Monken Hadley (1880) (14586996208)

Old elm tree on Hadley Common (Latimer's Elm)
Identifier: monkenhadley00cass (find matches)
Title: Monken Hadley
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Cass, Frederick Charles, b. 1824 London and Middlesex Archæological Society
Subjects: Monken Hadley (England)
Publisher: Westminster, Printed by J. B. Nichols and sons
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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The Parish of Monhen Haclley. 9 parish cliurch. On the brow of the hill still flourishes by the roadside, in haleold age, a venerable relic of the forest, which for some years past has been calledLatimers elm/ In the days that preceded the Union the parish work-house stoodvery near it. The view from this spot is interesting still. Before the GreatNorthern Railway was constructed, when not a dwelling, save the residence ofLyonsdown with its adjacent buildings, now destroyed, occupied the space nowfilled by the modern houses of New Barnet, it was very lovely. Taking in thehamlet ,of Cockfosters and the mansions of Belmont and Little Grove on therising ground to the left, the eye followed the outline of the East Barnet valleyuntil the view was terminated southwards by Muswell Hill and High gate. Hereand there, still ascending westwards towards Hadley church, and immediatelycontiguous to the houses, the decaying skeletons of other forest trees continue todefine the ancient limits of the C