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Two roads ran north of Hendon, Ashley Lane (which now runs through the back of Hendon Golf Course) and Holders Hill Road. Much of the land was held by All Souls College in 1597. Dollis Farm was close to where Holders Circus is today on the western side of Holders Hill Road. Jeremy Bentham used the farm as a retreat and rented rooms there from 1788 onwards. The farm existed until the death of the last farmer, Thomas Whiting, in 1930. 

As part of our commitment to transparency, we have published a number of parking data sets and detailed information on Open Barnet, including:

The area of Hadley Highstone takes its name from a monument to the Battle of Barnet. The monument is a sandstone obelisk which was originally put up by Sir Jeremy Sambrook in 1740. It reads "Here was fought the famous battle between Edward IV and the Earl of Warwick April 14th Anno 1471 in which the Earl was Defeated and Slain".

The Placements team identifies placements (such as foster care) for children that come into the care of the council. Our work is directed by the council’s social care teams and our team works closely with all teams across the service in social care. Barnet is a member of the North London Fostering Consortium, where six local authorities work together on appropriate placements for children in local authority care.

Building Control site inspections If you have deposited a valid application with us (such as Full Plans, Building Notice or Regularisation) you can arrange a site inspection with a Building Control Surveyor to check compliance. Please call 020 8359 4500 and select option 2. For same day inspections, you will need to ring before 10am and our lines are open from 9am. We aim to inspect sites between 11am and 5pm.

We publish all salaries above £58,200 (the Senior Civil Service minimum pay band) published in line with the Government's code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency,  Under the code, employees have the option to refuse to consent for their name to be published, and so not all names are listed. 

North Finchley used to be called North End (1462), but there were few houses until the enclosure of Finchley Common in 1816. Where the police garage is today a man called Thomas Rawson built a windmill in 1627. By 1754 the windmill was an inn called the Swan. It was the only building on the road between Fallows corner and Whetstone.

A young carer is a young person who gives regular care and emotional support to a parent, brother, or sister, or someone else in the family. There are many reasons why young people do this caring:

Finchley is a Saxon place name and its earliest recorded use is in the 13th century. The end of the name,'ley', suggests an opening in woodland, and the beginning 'Finch' either refers to the bird, or a person called Finch.