Tag: East Finchley's history

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, August/September 1998 At the turn of the century, when much of East Finchley’s corner of the

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, July 1998 London’s first underground tube railway opened in 1870, under the Thames from Tower Hill

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, May 1998. When first opening an old map of Finchley I was surprised to see the

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, March 1998. The question of East Finchley’s identity was brought into focus by the decision to

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, January/February 1998. The first wave of London expansion to hit East Finchley, in the 1800’s, was

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, November 1997. For centuries, Finchley remained an unremarkable rural community whose dependence on wood based occupations

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, July 1997. Finchley was firmly on the map by 1199 when King John exempted the Bishop

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, June 1997. The Bishops Avenue and The Bishops Wood are the last reminders of the Bishops

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, May 1997. An attractive feature of East Finchley today is its closeness to woodland, remnants of

Article by Tony Roberts, first published in The Archer, April 1997. The development of present-day East Finchley owes much to the far-off era of the