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Neasden

 This post is not finished, checked or editedAberdeen Road Burnley Road Denzil RoadWillesden College of Technology 1934.  Taking over the buildings of Dudden Hill Lane School 1964.  Became College of...

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Hendon

  This post is not finished, checked or editedAlexandra RoadManhole with streamlet beneath itAshley LaneSurrounding streets developed by Haymills Ltd, suburban houses, a few of 1932-5 by Welch,  Hendon...

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Cricklewood

   This post is not finished, checked or editedBrent Marshalling YardOne of the longest in London. 1950. 25,000 wagons a week Signal Boxes went out of use on completion of re-signalling scheme in 1983....

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Child's Hill

    This post is not finished, checked or editedChurch WalkChurch Walk House, old vicarage.  By Bury, Childs Hill Child's Hill was an old settlement connected to Cricklewood by Cricklewood Lane, but...

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Cricklewood

     This post is not finished, checked or editedAsmara Road Cricklewood Broadway.Hampstead Cemetery 1871 Gothic Lodge, Mr. Cawls.  The cemetery is still used for burials but in addition to the area of...

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Golders Hill

    This post is not finished, checked or editedBeechworth Close1960s built up with individual houses from the 1960s.Briardale 1896-7Birchwood DriveOn the site of Spedan Tower, which was the Home of...

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West Hampstead

     This post is not finished, checked or editedAchilles Road. 1856 called after Greek hero.Alvanley Gardens. Lord Chief Justice Alvanley. 1745-1864 Frognal Hall.Bromwich Avenue, being started by the...

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East Finchley

     This post is not finished, checked or editedAbbots GardensBrim HillChandos RoadBirthplace of Jerry Springer.Church LaneHoly Trinity 1845-6 by A. Salvin, who lived at East Finchley and was Vicar's...

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Hampstead Heath

This post is not finished, checked or editedAdmiral's Walk Driveway for carriages to the house of Admiral Barton Admiral's House.  Admiral's House is said to have been built by Admiral Matthew Barton...

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Highgate Kenwood

 This post has not been finished, is not edited or checked,Bishopswood RoadPreserves the old name ‘Bishops Wood’ - marked thus on the Ordnance Survey map of 1822. earlier ‘Byssehopeswode’ c.1387, that...

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Parliament Hill

  This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedHampstead Ponds Source of the Fleet. . Springs supplying London 1692.Viaduct over one of the ponds on Parliament Hill, built as an approach...

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Dartmouth Park

   This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedBoscastle RoadRaydon StreetChester Road corner shops in a different idiomChester Road73 Victorian house 1870 converted to have a very low...

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Kentish Town

    This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAnson RoadVictorian vernacular. More densely built up, has large, varied examples,24, 26, 40, 44, 48 Truefit houses. Detached and...

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Upper Holloway

     This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAlexander Road  Allerton WalkAndover EstateGreater LondonCouncil 1972. Towering groups of ten storey ziggurats.Axminster...

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Holloway Road

      This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAdam's Place Andover Row Barmouth House  Annette Road Lord Palmerston  Shelburne Lower School  Bardolph RoadBeacon Hill Belfont Walk...

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Turnpike Lane

       This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedBurghley RoadFormer pumping station of 1897 decorative shaped gable, ingeniously converted in 1983 by Marde &  Knight to a parents'...

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Tottenham

        This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAvenue RoadAlong herecan be found another bridge structure overthe old railway, this time with two sets ofspeed bumps or 'sleeping...

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Woodberry Down

       This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAmhurst ParkSome big late Victorian villas91 single storey laboratory in the back garden by Tom Kay Associates. 1986. Bethune...

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Clissold Park

     This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedAlbion Road Cubitt 1830s.  Runs north to ' the old village centreBouverie Road Brownswood RoadBranch Library. 1960 Church Street Old St...

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Highbury

     This post has not been finished, is not edited or checkedsome of this file duplicated elsewhereAberdeen LaneAberdeen Park Probably after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860),...

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