Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871.
The Finchley Society
N3, East End Road, 1
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Finchley Toll Gate
Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Finchley Toll Gate
Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open ...
London County Council The workshop of Thomas Chippendale and his son, cabinet makers, stood near this site, 1753 - 1813.
Site of the Parsonage of St Nicholas Acons where scientific life assurance began in 1762. The Corporation of the City of London
Jet Harris MBE, 1939 - 2011, musician, was born at the former Willesden Maternity Hospital which stood on this site. The Heritage Foundation
Here lived Philip Henry Gosse, 1810 - 1888, zoologist. Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849 - 1928, writer and critic born here. Greater London Council
Greater London Council Henry Mayers Hyndman, 1842 - 1921, socialist leader, lived and died here.
