Mill Hill

Mill Hill is an area in the London Borough of Barnet.

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There are four areas in Mill Hill: Mill Hill Village, Mill Hill Broadway, Mill Hill East, and Partingdale. A further part of Mill Hill, The Hale, is now considered part of Edgware.

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Mill Hill Village is the ancient heart of the district, a ribbon development along an ancient route called The Ridgway. It is bounded both north and south with Green Belt land Its close proximity to London made it popular as a country retreat from the 17th century onwards. There are a number of large houses, and quaint cottages. William Wilberforce and Stamford Raffles, both briefly resided here; the former being the patron of Mill Hill?s first church Saint Paul?s. There are a number of large institutions including: Mill Hill School, The National Institute for Medical Research, the motherhouse of The Daughters of Charity, and Saint Joseph?s College, a large seminary. There is a cemetery Mill Hill Cemetery. To the southwest is a small suburban district called Poets Corner, and to the north an old estate, now a recreation ground, called Moat Mount.

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Mill Hill Broadway is a suburban district that developed from the 1900s onwards. The Broadway itself is an important local retail area. There is the railway station (Mill Hill Broadway) on the Thameslink, a bus station. University College London has an Observatory here.

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Partingdale and Burtonhole are properly rural and form a distinct valley north of Ridgeway. North is Folly Brook, a tributary of the river Brent, running west to east, a boundary between both the suburb of Totteridge and Mill Hill, and the ancient counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex. Along Partingdale Lane is Seafield House, originally a nuclear bunker to protect the London North Group of regional government, between c1951 ? 1958. To the west is Burton Hole Farm, the last proper farm in Mill Hill specialising in blond continental cattle, a small nursery garden called Finchley Nurseries, and a number of sports grounds. Between Partingdale and Burton Hole there is large electrical station, built in 1961.

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Detailed History of Mill Hill

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Mill Hill East: Mill Hill East is an area in the London Borough of Barnet....

The Hale: The Hale is an area and ward within the London Borough of Barnet. It lies on the borders between Mill Hill and Edgware and centres around the small retail centre at the junction of Deans Lane, Hale Lane and Selvage Lane. This centre constitutes Upper Hale, but is much better known locally as the 'Gr...

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