Founded on a bequest by Dame Mary Lake in 1646 the last inmate left in 1953
According to the local antiquary Ralph Calder, the house was built in 1709 and was first called the QueenÕs Head. It was replaced by the house Kings Head House
Number 28 - 30 Torrington Park on left
Hendon Town Hall was built in 1901 and designs by T.H.Watson
Here seen looking across Queens Road with an 83 bus comming up from Hendon Station
The Avenue which connects Squires Lane with Regents Park Road was originally a private road from Finchley Manor to St MaryÕs Church
The pond was removed for the building of the Hendon Way, the long white building on the right is the original Hendon poor house
Looking north towards Tally Ho Corner with Nether Street on left. The shops on the left are readily identifiable, but those on right have changed completely
This is the old post office built in the c1900 with its VR wall box
Bittacy Farm was largely built over when the Middlesex Regimental depot, later Inglis barracks, was built in 1905
Junction of Long Lane c1907
Opened in 1908 as the Finchley Cottage Hospital seen here with the interwar extensions after it had become FinchleyÕs official war memorial after the Great War it was rebuilt in 2013
