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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Finchley Society
Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society
Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...
Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1...
2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph was taken 2008), We have c...
IUOM: "The Independent United Order of Mechanics was founded in 1757 in Lancashire, England. During its first hundred years as a strong and growing enterprise, the Order established several Grand L...
Naval cadet from the training ship Arethusa, aged 14. Drowned in the tragedy at Leysdown. He was assisting the scouts at the time.
The picture probably wasn't taken at this particular event. You really have to go to the memorial page to have this explained.
Private members club founded by, amongst others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton. "This Club is instituted for the purpose of facilitating the social intercourse of those conne...
Founded in response to the threat to demolish the Georgian cottages on Southgate Green. In 1993 its name was changed to Southgate District Civic Trust, in order to reflect the wider area of its int...
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