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Hadley is a district of the
London Borough of Barnet The London Borough of Barnet () is a suburban London boroughs, London borough in north London, England. Forming part of Outer London, the borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It is the ...
between
Chipping Barnet Chipping Barnet or High Barnet is a suburban market town in north London, forming part of the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th-century settlement, and is located north-northwest of Charing C ...
in the south and
Monken Hadley Monken Hadley is an area in the London Borough of Barnet, at the northern edge of Greater London, England, lying some north north-west of Charing Cross. Anciently a country village near Chipping Barnet in Middlesex, and from 1889 to 1965 in Her ...
in the north. It was formerly a civil parish of
Barnet Urban District Barnet was a local government district in south Hertfordshire from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet. Creation Barnet Local Government District was created on 5 October 1863, after the town's ratepayers decided to adopt the Local Governmen ...
. Hadley includes
Hadley Green Hadley Green is a Site of Nature Conservation Interest, Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in Hadley, London, Hadley in the London Borough of Barnet. The reserve straddles the Great North Road between Hadley Green Road and Fol ...
which is bisected by the Great North Road and includes
Hadley Green Road Hadley may refer to: Places Earth Canada * Hadley Bay, on the north of Victoria Island, Nunavut England * Hadley, London, a former civil parish within Barnet Urban District from 1894 to 1965 * Hadley, Shropshire, part of the new town of ...
, and a number of grade II listed houses on the east side such as Ossulston House and The Grange. Hadley manor house stood on the eastern side of Hadley Green Road. It was purchased in 1890Monken Hadley: Manor and other estates.
British History Online. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
by the milliners Rhoda Wyburn and her sister Emily from Julia Hyde, widow of Henry Hyde of Ely Place, Holborn. It was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s and the site purchased by East Barnet council in 1934 on Rhoda's death. The house was demolished in 1935. At about the same time, Rhoda gave to the public the land known as Hadley Manor Fields to the rear of the manor house which was combined with purchases from adjacent estates such as the Hadley Hurst Estate and Gladsmuir Estate to form
King George's Fields A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V (1865–1936). In 1936, after the king's death, Sir Percy Vincent, the then–Lord Mayor of London, formed a committee to determin ...
which were created to mark the jubilee of King George V.''Monken Hadley Conservation Area Character Appraisal Statement''
London Borough of Barnet, London, 2007. pp. 14-15.
Nothing remains of the manor house today and the site is used as the western entrance to King George's Fields.


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* Former civil parishes in the London Borough of Barnet Districts of the London Borough of Barnet {{London-geo-stub