priory, now the residence of Mr. Kelk, the railway contractor, lived the late Dowager Queen
Adelaide, and before her the Marquis of Abercorn; and at the church of Whitchurch, half a mile from Edgware, are some interesting memorials of the Chandos
family. It will be remembered the Duke of Buckingham's grand palace of Cannons was close by. Thus the neighbourhood is full of interest, and the country is
as country all that can be desired. The line has been examined by the government inspector, Colonel Hutchinson, during the last three days, and may now be
pronounced perfectly safe. The act for making it was obtained in 1861. In 1863 the works were commenced. Last year they were carried on by the Great Northern
Railway Company, which purchased the line of the original shareholders. The length of the railway is about nine miles, and the works have been very heavy, as
will be apparent when we state that there are 40 bridges, four tunnels, a viaduct - that at Dollice Brook - 70 feet above the roadway, and in many of
the cuttings the embankments are 40 feet high. The engineers are Messrs. John Fowler and Brydone, to whom, and to the resident engineer, Mr. A. G. Linn, the
utmost credit is due. The accommodation provided in the matter of trains, under the superintendence of Mr. Cockshott, the local manager, is of a character to
ensure public support." ²
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My dating of this photograph is very approximate. I have zoomed in on the original but it is not quite crisp enough to read the billboard adverts on the far platform. Those would have been ideal for determining when the photographer snapped this picture. It looks like a 'normal' railway station but Woodside Park is a stop on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, part of the underground network. However when the station opened in April 1872, it was known as Torrington Park and formed part of the Great Northern Railway, which had taken over the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway. The line to Barnet opened on April 1st, 1872.³ Just seven days later, there was an accident when an early morning train had just left Torrington Park station, and was passing along the embankment near to the bridge over Alexandra Road, when the engine ran off the metal rails, and ploughed up the ground for some distance. Fortunately the carriages remained on the metals and, although the passengers were shaken and frightened, there were no injuries.⁴
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A photograph of Finchley Memorial Hospital near the corner of Bow Lane and Granville Road, not long after it was officially opened on Saturday November 17th, 1922. An extension to the existing Cottage Hospital, opened during the Edwardian period, this was a memorial to the men of Finchley who had fallen in the First World War. The building was formally opened by General Sir Ian Hamilton, with a dedicatory service by the Bishop of Willesden. A festival dinner had been held on the 8th of November at the King Edward Hall to celebrate the completion of the building. At this dinner Colonel Pretyman Newman performed the ceremony of naming the Woodrow, the Homan, and the Summerlee wards.⁵ At the official opening, at the main gates of the hospital, there was a guard honour of the Middlesex Regiment and the Cadets of Christ's College was drawn up. and the Finchley Troop of Boy Scouts, with their pipe band, was also present; whilst a strong contingent of Finchley firemen in highly-polished helmets, and number of spotlessly-attired nurses added dignity to the scene.⁶
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A dramatic scene captured on Saturday September 15th, 1934, when serious flooding affected Finchley and surrounding districts. It was reported that an abnormally oppressive atmosphere gave way to a cool wind as the first thunderstorm approached from the direction of London. Then came a terrific downpour of rain which quickly changed to hail, some of the hailstones being described as the size of walnuts. The abnormal volume of water proved too much for the surface drains, roads becoming flooded to a depth of a foot or more. It was not putting off the driver of this Trojan van [registration number AMG 538] who was determined to drive through the deepest section of water on Squires Lane. Other motorists in the area had to abandon vehicles as the water reached the ignition systems. I do not like the look of bicycles parked in the water - what about the bottom brackets! One man, perhaps the hairdresser at the salon to the right, is seemingly hauling his bike out of the water. This was probably 41-year-old Albert Edward Rolfe who had premises at No.130. He may have regretted moving from premises in Long Lane at East Finchley. Mind you, he had probably seen much worse during the First World War when serving with the 4th Suffolk Regiment.⁷ The subsequent reports stated that Finchley was badly hit by flooding, the downpour being described as tropical in its intensity. Many motorists had their engines put out of order and were seen paddling without shoes or socks and with rolled-up trousers, bravely trying to meet the situation. The water running down Squires Lane from the Great North Road was said to be a huge river, flooding basements and garages.⁸
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A photograph taken at High Road in East Finchley. The shops to the right are a bakery and auctioneer's offices. The latter was a branch of the firm Randall, Cox & Baker, the man stood outside was possibly one of the partners of the business. The squiggly lettering on the fascia for the bakery seems to display the surname of Burwell? Certainly the first name is Charles with H for his middle name. The closest directory I have for this road is 1912 by which date the premises was occupied by Percy Clarke, also a baker and confectioner.⁹ Going back in the other direction, the 1901 census recorded William H. Hine as the baker and confectioner occupying the premises.¹⁰ So, although shop enjoyed continuity in trade, the people operating here moved on for one reason or another. The shops formed part of Park Hall Place and still stand to the north of Baronsmere Road in the 21st century. I believe that the reason this photograph was taken is that it marked the first day of the electric tram service along the Great North Road, a line that opened to the public on Wednesday June 7th, 1905. I could be wrong but I would suggest that this is one of the trams in operation on that day. Before extending the line it ran between Highgate Archway and Whetstone, the trams were operated by the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Limited for the County Council of Middlesex. The construction period continued for some two years. The operational speed varied from twelve to fourteen miles an hour, the ride to Tally-ho Corner taking some 20 minutes. At midday the first car was started by Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex and a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and London. Following the ceremony the line was then opened the public.¹¹
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A lovely inter-war photograph featuring the proprietor or manager of The Regent, a confectionery outlet on what I assume was Regent's Park Road. Well, given the name of the store. From a trade directory I note that F. Eager & Sons operated a confectioner's outlet at 3 King Edward's Buildings, Regent's Park Road but I do not know if this is the shop. Or perhaps it shows Miss Everett, a confectioner who traded in Ballards Lane? Any Finchley experts know the exact location of this calorific emporium?
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I assume this photograph was taken when the art-deco Gaumont Cinema opened in July 1937 as "Feather Your Nest" and "Black Legion" are advertised on the striking building. These were the films screened during the opening week. Erected at Tally-ho Corner, the building was officially opened by the Mayor of Finchley, Alderman Samuel Pulman J.P. on Monday July 19th, 1937, amid a fanfare of trumpets, sounded by six herald trumpeters. It was reported that public interest was so aroused by the opening, extra police were on duty to control the crowds. They cheered loudly when the Britiah film star Anna Lee arrived with her husband, Robert Stevenson, the Gaumont British director. The couple posed with the Mayoral party in the foyer for official photographs, and the Gaumont British News also filmed the event. The local press reported that "The Mayoral party walked in procession to the stage, where, flanked by four Gaumont British starlets, they made a colourful spectacle in front of a curtain of varied hues. Below in the extensive orchestra pit, decorated with masses of pink hydrangeas, the Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, conducted by Lt. J. Causley Windram, played a lively overture before Mr. W. H. Hill, divisional superintendent of Gaumont British, extended a welcome to the visitors and told them the cinema had taken 15 months to complete and that an average of 150 men had been engaged weekly, of which nearly 90 per cent, were local labour. Mr. Hill then introduced the Company's architect. Mr. W. E. Trent, his son, Mr. W. S. Trent, whose especial care had been this cinema; and Mr. Jordon, general foreman of the contractors, McLaughlin and Harvey, of Highbury. These three, said Mr. Hill had done really brilliant work. Next, Mr. Hill presented A. H. Brades, manager of the new cinema." Following the screening of Humphrey Bogart in "Black Legion," patrons enjoyed an interlude during which Frederic Bayco, from the Dominion Theatre, put the giant Compton organ through its paces.¹²
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"John Matthews, 16, labourer, of 2, North Place, Albert Road, New Barnet, was charged with indecently assaulting Annie Chamberlayne,
aged nine years, No.1, Church Path, Woodside, North Finchley, on the 26th ult. at Totteridge Fields. Complainant gave evidence to the effect that at about two
o'clock on the day in question, while in Totteridge Fields, picking up sticks, in company with a little boy named Teddy Saunders, prisoner came up to
her and remarked, "Come out of this, or you will get locked up." They ran away from him in the direction of home, and prisoner followed them.
Prisoner told Saunders he did not want him, and the latter then went in another direction. Prisoner asked her to come with him, and then pulled her into the
field she had just left, where he threw her down and assaulted her. She struggled to get away and cried out, upon which prisoner placed his hand over her mouth.
A lady and gentleman came up just afterwards, and the latter pulled prisoner away, after which complainant went home. Mr. J. C. Peacock, a solicitor's clerk,
of Finchley Park, gave evidence to the effect that while walking near the place in question on the 26th ult., in company with his wife, his attention was attracted
by hearing someone scream, and he then saw prisoner in the position described by the last witness. Witness pulled him away, and the little girl ran off. Witness
took prisoner in the direction of the police-station, when he escaped, but was subsequently apprehended by Inspector Thompson from information given by witness.
Mrs. Peacock, wife of last witness, gave corroborative evidence. Mrs. Chamberlayne gave evidence relative to the state of the child when she came home, and Dr.
Swindell stated the results of his examination, from which it appeared that complainant had not suffered personal injury. Inspector Thompson, stationed at Whetstone,
gave evidence as to the apprehension of the prisoner. The Bench committed prisoner for trial at the ensuing Hertfordshire Assizes. Sergt. Newby, C.I.D. proved a
conviction against the prisoner in 1881, when he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and six strokes with a birch for stealing a post letter containing
a cheque."
"Charge Of Indecent Assault's Death"
Barnet Press : April 7th 1883 Page 6
"Donald Frank Basil Chapman, 17, telephone operator, of Courthouse Gardens, Finchley, was charged on remand at Highgate on
Wednesday with having indecently assaulted a ten years'-old girl at Avenue House Estate, Finchley, on July 11. He was legally represented and pleaded
guilty. Evidence was given at a previous hearing that accused was seen by a police officer detained by two men, and when it was alleged that he had indecently
assaulted the girl he said : "I don't know what made me do it." For the accused, a good-looking youth, it was stated that he was the
child of a boy and girl marriage. He was born in April, 1914, and when war broke out his father volunteered his services for his country, and was killed ten
days before the Armistice. Accused never knew his father, and when he began to grow he was looked after by his grandfather, who sent him to one the best public
schools in the country. When the grandfather died suddenly the boy had to leave the school, and attended a public school in London as a day boy. He completed
his education at Christmas, and was now about to enter a well-known institution. Chapman was bound over till August, on which he has to present himself at
the institution referred to."
"Charge Of Assaulting Girl"
Hendon & Finchley Times : July 24th 1931 Page 10
"Reuben Webb [29], barman, of Ponders End, appeared at Highgate on Wednesday on a charge of indecently assaulting a
10-year-old girl at Victoria Recreation Ground, Finchley, on Monday. On the application of the police, he was remanded for a week on bail - himself
in £10, and another surety of £10."
"Alleged Indecent Assault"
Hendon & Finchley Times : February 14th 1936 Page 12
References
1. "The Story Of Finchley Hall" : Barnet Press; October 31st, 1903, Page 2.
2. "Opening Of The Highgate, Finchley, And Edgware Railway" : Daily News; August 22nd, 1867, Page 2.
3. "The New Line To Barnet" : London Daily News; April 1st, 1872. p.6.
4. "Accident On The Barnet Branch Railway" : Week's News; April 8th, 1872. p.12.
5. "Finchley Memorial Hospital" : Hendon & Finchley Times; November 17th, 1922, Page 9.
6. "Finchley's War Memorial" : Hendon & Finchley Times; November 24th, 1922, Page 9.
7. World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 Piece 0881: Suffolk Regiment.
8. "Rain, Hail And Flood" : Hendon & Finchley Times; September 21st, 1934, Page 7.
9. "Kelly's Directory of Wood Green, Muswell Hill, Bounds Green, Fortis Green, East Finchley and Palmer's Green 1912-13" : Kelly's Directories Limited.; 1913. p.122.
10. 1901 England Census RG 13/1234 Folio 69 : Middlesex > Finchley > District 8, Page 18.
11. "The North Road Trams" : Holloway Press; June 9th, 1905, Page 5.
12. "£100,000 Cinema" : Hendon & Finchley Times; July 23rd, 1937, Page 20.