EPW016523 ENGLAND (1926). Central Circus and environs, Hendon, 1926

Colindeep Lane was often used as a route into London - especially to avoid the often flooded and marshy tracts around what is now Staples Corner near the River Brent. Cardinal Wolsey was said to have used this route in the early 16th century on his many visits to London.

This is a correct statement, this was the original location, moved to widen and reconstruct the carrigeway in and around the Burroughs Hendon. The new Ware Memorial site is just south of the remains of Burrough's Paond

Grove House has lng gone, but the remains of the Gardens are behind the Town Hall, with some original footpaths, a sunken lawn area and a few steps. Some of the fine original ornamental trees remain.

The residential roads surrounding Vivian Ave (Foscote Rd, Allington rd, Crespigny Rd, Neeld Crescent etc) were laid out just before the First World War and construction of houses was thus held up due to the conflict. Most of the roads were therefore empty for some years and houses were built in the 1920s and 1930s. If you look carefully on the kerbside drain covers you will see the old "HUDC" (Hendon Urban District Council)initials (i.e. pre-1932) and in some cases a date - 1912 and 1913. This was when the gratings were produced and they must have been installed soon afterwards. These large detached houses were (and in some cases still are) quite imposing, but the area has deteriorated somewhat over the last 40 years or so with the passage of time. This seems to be the case with most of suburbia everywhere however.