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

• Motorbus
• Trams at the Cross Road
• Golders Green Road 1914
• Lido Cinema
• The Prince Albert
• Golders Green Station in the Old Days
• Horse Bus Leaves Golders Green Station
• Ionic Cinema
• North End Road

From the Collection of the City of London

• House of Mr Lambertson in the 18th century
• Golders Lodge in the 18th century
• Hodford Farm in the 18th century

Kelly’s Directories

(as a portion of Hendon)

• 1855
• 1874
• 1894
• 1914

References

Further Research

• Barnet Archives and Local Studies
• HADAS Archived Newsletters(The Hendon & District Archaeological Society)
• Victoria County History Golders Green is within the Hendon Chapter