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History of Church End describes the development of Church End, a district of Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. ==Hendon Lane and the Church== Finchley’s oldest church, St Mary-at-Finchley,〔http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app?service=media&sp=30744&sp=2&sp=2〕 was established sometime in the 12th century, early documents mention it from the 1270s, and by 1356 it was dedicated to St Mary. The building has been altered many times since its foundation and the oldest parts, the north wall and the tower (which seems to have had a steeple during the 16th and 17th century), date from the reign of Henry VII. In the churchyard are the graves of Thomas Payne, the radical and bookseller, and Major John Cartwright the political reformer. Next to the church in Hendon Lane stood the ''Old Queen’s Head'', which took its name from Queen Anne, and was owned by the Finchley Charities. In 1833 the original inn burned down and was rebuilt, surviving until the lease on the house came up in 1857. The rector of Finchley, Thomas Reader White, refused to renew the lease on the house and the inn did not move to its present location as the (New Queen’s Head ), in East End Road until the 1860s. White renamed the buildings Finchley Hall and used it to house Christ's College Finchley. In 1902 Finchley Council took over the hall for offices but bomb damage (1940) made the building unsafe and they were demolished shortly after. Church End Library (1960) now occupies the site. From 1787 to 1880 a cage for criminals stood between the Church and the ''Old Queen’s Head''. The Anglican community established a National school in 1813 which was rebuilt as St Mary’s School in 1852. In 1990 the school was re-established near to the brook at Dollis Park and now only the infants' section, built in 1902, remains on the original location. The site of the main school building is now occupied by Barnet Civil and Family Courts Centre, which opened in 1993. It was announced in 2014 that the adjacent former infants' section building, having survived a threat of demolition, would enjoy a change of use and become a synagogue. In 1888 Finchley Council established a voluntary fire brigade in Hendon Lane near the top of Gravel Hill which remained at this location until 1933 (see Long Lane). In 1904 Finchley obtained the first motorised fire engine in Great Britain ((see picture and article) ). Gravel Hill gets its name from the gravel pits which dotted the area in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. At the top of Gravel Hill a house, now converted into apartments, stands on the site of the old village pond, which was filled in around 1900. Close by is Finchley Garden Village which was developed around a green in 1910 as a small garden suburb. At the bottom of Hendon Lane is a lane curiously named Crooked Usage. Originally a part of Hendon Lane, its picturesque name dates from the straightening of Hendon Lane in 1911-12. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Church End, Barnet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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