North End is located on the northern edge of

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, just south of Golders Green. For much of its existence it was a rural

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but is now part of suburban London.

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lies both east and west of the settlement, while Hampstead Garden Suburb is to its northeast connected by Hampstead Way. It sits on the border between the

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(including most of Hampstead to the south) and the London Borough of Barnet. North End Way connects it with Hampstead Village. North End is particularly known for The Old Bull and Bush pub which dates back to the seventeenth century, and was a popular destination for daytripping Londoners in the eighteenth and nineteenth century after the development of Hampstead Wells. Off Hampstead Way is the historic Wyldes Farm where

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mark former residents

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and

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. A plaque marks the former site of the home of the Prime Minister

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in North End Avenue.

Abandoned tube station

In the

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the

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proposed an extension to Golders Green via

. An intermediate stop at North End was a key part of the plan. A large swathe of new housing was anticipated in the area. However conservationist Henrietta Barnett acquired the land from

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and donated it as the

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. In 1906 the partially-built station was put on hold. Although further housebuilding took place in the vicinity, the station was never finished. Consequently, there is a comparatively long gap between Hampstead and Golders Green station. Had the station opened, it would have been the deepest on the

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.Martin p.144

References

Bibliography

* Bard, Robert. ''Hampstead & Highgate Through Time''. Amberley Publishing Limited, 2015. * Dakers, Caroline. ''The Blue Plaque Guide to London''. Macmillan, 1981. * Martin, Andrew. ''Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube''. Profile Books, 2012. * Sexby, John James. ''Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London''. Cambridge University Press, 2014. * Yonge, Mark. ''Unfinished Lines: Rediscovering the Remains of Railways Never Completed''. Pen and Sword Transport, 2022. Districts of the London Borough of Barnet Districts of the London Borough of Camden Areas of London District centres of London {{London-stub