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Finchley Meeting House

1967 establishments in England20th-century Quaker meeting housesFinchleyQuaker meeting houses in LondonReligious buildings and structures completed in 1967
Quaker Meeting House, Alexandra Grove N12 (geograph 2081098)
Quaker Meeting House, Alexandra Grove N12 (geograph 2081098)

The Finchley Meeting House is a Friends meeting house (a Quaker place of worship) at 58 Alexandra Grove in Finchley, London N12.Quakers had first met in the area in a house in Ballards Lane from around 1882 to 1909, and a subset of the Hampstead meeting met monthly in Finchley from 1945 to 1950. A specific Finchley meeting began in 1952, it was based at 131 Nether Street in 1955; the Nether Street house having been let to the meeting by a member who had bought the house for them. Due to the ageing of the Nether Street house, new premises were sought, and a new Meeting House was built nearby on Alexandra Grove, opening in October 1967. It was designed by H. V. Sprince. The London: North edition of the Pevsner Architectural Guides describes the building as "Stock brick, with corner windows, and flat roofs stepping up from the hall to the wardens flat at the back".The Meeting House was the base of the Finchley and District Peace Campaign until their closure in 2006.The meeting for worship is held on Sundays at 10:30 am.

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Finchley Meeting House
Alexandra Grove, London North Finchley (London Borough of Barnet)

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Alexandra Grove
N12 8HQ London, North Finchley (London Borough of Barnet)
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Quaker Meeting House, Alexandra Grove N12 (geograph 2081098)
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Finchley War Memorial
Finchley War Memorial

Finchley War Memorial (IWM Ref:10972) is located in Ballards Lane, North Finchley, outside the United Services Club. It was unveiled by Viscount Lascelles on the 13th November 1925, an event that was attended by thousands of people. The memorial is dedicated to 1,000 servicemen and women from Finchley who died in World War I. After the ceremony, dignitaries addressed a tightly packed gathering in the St Kilda Hall. Finchley sent over five thousand men to the Colours. Finchley United Services Club The large granite cross at Finchley War Memorial is inside a maintained fenced enclosure, the gates have the words St Kildas on them named after the Scottish archipelago, St Kilda. The bronze sculptured panel contains a carved relief with the figures of three servicemen: a soldier in full trench kit, with a steel helmet, cape and fixed bayonet flanked by the busts of a sailor and an airman. There is an inscription on the top which reads above the soldier, which says “Victory won by Sacrifice” and below the soldier “At the Going down of the Sun and in the Morning we will Remember them.” There is a flagpole behind the stone cross. (OS Grid Ref: TQ 261 921) On either side of the memorial, there are two memorial plaques: the Finchley Metropolitan Tramway War Memorial (IWM Ref 64400) and the Hendon Garage War Memorial (IWM Ref 64399) that were relocated, after the buildings where they were hanging were demolished. In grateful Memory of Men of Finchley who By service on Land Sea And in the Air gave their Lives for their Country. 1914 - 1919 1939 – 1945 No names are inscribed on the main memorial. The memorial remembers those servicemen and women up to the present day who have lost their lives in conflict and also their loved ones, family and friends who they left behind. A service of remembrance occurs every year on Remembrance Sunday at the memorial with a two minute long silence and the Last Post sounds followed by a March Past. Ballards Lane is closed at this time so that relatives and members of the community can pay their respects. Recorded IWM Ref: 10972. Barnet Press 4 February 1922 Finchley Branch of the British Legion has acquired 'St Kilda' in Ballards Lane as a club. Martin Coyle. A separate and original memorial in the form of a bronze plaque is located at Finchley Memorial Hospital. It commemorates the local men who died during the World War I.