History of Golders Green

Golders Green is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England.

Ghosts

There is a ghost story attached to Golders Green. According to legend a house called Golders Lodge, situated where Golders Gardens is today, was haunted. “The story attached to it was that it was left by will to a certain person as long as a testator of the relative “remained above ground”. The relative died and to save his estate, the conditional tenant kept the body “above ground”, for a considerable period.”[1] It has been said that the body was left in its coffin in the attic, and that the place has been haunted by the unburied spirit ever since.

Old Maps

Cary’s 15 Miles Around London 1786

Pictures

From the collection of Clive Smith

From the Collection of the City of London

Kelly’s Directories

(as a portion of Hendon)

References

  1. Evans, Edward Thornton (1890-01-01). The History and Topography of ... Hendon, Middlesex ... Simpkin.

Further Research

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