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Finchley Society

Categories: Community / Clubs

Finchley Society

Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open spaces in Finchley and Friern Barnet and their environs, and to explore the history and the special features of the area. The Finchley Society covers the old Borough of Finchley and the Urban District of Friern Barnet, now part of the London Borough of Barnet, and takes an interest in most aspects of life in the community.

Spike Milligan was the first President, a post he held until his death in 2002.

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Finchley Toll Gate

Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society

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Grimaldi - N12 - information panel

Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...

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Harry Beck - N12

Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1...

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Henry Charles Stephens - plaque

2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph was taken 2008), We have c...

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Jean Scott

In memory of Jean Scott (1921 - 93) founder of The Finchley Society.

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Staple Inn

Staple Inn

The last surviving Inn of Chancery. Attached to Gray's Inn. Things changed over time but, basically, Inns of Court were places where barristers lodged and worked, while Inns of Chancery were plac...

Building, Community / Clubs, Law

1 memorial
Carlton 'Zigilee' Constantine

Carlton 'Zigilee' Constantine

A pioneer of the steel pan in Trinidad. Emigrated to the UK and formed his own steel pan band, participated in the early Notting Hill Carnival processions. Source: Pan Podium, Google Arts and Cult...

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial
Devil Tavern

Devil Tavern

2, Fleet Street. Demolished 1787. Full title was the Devil and St Dunstan, the sign being the Devil's nose being tweaked by pincers wielded by the saint. It appears in a Hogarth illustration. T...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

An hereditary society dedicated to perpetuating the memory and fostering and  promoting the principles and virtues of the Mayflower pilgrims.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Royal Society

Royal Society

Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge). A learned society for science, granted a royal charter by King Charles II.  Wren was a founding member. The Soc...

Group, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Science

5 memorials