Editing Mill Hill

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'''Mill Hill''' is a suburb in the [[London Borough of Barnet]], England. It is situated around {{convert|9|mi|km}} northwest of [[Charing Cross]], close to the [[Hertfordshire]] border. It was in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Middlesex]] until 1965, when it became part of [[Greater London]]. Its population was 18,451 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688564&c=Mill+Hill&d=14&e=62&g=6318530&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476890035999&enc=1|title=Barnet Ward population 2011|access-date=19 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=24 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124153538/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688564&c=Mill+Hill&d=14&e=62&g=6318530&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476890035999&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It consists of the original Mill Hill Village; the later-developed Mill Hill Broadway (now the area's main hub); and Mill Hill East, alongside large swathes of countryside.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.barnet.gov.uk/sites/default/files/assets/citizenportal/documents/common/millhillcaappraisalapr2008.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104134945/https://www.barnet.gov.uk/sites/default/files/assets/citizenportal/documents/common/millhillcaappraisalapr2008.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-04 |url-status=live|title= Mill Hill Conservation Area – Character Appraisal Statement – Adopted (April 2008) |website=London Borough of Barnet}}</ref> A further area at the western edge of the suburb, [[The Hale]], is on the borders of Mill Hill and [[Edgware]], and is partly in each.

==History==
[[File:1894 Carl Zeiss subsidiary in London (6892932398).jpg|thumb|upright| [[Carl Zeiss AG|Carl Zeiss]] outlet in Mill Hill in 1894]]

The area's name was first recorded as Myllehill in 1547 and appears to mean "hill with a windmill".<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=AD |year=2004 |title=A Dictionary of London Place-names |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=152 |isbn=0-19-860957-4}}</ref> However, the workings of the original Mill are in the building adjacent to [[The Mill Field]].

[[File:Ridgeway, Mill Hill.jpg|thumb|Part of The Ridgeway today]]
Mill Hill Village is the oldest known inhabited part of the district, a ribbon development along a [[medieval]] route called 'The Ridgeway'. It is thought that the name 'Mill Hill' may be derived from a mill on The Ridgeway, built on an area of open ground (now a park) known as [[The Mill Field]]. The village is bounded on the north and the south by [[Green Belt]] land, and its High Street, at 100 yards, is the shortest in London.

The area's proximity to the city made it popular as a country retreat from the 17th century onwards, and large houses and quaint cottages survive. [[William Wilberforce]] (MP, and abolitionist of the slave trade) and Sir [[Stamford Raffles]] (founder of colonial [[Singapore]]) both briefly resided here, the former being the patron of Mill Hill's first church, Saint Paul's. As late as 1960, five shops existed in the Village (Griffin's sub-Post Office, The Blenheim Steps, Cook & Son (sweets and groceries), Hawes Brothers (grocers) and Vincett's (butchers)) but although the buildings survive, they have all since been converted into private houses, as the retail focus in the area shifted to Mill Hill Broadway.

===Military===
[[Inglis Barracks]] at Mill Hill East was home to the [[Middlesex Regiment]] between 1905 and 1966. The 1941 reopening of the railway station, under wartime conditions, was to allow easy access to the barracks.

Situated along Partingdale Lane is Seafield House. Now converted into a private home, it was originally designed and operated as a secret nuclear bunker to house and protect the 'London North Group' emergency regional government between about 1951 and 1985.

==Governance==
Mill Hill was part of the ancient [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Hendon]] within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Middlesex]]. Mill Hill as part of [[Municipal Borough of Hendon]] was merged into the [[London Borough of Barnet]] in [[Greater London]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite book |year=1976 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex |series=[[Victoria County History]] |chapter=Hendon: Local government |volume=5 |place=London |pages=29–31 |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp29-31 |via=British History Online |access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref> Mill Hill is one of 21 electoral [[ward (politics)|wards]] in the borough. This ward has 3 out of the 63 seats on the Barnet Council.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/elected-representatives.htm|title=Elected Representatives |date=21 October 2009 |publisher=Barnet Council |access-date=4 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091011123541/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/elected-representatives.htm |archive-date=11 October 2009}}</ref>

Mill Hill was in the [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] of [[Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hendon]] which was created in [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]. This lasted until [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] when the constituency was split in two, Mill Hill in [[Hendon North (UK Parliament constituency)|Hendon North]]. In 1997, the Hendon constituency was recreated. From then, until he lost his seat to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate, [[Matthew Offord]], at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Hendon was represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Andrew Dismore]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1013/hendon|title=Hendon|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mill Hill's postal address is London NW7 (which also covers Highwood Hill and part of [[Arkley]]).

===Mill Hill Village===
[[File:Triangular Junction by The Old Forge - geograph.org.uk - 1750231.jpg|thumb|Triangular junction by The Old Forge in Highwood Hill]]
The village is a ribbon development along The Ridgeway. It has [[green belt]] in either side.

"Partingdale" and "Burtonhole" form a valley north of The Ridgeway. North is Folly Farm and [[Folly Brook]], a tributary of the [[Dollis Brook]], running west to east. Between The Ridgeway and Folly Brook are Burtonhole Farm, a garden centre called Finchley Nurseries, and several sports grounds.

The [[National Institute for Medical Research]], a landmark building, was demolished in 2018 and the site is being developed for new houses and apartments. On 1 April 2015, the NIMR became part of the new [[Francis Crick Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crick.ac.uk/news/press-releases/a-new-name-for-ukcmri|title=A new name for UKCMRI|date=25 May 2011|work=crick.ac.uk|publisher=The Francis Crick Institute|access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref> and ceased to exist as a separate MRC institute. The site was fully vacated and closed for redevelopment in 2017.

[[Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill]] is a large open space which is bordered by Wise Lane, Wills Grove, Milespit Hill and The Ridgeway. While there are many open spaces in the area, Arrandene is unique because of its many open fields, meadows and woodland. The open fields were originally hay meadows which provided feed for the horses pulling carriages north to Barnet and beyond.

On Milespit Hill is the non-denominational [[Mill Hill Cemetery]], formerly known as "[[Metropolitan Borough of Paddington|Paddington]] New Cemetery". The 1960s pop singer [[Billy Fury]] (Ronald Wycherley, 1940–83) is buried there. The cemetery also has two [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] sections of [[World War II|Second World War]] graves. One has the graves of 53 United Kingdom personnel, and has a [[Cross of Sacrifice]]. The other has the graves of 254 [[Netherlands in World War II|Dutch]] personnel, 212 of whom were [[merchant navy]]. Many were originally buried elsewhere in the UK, but were reburied here as a Dutch "Field of Honour".

Southwest of Mill Hill Village is a small suburb called "Poets' Corner", and to the north an old estate, now a nature reserve, [[Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm|Moat Mount Open Space]].
[[File:Mill hill broadway 2009.JPG|thumb|Mill Hill Broadway towards Mill Hill Circus]]

===Mill Hill Broadway===
The modern-day centre of Mill Hill is at Mill Hill Broadway, previously known as Lawrence Street. This is a suburban district which developed from the 1890s onwards, and especially in the early part of the 20th century, after the arrival of the [[Midland Railway]] station in 1868. The Broadway itself is now an important local retail area with numerous shops and cafes and transport links.

===Mill Hill East===
[[File:Bittacy hill looking towards holders hill cir.JPG|thumb|Bittacy Hill looking towards Holders Hill Circus]]
Parts of the east side of Mill Hill have been redeveloped, with the former gas works replaced by a [[Waitrose]] supermarket and housing developments. The small local retail area at Mill Hill East is at "Kelly's Corner" (officially Holders Hill Circus) east of the station. South of Mill Hill East are [[Copthall]] and [[Holders Hill]].

The United Kingdom / Carl Zeiss / Bausch & Lomb Optical Works was established at the top of Bittacy Hill in 1912 and demolished about 1990, to be replaced by a large building owned by the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], to complement their nearby [[Watchtower House]] built on the site of the former Bittacy House.

===Neighbouring areas===
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|title     = '''Neighbouring areas'''
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|Northwest = [[Edgwarebury]]
|North     = [[Totteridge]], [[Barnet Gate]]
|Northeast = [[Whetstone, London|Whetstone]]
|West      = [[Edgware]]
|Centre    = Mill Hill
|East      = [[North Finchley]]
|Southwest = [[Burnt Oak]]/[[Colindale]]
|South     = [[Hendon]]
|Southeast = [[Church End, Barnet|Church End]]/[[Finchley]]
}}

==Demography==
Mill Hill [[electoral ward]] of Barnet has a population of 18,451 as of the [[2011 UK Census]]. The census also showed that ethnically, 64% of the population is White (49% [[White British]], 13% Other White, 2% [[Irish people|Irish]]). The largest minorities were the 7% identifying themselves as Indian, 6% as Other Asian, and 6% as Black African. On religion, 39% identified as Christian, 19% Jewish, 14% no religion, 12% Muslim, 5% Hindu, 2% other religion and 8% religion not stated. The most spoken foreign language was [[Persian language|Persian]]. The majority of the 6,875 households are tenure owned. The vast majority (4,602) of the properties are in the "whole house or bungalow" category, of which most are semi-detached. 4.1% of economically active people were unemployed. The median age was 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/mill-hill-e05000057|title=Mill Hill - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data}}</ref>

==Transport==
{{wide image|Extract of 1930 map of Edgware & Mill Hill.png|500px|align-cap=center|1930 OS map, showing Mill Hill to the east and in the centre, and [[Edgware]] to the west. The east-west railway line west of Mill Hill East station, on the right, was completely closed in 1964, and some sections of the track bed have since been built on. Inglis Barracks is at the top right.}}

===Tube and rail===
Stations in the area are:

*{{rws|Mill Hill Broadway}} ([[Thameslink (route)]])
*[[Mill Hill East tube station|Mill Hill East]] ([[Northern line]])

There was also another smaller station, {{rws|Mill Hill (The Hale)}}, opened by the [[Edgware, Highgate and London Railway]] in 1867. Passenger services ended in 1939, and freight traffic in 1964.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

The branch was opened in 1867 as part of the [[Edgware, Highgate and London Railway]], which also built [[Dollis Brook Viaduct]] east of the station. It uesd to continue west to [[Edgware tube station|Edgware]] and east to the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern]] main line at [[Finsbury Park station]], following the present Northern line route as far as Highgate. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

In 1935, as part of the London Transport [[New Works Programme]], plans were announced to modernise and electrify the railway and transfer it to the London Underground. Work was started, and steam passenger services between Edgware and Finchley Central were withdrawn in September 1939 to facilitate it. However, the Second World War soon caused the project to be cut short. The Finchley Central – Mill Hill East section had wartime priority (due to the Inglis Barracks) and was completed in 1941,
but the plans to complete the modernisation and restart passenger services to Edgware were never resumed and were abandoned in 1950. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

Steam freight trains continued to run between Finchley and Edgware until 1964; the track beyond Mill Hill East was lifted the following year. Although partly built over, including by the [[M1 motorway]], most of the old track bed has become a footpath, and decaying 1930s concrete infrastructure, never used, can still be seen. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

===Buses===

London Buses routes serving Mill Hill are [[London Buses route 113|113]], [[London Buses route 114|114]], [[London Buses route 186|186]], [[London Buses route 221|221]], [[London Buses route 240|240]], [[London Buses route 251|251]], [[London Buses route 292|292]], [[London Buses route 302|302]], [[London Buses route 303|303]], [[London Buses route 305|305]], [[London Buses route 382|382]], [[London Buses route 605|605]], 614, [[London Buses route 628|628]], 644, [[London Buses route 688|688]] and [[London Buses route N113|N113]].

===Road===
[[File:A41 Mill Hill S.jpg|thumb|The A41 in Mill Hill facing south]]
The [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] and [[A41 road|A41]] converge as they enter Mill Hill at Fiveways Corner, this section is known as the [[A1 road (London)#Watford Way|Watford Way]]. The [[dual carriageway]] passes through Mill Hill, and the routes diverge at [[A1 road (London)#Apex Corner|Apex Corner]] (officially Northway Circus). The [[M1 motorway]] was built through the western part of Mill Hill in 1967. There is a disused southbound exit slip road which passes under the Watford Way and which covers part of the old railway between Mill Hill East and Edgware Town.

==Development==

Mill Hill East has been designated by the [[Mayor of London]] in his [[London Plan]] as a 'proposed area of intensification', in and around the Inglis Barracks site. As a result, Barnet Council designated the 'Mill Hill East [[Area Action Plan]]' (AAP) and carried out public consultation events. An at-times noisy 'examination in public',<ref>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/consultations/planning-consultations/millhill-east-aap-consultation/mill-hill-east-aap-public-examination-hearing.htm Public AAP hearing, 13-17 October 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203324/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/consultations/planning-consultations/millhill-east-aap-consultation/mill-hill-east-aap-public-examination-hearing.htm |date=7 June 2011 }}</ref> to test the 'soundness' of the council's submitted AAP proposals, was held in October 2008, conducted by the [[Planning Inspectorate]], and the subsequent report broadly agreed with the council's plans.

Representations were made to the Planning Inspectorate to reopen the railway line from Mill Hill East station to the west.<ref>[http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2009/09/orbital-rail-the-solution-to-city-congestion.html The Times] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161043/http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2009/09/orbital-rail-the-solution-to-city-congestion.html |date=25 September 2009}} Comment on [[Nwllr]] light-rail proposal</ref>

A small victory for local protesters was that the report reaffirmed that a local closed road, Sanders Lane, would not be reopened for traffic, if only because the road was outside the AAP boundary (this had already conceded by the council) and would need separate consideration. The inspector stated in his report of December 2008:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mhe-aap-inspectors-report-dec2008.pdf|title=Report of AAP Examination, 2 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203151/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mhe-aap-inspectors-report-dec2008.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |website=barnet.gov.uk}} [[Planning Inspectorate]]</ref>{{Cquote|Sanders Lane is outside the AAP boundary. Many of the matters that concern local residents and expressed at the Hearings can be addressed at a later stage.}}

The amended AAP was formally adopted by the council on 27 January 2009.<ref>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mill-hill-east-aap-adopted-jan-2009 Mill Hill East Area Action Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203113/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mill-hill-east-aap-adopted-jan-2009 |date=7 June 2011 }}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Mill Hill School May 6th 2004(2).jpg|thumb|School House at [[Mill Hill School]]]]
===Primary schools===
* Courtland, a mixed community school<ref name="sch">{{cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/schools-primary.htm?postcode=NW7&search=true|title=Find a Primary or Nursery School|publisher=LB Barnet|access-date=2009-05-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607202936/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/schools-primary.htm?postcode=NW7&search=true|archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
* Deansbrook Infant, mixed community school<ref name="sch" />
* Deansbrook Junior, mixed community school<ref name="sch" />
* Dollis Infant, a mixed community school<ref name="sch" />
* Dollis Junior, a mixed foundation school (now merged with Dollis Infant to form Dollis Primary)<ref name="sch" />
* Fairway, a mixed community school<ref name="sch" />
* Grimsdell, an independent co-educational pre-preparatory school run by Mill Hill School Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grimsdell.org.uk/|title=Grimsdell, Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School|publisher=Mill Hill School Foundation |access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref>
* Mathilda Marks Kennedy, a mixed Jewish voluntary aided school<ref name="sch" />
* St. Martin's, an independent co-educational preparatory school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinsmillhill.co.uk/|title=St. Martin's School|last=Wilson|first=A.|publisher=St. Martin's School|access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref>
* St. Paul's CE a mixed, voluntary aided school<ref name="sch" />
* St. Vincent's Catholic Primary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stvincentsnw7.org/|title=St. Vincent's Catholic Primary School|publisher=St Vincent's Catholic Primary School |access-date=2010-10-31}}</ref>
* Etz Chaim Primary School, Free school
*Millbrook Park Primary School

===Secondary schools===
* [[Copthall School]], a community girls school<ref name="sch2">{{cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/schools-secondary.htm?search=true&postcode=NW7|title=Find a Secondary School|publisher=LB Barnet|access-date=18 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607202948/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/schools-secondary.htm?search=true&postcode=NW7|archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Mill Hill County High School]], a mixed foundation school<ref name="sch2" />

===Independent schools===
The Mill Hill School Foundation runs the following schools:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our School {{!}} Private Education in London|url=https://www.millhill.org.uk/senior/our-school/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Mill Hill Schools|date=23 June 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Belmont {{!}} Preparatory School, London {{!}} Mill Hill School|url=https://www.millhill.org.uk/prep/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Mill Hill Schools|date=22 June 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* [[Mill Hill School]] – an independent boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18
* Grimsdell – a pre-preparatory day school for pupils aged 3–7
* Belmont School – a day school for pupils aged 7–13
* [[The Mount, Mill Hill International|The Mount School]]/ Mill Hill International – a mixed day and boarding school for international pupils aged 11–16
* [[Cobham Hall School]] – an independent day and boarding school for girls in the English parish of Cobham, Kent<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-24|title=Two Leading Independent Schools Announce Merger|url=https://www.millhill.org.uk/2021/02/two-leading-independent-schools-announce-merger/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Mill Hill Schools|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Invention and discovery==
[[File:Mill hill observatory 2009.JPG|thumb|University of London Observatory]]
[[File:NIMR building.JPG|thumb|National Institute for Medical Research]]
In 1749 the botanist [[Peter Collinson (botanist)|Peter Collinson]] inherited an estate which is now part of Mill Hill School, here he created a botanical garden.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|editor=R. W. Burchfield|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=September 2004|chapter=Collinson, Peter (1694–1768)}}</ref> The lexicographer [[James Murray (lexicographer)|James Murray]] started work on the first [[Oxford English Dictionary]] in 1879, whilst teaching at [[Mill Hill School]]. He had a building built in the school grounds to house the quotation slips and his small editorial staff. Murray called this building his [[scriptorium]], when the project moved to [[Oxford]] the building was used by the school as a reading room.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|editor=R. W. Burchfield|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=September 2004|chapter=Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837–1915)}}</ref>

In the Second World War the [[Maudsley Hospital]] moved to the evacuated Mill Hill School as the Mill Hill Emergency Hospital. Here John C. Raven developed a verbal intelligence test called the Mill Hill Vocabulary scale.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Psychology|editor=Andrew M. Colman|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|chapter=Mill Hill Vocabulary scale}}</ref>

[[University of London Observatory]] is a teaching astronomical observatory which is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at [[University College London]]. It is situated on the [[A41 road|A41]] Watford Way, southeast of The Broadway. The Observatory was opened on 8 October 1929 by the [[Astronomer Royal]] [[Frank Watson Dyson]]. In 2009, student astronomers at the observatory tracked the [[extrasolar planet]] [[HD 80606 b]] and for the first time accurately calculated its size.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6135796.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153331/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6135796.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Student astronomers see far beyond the bright lights of London|last=Henderson|first=Mark|date=21 April 2009 |newspaper=The Times|access-date=20 January 2010|location=London}}</ref>

The [[National Institute for Medical Research]] was a large medical research facility situated on the Ridgeway. Researchers at the Institute have, amongst other achievements, developed [[gas-liquid chromatography|liquid and gas chromatography]], discovered [[interferon]] and also discovered the sex determining gene [[SRY]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/about/scientific-achievements/|title=About us:Scientific achievements|publisher=National Institute for Medical Research|access-date=26 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023012056/http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/about/scientific-achievements/|archive-date=23 October 2014}}</ref> In 2018 the Medical Research building was demolished to make way for new homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://barnetsociety.org.uk/component/k2/demolition-eats-away-at-local-landmark |title=Demolition eats away at local landmark |publisher=The Barnet Society |first=Nick |last=Jones |date=9 April 2018 |access-date=3 July 2018 }}</ref>

==Religious sites==
There are several religious institutions along the Ridgeway, including:

* The Missionary Institute (which was present on the Ridgeway until 2007)
* Holcombe House (part of the institute)
* the motherhouse of the British Province of the [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul]]
* until 2007, Saint Joseph's College, a large seminary.
* The [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] have had a centre since 1958, and they redeveloped the Carl Zeiss optical works to become the International Bible Students' Association in 1988.
* The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, an African church next to the Village Pond at the junction of Milespit Hill, High Street and The Ridgeway, occupying the former Methodist Church.
* Mill Hill Synagogue is located near Mill Hill Broadway station. The Synagogue joined the [[United Synagogue]] as an affiliated synagogue in 1950.
* [[John Keble Church, Mill Hill]]

==Public services==

[[Veolia Water Central Limited]] formerly [[Three Valleys Water]] supplies Mill Hill's water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://central.veoliawater.co.uk/our-supply-area-moving-home.aspx|title=Our supply area|publisher=Veolia Water|access-date=2009-10-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809233152/https://central.veoliawater.co.uk/our-supply-area-moving-home.aspx|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> [[EDF Energy|EDF Energy Networks]] is the [[Distribution network operator]] licensed to distribute electricity from the transmission grid to homes and businesses in Mill Hill. On Partingdale Lane there is a large electrical station, built in 1961. The station is served by very high-voltage cables underground along Totteridge Valley. The proposed above-ground pylons and cables were rejected after a high-profile residents' campaign.

[[British Gas]] had a large [[gasworks]] at Mill Hill East with two [[Gas holder|gasometer]]s, now replaced with housing and shops including a [[Waitrose]] supermarket.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Hendon Wood field.jpg|thumb|Field in Hendon Wood, Mill Hill]]
[[File:Mill Hill fields2.jpg|thumb|Rolling fields in Mill Hill]]
In 1923 [[Municipal Borough of Hendon|Hendon Urban District Council]] brought part of Daws Farm thought to be named after [[Thomas Daws]] and turned it into [[Mill Hill Park]]. This was then transferred to Barnet Council in 1965 which now manages the park. In the park there are football pitches, cricket pitch, tennis courts, basketball court, a children's play area, outdoor gym, cafe and toilet block. The same building also houses Mill Hill Bowls Club with two pitches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/directories/Directories?view=true&_pecid=373ac375-9115-4d18-8a58-ce6098691e0a&directoryId=54e3852b84ae7c2872584a62&directoryRecordId=54e3852c84ae7c2872584aaf |title=Mill Hill Park (Directories) |publisher=Barnet Council |work=barnet.gov.uk |access-date=26 November 2017 }}</ref>

[[Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill|Arrandene Open Space]] is a green space that sits next to Mill Hill Park separated by Wise Lane.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/directories/Directories?view=true&_pecid=373ac375-9115-4d18-8a58-ce6098691e0a&directoryId=54e3852b84ae7c2872584a62&directoryRecordId=54e3852c84ae7c2872584b00 |title=Arrandene Open Space (Directories) |publisher=Barnet Council |work=barnet.gov.uk |access-date=26 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041217/https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/directories/Directories?view=true&_pecid=373ac375-9115-4d18-8a58-ce6098691e0a&directoryId=54e3852b84ae7c2872584a62&directoryRecordId=54e3852c84ae7c2872584b00 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Barnet}}
*English traveller [[Celia Fiennes]] (1662 – 1741)
*Botanist [[Peter Collinson (botanist)|Peter Collinson]] (1694 – 1768)
*Parliamentarian [[John Wilkes]] (1725 - 1797)
*Abolitionist [[William Wilberforce]] (1759 - 1833)
*Sir [[Stamford Raffles]] (1781 - 1826), founder of Singapore
*Bandleader [[Edmundo Ros]] (1910 - 2011) lived on Page Street at Edritt House, named after himself and his wife
*Actor [[John Slater (actor)|John Slater]] (1916 - 1975)
*Actor [[Ian Carmichael]] lived on Nan Clark's Lane (1920 - 2010)
*Actor [[Patrick Troughton]] (1920 - 1987) best known as the second Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', was born in Mill Hill and lived in Shakespeare Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/30040/doctor-who-the-film-careers-of-patrick-troughton-tom-baker |title=Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton & Tom Baker |publisher=Den of Geek |date=9 April 2014 |first=Alex |last=Westthorp |access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> 
*Actor [[Graham Crowden]] (1922 - 2010) lived on Hammers Lane
*Actor [[Angela Lansbury]] (1925 - 2022) lived with her parents at 7 Weymouth Avenue for the first half of the 1930s
*Actor [[Patrick McGoohan]] (1928 - 2009) lived on The Ridgeway with his wife and three daughters
*Racing driver [[Graham Hill]] (1929 - 1975) lived at Mill Hill for much of his adult life, along with his son [[Damon Hill]] (b. 1960). Their house in Parkside has a blue plaque
*Playwright and novelist [[Michael Frayn]] (b. 1933) was born in Mill Hill
*Songwriter [[Mitch Murray]] (b. 1940) lived in Sunnyfield 
*Athlete [[Julian Goater]] (b. 1953) grew up in Grants Close
*Pop singer [[Paul Young]] (b. 1956) lived at Hyver Hall
*Pop singer [[Rachel Stevens]] (b. 1978) from [[S Club 7]] lives in Mill Hill
*Pop group [[Girls Aloud]] resided at nearby [[Princess Park Manor]].<ref name="lon">{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|author2=Ben Weinreb |author3=John Keay |author4=Julia Keay |title=The London Encyclopaedia|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=2008|edition=3rd|pages=550|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref>

==Sport==
Old Cholmeleians Sports Ground is on Hendon Wood Lane, and provides facilities for football and cricket. It is the home base for Old Cholmeleians Cricket Club.<ref>[https://oldcholmeleians.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/159309 Old Cholmeleians Cricket Club]. Retrieved 16 June 2019</ref>

The local rugby club is Mill Hill Rugby Football Club established in 1937 with 2 men's teams. The 1st XV currently compete in Herts Middlesex 2 and the 2nd XV are in the Herts and Middlesex Merit leagues.

Mill Hill darts team, the current{{when|date=June 2019}} Middlesex Superleague champions, are based at Mill Hill Services Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.millhillrfc.co.uk/|title=Rugby Team in London - Greater London - Mill Hill RFC|website=Rugby Team in London - Greater London - Mill Hill RFC}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Mill Hill, London}}
*[http://www.mhps.org.uk Mill Hill Preservation Society]
*[http://www.millhillresidents.org.uk/ Mill Hill Residents Association]
*[http://www.facebook.com/groups/Insidemillhill/ Mill Hill Facebook Group]

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