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Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough Of Barnet . It is a suburban development situated 9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Charing Cross . There are four areas in Mill Hill: Mill Hill Village, Mill Hill Broadway, Mill Hill East , and Partingdale. A further part of Mill Hill, The Hale , is now considered part of Edgware. DISTRICTS Mill Hill Village Mill Hill Village is the ancient heart of the district, a ribbon development along an ancient route called The Ridgeway. It is bounded both north and south with Green Belt land. Its close proximity to London made it popular as a country retreat from the 17th century onwards. There are a number of large houses and quaint cottages. William Wilberforce and Stamford Raffles both briefly resided here; the former being the patron of Mill Hill’s first church Saint Paul’s. There are a number of large institutions including Mill Hill School , The National Institute For Medical Research , the motherhouse of The Daughters Of Charity , and Saint Joseph’s College , a large seminary. There is a cemetery called Mill Hill Cemetery . To the southwest is a small suburban district called Poets Corner, and to the north an old estate, now a recreation ground, called Moat Mount. Mill Hill Broadway Mill Hill Broadway is a suburban district that developed from the 1900s onwards. The Broadway itself is an important local retail area. There is the railway station (Mill Hill Broadway) on the Thameslink which was originally a station on the Northern Line , a bus station. University College London has an Observatory there. Partingdale and Burtonhole Partingdale and Burtonhole are properly rural and form a distinct valley north of Ridgeway. North is Folly Brook, a tributary of the River Brent , running west to east, a boundary between both the suburb of Totteridge and Mill Hill, and the ancient counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex. Along Partingdale Lane is Seafield House, originally a nuclear bunker to protect the London North Group of regional government, between c1951 – 1958. To the west is Burton Hole Farm, the last proper farm in Mill Hill specialising in blond continental cattle , a small nursery garden called Finchley Nurseries, and a number of sports grounds. Between Partingdale and Burton Hole there is large electrical station, built in 1961. SEE ALSO |
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