Editing Hendon (section)

===West Hendon and the Hyde===
[[File:Midland Hotel, Hendon NW4.jpg|thumb|Midland Hotel (built 1889) by Hendon station, West Hendon]]
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West Hendon Broadway is part of the arterial [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]] (or [[Edgware Road]]), which was [[Watling Street]] during [[Roman Britain]]. In the 18th century two public houses named "Welsh Harp" were built, giving the popular nickname of the nearby [[Brent Reservoir]]. [[Hendon railway station]] was opened in 1868 soon followed by [[Welsh Harp railway station]], by the [[Midland Railway]].

This new district developed around the A5 and Hendon rail station became known as ''New Hendon'' by the 1880s. West Hendon Broadway was served by the [[Metropolitan Electric Tramways]] from 1904, which ran from [[Cricklewood]] to [[Edgware]] on the A5 and later extended northwards to [[Canons Park]] and southwards to [[Acton, London|Acton]]. Eventually the area formed a popular retail district during this time. West Hendon was devastated by a [[Luftwaffe]] bomb in 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/libraries-old/local-studies-and-archives/pocket-histories/hendon/west-hendon-hendon-nw9|title=West Hendon (Hendon NW9)|website=Barnet Council}}</ref>

To the north, the Hyde was the site of Hendon's courthouse opening in 1913 and an open-air swimming pool build by 1922. In 1925 [[Duple Coachbuilders]] opened a factory here and were one of the largest employers in Hendon with 800 workers. The coachbuilders even named one of its products "Hendonian". This factory closed in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/libraries-old/local-studies-and-archives/pocket-histories/hendon/hyde-hendon-nw9|title=Hyde (Hendon NW9)|website=Barnet Council}}</ref>