The History and topography of ... Hendon, Middlesex

Preface

. MANY places within the present London postal district, which within the memory of even some of the younger ones among us were but rural villages, have within a very few years quite lost that character and have become suburbs ofthe Metropolis. Hendon is one of these places and we can safely say that the great majority of its present inhabitants know little, if anything, of its history. It is for the purpose of affording the desired and desirable information that this work is written. Some readers will doubtless find the book rather dry in parts, let them there fore skip those parts (there is a good deal of "skipping" among modern readers I am afraid) an 1 proceed to assimilate the matter which most interests them, for which purpose (among others) I have provided that most essential appendage an index.

Having known Hendon for very many years, and always feeling a deep interest in. its concerns, I, from time to time, collected a good deal of information as to its history, which appeared in the form of certain disjointed notes in the early numbers of the Courier The interest evinced in these notes induced me to go further into the

PREFACE.

matter with a view to publishing a complete history, and I have left no stone unturned which was likely to have any thing worth inspecting underneath. In my efforts I have received great assistance from the clergy, notably from Dr. Scrivener, the Revs. Mr. Skan, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Fison ; also from Mr. Stephen Woodbridge, the Steward of the Manor; Mr. W. H. Harvey, Mr. Cutcliffe, Mr. De Paula, Mr. Pinder Simpson and others, to whom I beg to offer my best thanks. The history of all the Middlesex parishes is more or lessintereiting, but many have not yet been touched by the historian and I am happy to have been able to deal with what is possibly the largest of them. Twickenham, 1889. E. T. E., CONTENTS. Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY ----- I II. NATURAL FEATURES, &C. 6 III. HISTORY OF PROPERTY - - - l8 IV.

DO. 52 V. THE BENEFICE - - - 71 VI. THE PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD - 93 VII. DISTRICT CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP. ... - 176 VIII. PARISH REGISTERS .... 1 94 IX. PERSONS AND PLACES - - - - 209 X. DO. .... 236 XI. TOPOGRAPHY ----- 294 XII. LOCAL GOVERNMENT - - - . 3IO XIII. MILITARY HENDO.> .... ,3^ INDEX. A Bells, The 96 Aberdeen, Earl of 116, 153 Acrevv, Jos., grave of 164 Benefice, The Bennett, John Bennett's charity Bennett's almshouses 7" 1 68 Adrian II, Pope, bull of 72 Advowson, sale of 84 Aislabie, John 229 Akenside, Mark 281 125 276 Benson, Abbott of West'r. 225 Bentinck, Countess, grave of Bickerstaff, J., lord of the 146 Aldred, Abbott of West'r. 19 All Saints Church & Schools 178 All Souls', Oxford, property of 66 Almond, E. grave of 145 49 manor Billing family, grave of Bingham, Rev. A. C, curate 140 90 Almshouses 121, 125 Ambrose, Wm., Q.C., M.P. 332 Anderson, Sir J. W., Lord Mayor 149 Bird, Fred., M.D. '53 Bishop, A. Bishop, Sir Cecil Bishop, Henry Bishop, Wm., of Highwood Bleccenham and Loyirsleye, grant of Blois, Gervase de, grants by Bolvverk, General, grave of daughter of Bond, John, lord of the 326 1 1 1 269 Appropriation of living by the Abbey of Westminster 73 Archery, practice of 316, 335 Atkinson, John, grave of 157 Ayloffe, family vault 131 269 i8 23 Ayloffe, Sir Joseph, account of 132 119 3 manor 49, Bond, John, grave of Bone, John, grave of Boreham Wood Farm 149 Bailey, H., vicar 87 i5o Bamford.

Capt. Jas., introduces vineyards 238 169 295 Boston, Abbott Banks, Eliz. and Wm. 170 225 Barnard, Sophia, grave of 147 Barnet, battle of 334 Boswell's account of his visit to Goldsmith's lodging Bouchill, Mrs. B. 248 B?rrow family 169 170 Bartley-Denniss, E. R. 237, 326 Bassett, Fulke, Bp. of Lond.. surrender of benefice to 72 Bateman, Lord II 1 Bouddoffe, grave of Bousfield, W. R. i65 326 Boundaries 2iJ5 Bower. Eliz. 131 Bateman, Mrs. S. F. 170 Boydell, J. Boys family Bradshaw's charity Braiebrook, Hy. de, captured by Fulke de Brent Braint, Jno.

Brasses, memorial 275 169 Bateman, Rev. C. H., vicar of CH. 179 125 Baylis, E., M.D. 137 Bellew, Lady 198 213 Bell, John 170 158 Bell, Judith 116 INDEX Charities 120 Breach, family 169. 314 Child's Hill, antiquity of Catholic church at Geology of Vicars of Schools Reference to 3, 5, 7, Church, The parish, description of Brenc, family of 202, 217 201 Fulke de 217 1 8g John 113 7 William le, grant to 25 Green 276 179 i79 The river 10, 293, 295 304 street 5, 293 Breynt, John, issues of land held by 30 99 Certificate of goods Repairs to 125 Brinckman or Broadhead, Sir T. H. L. 130 1 66 Church-house 190, Churchyard, The Christ Church 193 Bromhead, Crawford, churchwarden 107 128 1 82 Brooksbank, Thos., grave of 164 Brown, Rev. T., vicar of Mill Clay, Rev. H. J. Clements Danes poor-house Clitterhouse 13, 52, Clitterhcuse Green 179 282 Hill 178 61 Browne, Abel and Wm,, of Highwood 261 63 Clocks, The church Clock-house, The Cock ma ns-in-the- wood Coinage, local qS Brownsworth 170 275 Buckingham, Duke of 67 204 Burgess, Major A. *5T" Burgess Hill 7, 145 329 Colmore monument "7 Burial sets, decision of Gibbs C. J., as to 174 Colmore Chas., 10th Light Dragoons Compton family 32, Cookson, Sarah, grave of " Cookes " ■5S Burial fees, table of 91 228 Burroughs Lane 4 ■65 Burroughs, The 13, 282, 288, 328 Butterworth, Miss Annie 171 275 Coomes family Coenulph, King, grar.t by Congregational Church Cope, Jonas Copyhold customs Copt Hall 208, Cornwall, Hon. S. H. Major- 149 Butts for archery 277, 316, 33$ Buxton, Sir T. Fowell, and '9 1 84 family 130 169 Byron, Lucy A. 120 3io Byron, Mr. 282 2l6 C gen. John, of Hendon House si°4, 143.

Mrs., children clothed by Collinson, Peter, naturalist Constables Cousins, E., Local Board 143 Carbonnel, John, of Hendon Place 230 Cardinal s walk 225 Carrington, Lady 213 Carter. Ceo., artist, account of 150 Catholic Establishments at H. 188 Cedar, remarkable 15 Charr.berlaine woods 67 Chapman, E. and J., grave of 169 Charters, The Hendon 2S3 251 124 273 3"7 Engineer Cowell, Jos., actor Cowenlaw, grant of Cowhouse (or Avenue) farm 326 io9 53 7' INDEX III Cox, Sergeant 262 Domesday Book, Hendon in 22 Domestic servants, graves of 154 Dowdeswell, J., churchwarden 97, 155 Downage 34, 35, 249 Downage, Great 250 Downner, J., brass in church 109 Downner family 202, 223 Drainage, parish 326 Driver's Hill 51 Dudley, Rev. Sir H. Bate, Cox, Irwin E. B., J.P. — ib. Coxe, E , of Hampstead 146 Crampton, C, "steeple-keeper" 97 Craven.

Sir Wm. 317 Cressingham, Hugh de, estate of 68 Crichton, Major N. D. 117 Cricklewood 5 Crokesley, AbboU, surrenders benefice 72 curate 85 Duff-Gordons, The 116 Cromwell, Thomas 32 Crosse, lohn, monument to 1 1 5 Crosse's charity 125 Dumfries, Ctess. of, vault 152 Dunlop, Andrew 277, 326, 344 Dunstan, Abp., grant by 19 Crossfield, Dr. Thos. 156 Crows, destruction of enacted 316 Cullum, Sir J., letter from 15 Cumberlege, C. N., of Hendon Hall 238 E Eadnoth, " servant to the king." sale of lands by 19 Curtlington, Ld. Wm., release by 28 Earle, Giles, monument 117 Earle, Rev. W., grave of 149 Eaton, Jno., of Hendon Place 168, 228 Edgar, J., of the clock-house 145 Edgar, King, charter of 18 Edgware 12, 295 Edgware Brook 12 Edward the Confessor, grants by 21, 284 Edward the Martyr, confirmation by 20 Edwards, Mary, epitaph on 147 Elm, fine 16 Epitaphs in verse 130, 136, [147, 156, 161, 162, 164, 166, 168 Ethelwold, Bp. of Winchester, purchase from 19 Estone, Richard, ancient grant r> Daniel's almshouses 121 Day, Nathl. 119 Dean, Chas..

H.E.I.C. 168 Dean's Brook 12, 295 De Ath, Mr. F. 172, 282 Decoy, The 278 Delafountain, F. 170 De Lisle, Emma, surrender by 53 Denniss, Bartley, E. R. 237, 326 Dendy, Samuel, lord of the manor 49, 103 Dendy, A. H., lord of the manor — ib. Dendy, Mrs. Eliza, lady of manor — ib. Densyll family 252 De Paula, Mr. 2C4, 308 to 27 Eton College, grant to 65 Evans, Caleb, geologist 7 Evans, Mrs. E. F., inscrip- D'Eyville, John, attack on Hendon by 24 Dickers, H. J. 57. 326 Dickey, family vault 158 Dickey, Lieut, 158, 337 tion to INDEX IV Gerard, Roger, grant to the Abbey by 27 Gibbes Green 31, S1 Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E. 153, 326 Goldenburgh, Peter, brass to 113 " Goldbeaters " 280 Golders Green J, 281 Golders Hill 2S1 Goldsmith, Oliver 4, 245 Goodchild family 148 GooJe, Wm. 171 Goodyear family 165 " Gonderlond," grant of 27 Grace, Pete>-, apothecary 170 Graham, Sir James and family 155 Grand jury, certificjte of, as to church goods 125 Granville, Earl 280 Great Northern Railway 09 Grimley, S , Local Board Surveyor 326 Gundry, Sarah, inscription to 167 Gunter, Gilbert, son of, grant to and by 23 Gutters Hedge 50 v Fairs 288, 328 Farren, Eliz.

(aged 102) 159 Fauna of Hendon 13 Fees, table of burial, &c 91 "Fenella" 276 Field-names 296 Field-paths 301 Finchley. lands in 65 Fison, Rev. T. 184 Flaxman, monument by 117 Fletcher, J. 91 Fire Brigade 328 Fleurriet, David, churchwarden, &c. 162 Flora of Hendon 16, 17 Flower. Sir C. 176, 178, 270 Font, the 93, 105 Footpaths 301 Fortescue, Sir Adrian 226 Fortescue, Sir John 4, 226 " Fosters " 276 Fowler, Edward, Bishop of Coster 114, 139 Franklin family 106, 148, 202 Franklin, John, beadle 155 Freelove's charity 124 Frith or New Hall, manor of 58 Fiowick, Sir F. 279 Frowyke, Hy., grant by 61 Frye, family vault 141 Fuller, S. C. 145 H Habberlin family of Waterford 165 Hale, The 5, 28, 297 Half-penny, The Hendon 329 Hampstead, chapelry of, separated from Hendon 80 Hampstead Heath 287 Hamstede, Robt. de, grant bv 25 Hamond, Peter, of Mill Hill 148 Hancock, C. F. 234, 235, 237, 326 Hannaford W. 233 Hardwicke, Sir Wm. 172, 234 Harrison or Rogers-Harrison family 154 Harvey, W. H., schoolmaster 182 Hawes, Rev , vicar of Mill G Gardiner, John, grave of 140 Garrett, E. J, Middlesex CC. 327 Garrick, family vault 151 Rev. Carrington 49, 87, 238 David, account of 4, 237 David, purchases advowson 84.

Da.vid, purchases manor, &c. 45, 228 Gas Company 5 Gaskarth, Wm. 169 Geeves family 114, 137, 337 Geology of the parish 7 Hill ,78 INDEX V Hayley family 157, 202 Hedges, Sir Charles 11 1 Hendon, altitudes in vicinity of 6 Boundaries of 2 Dimensions of 2 Derivation of name 2 Found 13 Flora 16 Geology of 7 Hall 237 House 104, 250 Place 104, 224 William de 223 West or New 4, 182 Woods 30, 34, 35, 60 " Hepeworth Hyde," lands at 28 Herbert family 4, 209 Entries in registers of 195 Monumentto 102 Herbert. Sir Edward 209 Herbert, Sir Percy 102, 21 1 Herbert. Sir William 112, 212 Herbert. Hon. Lady Mary 213 Hern. Nicholas 1 14 '' Hev\n, John Atte " 113 Hickes, Sir Baptist 48 Hickes' Hall Grove — i.b. Hick Rogers' Stile 50, 222 Hicks, L)r. 327 Higginson, Capt. Wm. 168 Highfield 281 Highwood 16, 202 Hinclicliffe, Chamberlaine 238 Hill, John, epitaph on 166 Hinley, D., lord of the manor 49 Hoare, Joseph, J P. 1 40 Hoare, S. 179 Hoare, Sir R., Lord Mayor 198 Hoare, family vault 149 Hodford and Cowhouse manor §3 Hodfords 149 Holford, Geo., trustee of C. H. church 179 Hi lders Hill House 234 Holy C.oss, order of the 138 Hompson, Sir T. B. 147 Houe, Nath., R.A., account of 205 Houe, Nath., R.A., grave of 159 Hoop Lane 65 Hornby, Mrs. 234 Houlbrook, Mrs. M. 172 House, haunted 215 Houses, number of 323 Howes.

J , parish clerk 155 Hudson family 168 Hudson, Jam^s, H.E.I. C. 153 Hyde, The 5, 28 I-J Jacob, Thos., ancient inscription to 112 Jardine, Geo., grave of 162 Jemmett family 170 Ingylton, clerk 76 Inns, &c. 308 John, S. the Evangelist, church 182 Johnson, Charles, dramatist / [120, $199 Johnsun, R., grave of 146 Johnson, R., his bequest 120 Johnson, Dr. 237, 247 Johnston. Mary, epitaph on 147 Jones, Ellin, epitaph on 137 Jones, Conquest 170 Jones, F. C. (drowned) epitaph 165 Jonei, Jenkin, and family 170 Jones, Rice, old monument to 163 Jones family of Llanio 166 Joseph's, St., College 188 Joseph's, St., Convent School 189 Joynes, Henry, architect 168 Jubilee celebrations 344 Jubilee review 343 Judge, Wm., city missionry 163 Justice, administration of 312, 327 K Katherine of Arragon, land of at Hendon INDEX VI 1.1 Kemp of Clitterhouse, vault 141 Hitchin — ib.

John and wife, grave 151 Family of 202 Mac Andrew, Mr. 344 Mac Innes, General John 139 Mac Innes, Captain J. R. — ib. MacKenzie, K. 215 King, Ben, grave of 169 King's books, entries in 80 King's evil, touching for 207 Maelean, Mrs. E., of Hampstead 169 Manor courts, time of holding &c. 49, 320 Manor, customs of 310 L Manor, officials of 317 Lamas family (or Lammas) 202 Landholders, fifteenth century 31 Langton, Sir John de, lands of 28 Langton, Ralph and John de, arbitration between 29 Langton, Mrs. 234 Lawson, Rev. J. 134 Lemon, Mark, account of 142 Lennox, Chas., Duke of Rich- Maimed soldiers relieved iii Makins. Mrs. 234 Marriage fees 71 Marriages, register of 195 Marriages, scarity of 203 Marsh family 128, 202, 220 Marsh, of the Hale 220 Marsh, John churchwarden 106 Marsh, of Lawrence Street 125 mend and L., portrait of 255 Lewis, W., naturalist 154 Tilley Lane 51 Lindsay, of Balcarres 152 Lindsay, Hon. Charles 253 Lindsay, Hugh, Hendon Volunteers 337 " Littleberries " 189 Littleton, Sir E. 198 Littlewood v. Williams, action Marsh, Richard, brass to 109 Marshall, Mrs., schoolmistress 178 Marshall, C. J. .280 Marshall J. C 184, 249 Mayhcw, Benj. 164 Meredith, Morgan 21 1 Metcalre, Misses 281 Metcalfe, F. E. 326, 341 Middleton, Sir Thos. 210 Midland Railway 69 of 172 Lord Liston, entry in register as to 198 Local Board 326 Lockier, The Misses, tablet to 119 Lockier family, grave of 147 Longevity, instances of 205 Long Hoyles 67 Longmore.

E., a giant 204 Lovejoy, H. 326 Lowndes, steward of manor 49 Loyersleye and Bleccenham, grant of 18 Lucas, John 170 Lupton, Roger, Provost of Military Hendon 334 Militia 336 Mill Hill 253 Church 176 School 274 Views from 3 Moat Mount 13, 261 Montague, Edw. 119 Montgomery, Lord 38, 213 Morning Herald, founding of 86 Morning Post, founding of 85 Mordaunt, C, monument to 116 Mordaunt, Lady 198 Mossehaythe, Wm. de, grant by of land at " Hepe- Eton 65 worthe Hyde " INDEX VII Mostyn, Hon. Mary B. 119, 235 p Page, John. R.N 11S Page, Sir Hyde, R.E. 117, 130 Page Street 5 Page, Wm., lands of 31 .Palmer family 120 Pardoe's charity 69, 91 Parish papers, custody of 193 Parliamentary representation 332 Parson, family vault 131 Parsons', The Misses, charity 120 Parson, J., M.D. 199 Patmore, Coventry, poet 144 Paul's, St., Mill Hill 176 Pawsons, The, of Littleberries, &c. 256 Pe.irce, G. Brabourne 326 Pembroke, Earls of 81, 209 Penton, Wm., grave of 165 Perto, John, landscape engraver 136 Perkins, Rev. W. H. 779 Peters, St., Cricklewood 179 Peters, Mr.. of Hendon Place 230 Philbone, Stephen, lands of 31 Pitt, Mary, grave of 163 Platt, Rev. Noel, curate 90 Police 328 Pollard, John 326 Poor relief 321 " Poor Ralpho," epitaph on 169 Porter, Mrs., actress 264 Portland, Duke of, patron of living So, 90, 146 Pounce, J. H. 326 Power family 120 Powis, Earls of, &C.195, 2\2et. seg.

Powis, Lord Wm., brass to 1 1 1 Powis Lodge 214 Pressgrove, Geo., Churchwarden 101 Price, Miss 104, 251 Price, Stafford 116, 261 Prince, Mrs. Ann 120 Prince, Daniel, grave of 147 TV- Nalton, Sam., vicar of Hampstead 144 Nan Clark's Lane 261 National Schools 126 Neeld, Joseph, gift by to parish 120 Neeld, Joseph, vault of 149 Nell Gwynne 257, 259 Newlond," grant of 61 Nicholes, J. 117 Nicholl family 148, 215 Nicholas, Pope, taxation of 26, 72 Nicholas, Abbot, chart'-r of 30 Nicoll, of Copt Hall 135, 217 Ofthe Hyde 50, 129, 135. 236 Of Hendon Place 11 1, 228 Of Highwood 31, 136, 215 Of Neasden and Wilsdon 136 Edward, churchwarden 96 Michael 101, 135 Paul, J. P. Ill, 195 Thomas, churchwardsn 106 Nicoll's almshouses 125 Nicoll family, entries as to in registers 200 Non-parishioners, burial of 172 Norden, John, the antiquary [219, 2^5, 250 NorthamDton, Earls of 33, 228 North Middlesex Gas Co. 5 Nuttinge, R., brass to 110 O Offa, King, grant by 19, 20 Officers of Volunteers 337, 341 Officers of Yeomanry 338 Old inhabitant, a very 223 Oldfield, Mrs., actress 207 Olney, Justus 136 Orange Hill 51 Osborne, Lord S. G, 119, INDEX Pritchard, Elizabeth, epitaph on 1 29 Richard, exchanges Hendon for Hodford 26 Royal Arms in church 98 Pryor and Powell families, vault of 149 Rundcll, P., the goldsmith 135 Rushey Green 63 Puckering, Sir John. letter to 226 Russell, William Lord 4, 265 ,, Lady Rachael 268 a Quakers 184 Ryder, T., of Downage 137 B S Raffles, Sir Stamford 117, 266 Raglan Castle 209 Sanitary Acts 325 St. Bartholemew's Hospital, grant to 62 St. John of Jerusalem, Priory held land 67 Salvation Army 190 Sander's Lane 5 ,, Farm 49 Sanville, Mr. 214 Schools, National 126, 181 „ British 184, 187 Scrivener, Rev. Dr. 88 Scharf, Mr. George 253 Scrope, Sir Hy. de, grant to 53 Scott, Thos., gift by 120 Selby's account of Goldsmith 247 Sessions Rolls, The 288 Sharp, Hon. A., grave of 147 Shaw, J. Veitch 171 Shieveshill Common field 51 Shore, Rev. W. H., vicar of Child's Hill. 179 Sibley Geo , iron monument to 141 Silk Stream 12 Simpkins, Chas, 170 Simpson, Pinder 236 Simpson, Stephen (schoolmaster) 118, 137 Skan, Rev, vV.

H. 183 Slater, family vault 145 Smith, P. J., inventor of screw propeller 260 Snow, of Hendon Place, 155. 228 Sowle, Mrs. Judith 118, 151 Spalding, Thos. 184 Sparks, J., churchwarden 92 Railways 69 Raimbach, A., engraver 159 Raimbach, family grave 161 Raimbach, monument in church 117 " Ralpho, Poor," epitaph ou 169 Ramsay, A., lines on the Brent by 11 Rankin, family vault 134 Rawlinson, Sir William, 4, 113, [230, 251 Ray Hy. 169 Recreation ground, importance of securing 51 Rectors, List of 75 et seg.

Rectory forfeited to the crown 84 ,, purchased by Garrick 84 ' Recusants " 293 Reed, R , grave of 169 Reid, Lieut. A. 342 Regents Canal Co. 69 Registers, Missing S3 Registers of the parish 194 Renters, Manor of 64 Reservoir, The 13 Reynolds, Sir Joshua 247 Ridgway, Mill Hill 274 Rifle Ranges, 262, 342, 343 Ripley, family vault 145 Roadley, do 164 Rockhall, grant of 61 Rossiter, Fr., grave of 170 Rous, le, grant to 24 Galtridus, sheriff of Beds and Bucks INDEX- IX Sprengell, Sir Conrad 199 VJ Station Lane 4 " Strangers, " burials of 202 Sulcatus, authority of for Ossa's charier 20 Wade, W., churchwarden 97 Walden, Dowager Lady Howard de 183 Walker's Monument 131 Walker, Hen., M.D. 137 Warburton, J. 234, 326 Wareham, Rev. F. 82, 202 Ware, Saml., of Hendon Hall 238 Waste of the manor 49 Weathercock onChurchTower 96 Wesleyans, The 187 Westminster Abbey, connection with 1 ,, Appropriation of living by 73 ,, property of at Dissolution 31 Westmore, Col. Rd. 151 Wharton, Geo., M.D. 136 Whichcote, Sir Jeremiah 114, 197 ,, family, entries in registers 197 „ of Hendon House 252 ,, Mortuary Chapel 101 White Bear, courts held at 49 Whittingham, Major-gen. 147 Widmore on the ancient charters 22 Wilberforce, Wm. 4, 176, 178, 269 Wilkes, John 272 Williams ats Littlewood, case ot 172 Rev. Theodore, 88, [92. '34, 172, '76 Mrs. F. 106 Robert, H. E. I C. 117 Willis, Hy., gift by 125 Willing, J., Jr. 326 Willock, J., H. M. Consul, Canaries 140 Wise, j , churchwarden g2 Wishaw, F. 1 Wishaw, H. Tig Wishaw, John ijg Sunningfields Road 4 Sunny Gardens 4 Swan, Thos. 146 Sweetland, F. 97 Sweetland, Mrs , grave of 146 Sweetland, W. F., churchwaiden 107, 326 Syon College, lands of 68 T Tanner family 119, 146, 165 ,, Daniel 1 14 Temple Fortune 5, 283 Tenterden Grove 214 Tenterden Hall 13, 224 Tenterden, Lord 4, 231 Thomas, Sir William, of Raglan Castle 209 Thrift Creen 50 Tilley, Mr. Samuel, Report by 325 Clerk to Local Board 326 Tilson, Mrs. 235 Tithes 80, 84, 91 Toller, C. G. 179 Topography 294 Tow family grave 163 Tower, The Church 94 Townley, Rev. J. 97, 101 Trotler, Sir Coutts 1 16, 152 Tunnel from Hendon Place to Hendon House 251 V Vallance, grave of 164 Vicarage, augmentation of 82, 84 Vicarage House 237 Vicars, List of 78, et seg.

Vince, Mr., principal of Mill Hill School 274 Volunteers 337, X INDEX Workhouse, The 282, 327 Wyldes or Wildwood 65 Wynne, Ed., &c. 161, 162 Y Yeomanry, Herts 337 Yews 16 Young, Christopher 129 Yule, J. B. 234, 326 " Wolnoth the Knight, ' sale of lands by 19 Wolsey, Cardinal 4, 32, 224 Woodcock Hall 5' Woodd, R. B. 179 Wooden memorials in churchyard 163 Woodfield (W. H. Nelson) 250 Woodstock House 282 Woollen, burial in Page 5 95 g6 108 127 139 146 152 CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA. Among the hamlets of Hendon The Burroughs should have been given, making ten in all. Line io, for " belis " read " bells." Line 3 from bottom, for " Nichael " read " Michael" The result of Mr. Sweetland's appeal was the collection of £si62 8s. and he expended /173 18s. 2d. Mr. J. C. Marshall being the largest donor and this gentleman, about October 1888, presented a fine brass alms dish and two corresponding plates for the use ofthe church.

Line 9, for " eight" read " thirteen." For " John Reynolds Mac Junes " read " John Reynolds Mac Innes." Line 7 from bottom. Since this was written Mr. Swtetland has been compelled through ill health to resign the office of churchwarden and has been succeeded by Mr. Crawford-Bromehead. Sir Coutts Lindsay was also buried at Hendon in 1889. CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA. Page 185 Mr. F. Sloper in 1888 became minister ofthe Congregational Chapel in Greville Place, St. John's Wood. 184 The Wesleyans in 1888-9 erected an iron chapel in Great Bear Field, the old chapel becoming the headquarters of the local detachment of the 3rd Middlesex Rifles. 195 Line 11, for iS^read 1654. 207 In the original list of persons touched for the King's Evil the date of the certificate of Elizabeth Newman has been first written March 18, 1862, this date being erased and 1682 substituted. 221 Line 9 from bottom, /oy Hall read Hale.

Several pedigrees of Hendon families had been pre pared, which it was intended to print, but this intention had to be given up owing to the expense which it would entail. The necessity is to be regretted as these pedigrees are referred to from time to time in the text and having regard to that fact I have summarised them in the Appendix. HENDON. HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PARISH OF HENDON, MIDDLESEX.

Chapter I

— ■Introductory-. Hendon, while possessing a history reaching back to very remote times and which includes many incidents of con siderable interest, has never until now had the honour done it of having that history presented in anything approaching to a complete and collected form ; although, in the various topographical works dealing with this county, it has been favoured with very extended notice. The parish (which then included the present one of St. John, Hampstead), was, of old, very closely connected with the Abbey of Westminster and, as will in later chapters be seen, both the benefice and manor became the property of that foundation early in the Saxon period. The manor was, however, in the time of the early Planta genets, granted away from the Abbey, but was re-granted to the monks early in the fourteenth century, and they held possession of it until the Dissolution of the IiNTKODl'CTOnv. 2 Monasteries when, alter forming part of the endowment of the short-lived bishopric of Westminster, it finally passed into lay hands, as did the benefice.

As to the origin of the name Hendon, it is spelt variously at different dates, the first form being Heandun, which may be " high hill," but it certainly is not high, even compared with those around it. In Domesday it is Handone, which looks very like the " town on the hill," which is the derivation that the writer favours. " Hean," in the early charter may stand for " highcnf "lofty,'' " haen," "old," or a form of " han " or "ham," a town, but, of course, nothing can be said for certain as to the origin of the name. The present parish is, roughly speaking, six-and-a half miles in length from north to south and about four miles from east to west, at the widest part, being bounded by Edgware, Elstree, Chipping-Barnet, Shenley, Tot teridge, and Finchley on the north, by Hampstead on the east and south, and by Willesden, Kingsbury, and Little Stanmore on the south and west.

It contains, according to Lysons (Environs of London), 8204 acres, but the census returns say 8290 acres, and the ordinance survey, again, puts it at 8382*121 acres; the last of which may be assumed to be correct. It is probably one of the most picturesque districts round London ; the well-known walk north of the Parish Church commanding one of the finest prospects in the county. From our feet slope meadows, interspersed with timber, to where the grass-grown em bankment of the railway crosses our view, the white steam from a passing train forming a not unpleasing feature in the landscape. Beyond this we catch sight of the water Introductory 3 of the Silk Stream, and thence over a considerable tract of well-wooded and undulating grass-land the eye travels to the conspicuous heights of Harrow on the left hand and the ridge of Brockley Hill on the right.

Between these two eminences, over the low ground north of Harrow, we see the hills which close in the valley of the Colne and, under favourable circumstances of weather, we can, beyond these, distinguish the high land about Beacons field, twenty miles away. From this point, too, the most picturesque view of the old church is to be obtained. It is said that the Round Tower of Windsor Castle has been seen from the southern entrance to the churchyard but this, it is conceived, is hardly possible, as the heights of Harrow would certainly seem to intervene. It can, however, be often seen from the Ridge, Child's Hill, from Moat Mount, and from Mill Hill ; the last commanding some very pleasing views, although not so extensive as that above described, the prospect thence being, to a certain extent, limited north and south by the high ground of Totteridge and that about Hendon proper.

Beyond Mill Hill we have, at Highwood Hill, another point of vantage but, for one of the best views in the county, we must journey to Brockley Hill where on the south can be seen the hills about Dorking and, on the north, an extensive prospect of woodland scenery extending far north of St. Albans, the tower of the Abbey twhich stands about 400 feet above sea level) appearing, as if on low ground, in the middle distance. For the pedestrian or for the artist, content with the quiet picturesqueness of this district of southern England, Hendon is unrivalled as a starting point. One great advantage this district has over many others is the Introductory 4 possession of a remarkable number of field-paths, enabling the pedestrian to find his way across country and avoid, what he usually detests, the dusty highway.

It may be of advantage in the course of this publication, to record those field - paths which are open to the public ; as such a record would not only be useful at the present time but, in the future, might not impossibly be the means of keep ing them open. Many celebrities have resided or, at any rate, made a temporary stay in Hendon ; notably Cardinal Wolsey, the Herberts (Earls of Powis), Sir John Fortescue, Lord William Russell, Sir William Rawlinson, Oliver Gold smith, David Garrick, Lord Tenterden, Sir Stamford Raffles, William Wilberforce, and many others, of whom we shall treat fully later on. The march of bricks and mortar through the village has been proceeding at a rapid pace during the last few yeais ; quite a new hamlet (called "West Hendon") having sprung up near the railway station, with now a mission church of its own.

The villas in Sunny Gardens, Sunning- Fields Road, and the horse-shoe connecting them are all of recent growth, and the omnivorous builder has appeared in a fresh quarter and, although at the Bur roughs he is erecting a class of dwelling to which none, we think, can take objection froman architectural point of view, still, we can never forgive him for demolishing the fine row of elms which formerly stood at the entrance to Burroughs Lane (by some erroneously called Station Lane) ; Judging from those in the Long Walk at Windsor, and of which the date of planting is recorded, we should say that those cut down here were at least two hundred years old. Introductory 5 A very fine oak also disappeared recently from Sunny Gardens — quite unnecessarily we are inclined lo think. There are still, however, many fine trees bordering certain of the highways in the parish ; let us hope that in future these will be spared and preserved wherever it is possible, and others planted.