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.

Related Topics:
Mill Hill East - The Hale

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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.

Related Topics:
Green Belt - William Wilberforce - Stamford Raffles - Mill Hill School - National Institute for Medical Research - Daughters of Charity - Saint Joseph?s College - Mill Hill Cemetery

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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.

Related Topics:
Thameslink - University College London - Observatory

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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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