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Growth and regeneration work in Barnet has already delivered thousands of new homes and a wide range of community facilities. Below are some of the key milestones for the Delivering for Barnet programme. Click on the links to find out more.

The road running through Hendon Central, roughly in line with the Watford Way, was called Butchers Lane. Where St John's School now stands was Paddock Farm and further up, near the top of Station Road, was Burroughs Farm. The Handmaids of Christ established the Convent of St Joseph in Burroughs House in 1882. They had a school by 1900, now St Joseph's Primary School. Butchers Lane became Queens Road after Queen Victoria's jubilee (1887).

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There was a Roman settlement in Hendon, and the Edgware Road originally formed part of the Roman road later called Watling Street. Hendon is a Saxon name meaning high hill (c1005). The manor is in the Domesday Book and included Mill Hill.

Parish registers - births, deaths and marriages Copied from originals and held at other record offices:

The settlement at Childs Hill is certainly medieval, possibly the 10th-century settlement Codenhleawe, later called 'Cowhouse'. The earliest known use of the place name Child's Hill is in 1593. The name is probably taken from a family called Child in the 14th century. The Castle Inn was first recorded in 1751, when Child's Hill was a centre for brick and tile-making run by the Morris family, supplying material for building Hampstead. 

World War 2 records at the Local Studies and Archives Centre List of personnel Finchley Hendon Civilian war dead At the end of the War, the Civilian War Dead 'Roll of Honour' was published by the War Graves Commission. The following lists are in the Local Studies Centre collection.