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Sitting back from East End Road, next to Nazareth House. I believe this was originally Knighton Villa. The Poor Sisters of Nazareth purchased the villa and moved here from Chiswick in 1921 to found their convent and care home. Please see [[121986]] for further details. It is currently a home for blind and disabled Jewish people.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The Poor Sisters of Nazareth purchased Knightons villa and moved here from Chiswick in 1921. They provided care for children and the elderly. The last children left in 1974. Currently residential care is provided for the elderly and mass is held daily in the Chapel. The current care complex and chapel were completed in 1982. (Info from British History online and The Archer - East Finchley community newspaper)
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>DLF97 drifts through an area of manicured greenery between Church Lane and Trinity Avenue. In the foreground, a female Blackbird gathers food for her young, undeterred by my presence. She has a nest in the hedge below the Horse Chestnut tree on the left. The floral display on the left is outside Fairacres care home. The white building with scaffolding, visible through the shrubs and trees on the right, is the vicarage of Holy Trinity Church.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>VP491 overtakes a cyclist along East End Road as it passes the stops for Trinity Avenue. The 143 route is normally single deck operation but a double decker has been sent out to handle the extra load generated by children from the Bishop Douglass and Christ College schools - you can see several of them sitting against the upstairs front window. There is a 643 double deck route that normally operates at this time specifically for the school run and I wonder if the driver has accidentally set the wrong number in the display?
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Cars passing the junction with Hampstead Heights. The flats are part of the Park Farm Close estate. The name recalls Park Farm which was on this site. It was the winter quarters for "Lord" George Sanger's circus. Sanger was murdered here in 1911.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Two posts stand either side of the current entrance to the church. They may be the last remnants of the fence that originally encircled the churchyard. The holes at the top of the post suggest that something was joined there but it seems an unlikely place to secure a gate hinge. Intriguingly, this gatepost has a Star of David carved on it.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Designed by Anthony Salvin, who also designed Christ's College on Hendon Lane, Holy Trinity was consecrated in 1846. Originally the church consisted of a nave and chancel. North and south aisles were added in 1866 and 1883 respectively. This is a view of the current main entrance to the church seen from Church Lane. A footpath runs through the graveyard from this entrance to Trinity Avenue behind the church. The Holly hedges, which possibly replaced the original fence following complaints of flower theft from the graves (in 1912), have been invaded by Elder. The church is surrounded by trees, mainly Yew and Pine, making it a difficult location for wedding photographers.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Semi-detached housing on the west end of this crescent on a blustery autumn day.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>A lone pine stands over the footpath at a grotesque angle. The blanket of snow makes the path almost invisible.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Late evening Northern Line train, bringing people home from the City of London and the West End, heads towards Finchley Central. Photo taken from Church Lane.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Bathed in early morning spring sunshine, the church is framed by Ivy covered gravestones. This is the south aisle, added in 1883.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The pulpit. It has taken a few knocks over the years and is missing some of its original details.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>A stained glass window in the south aisle. This aisle was added in 1883.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Post-war housing in a cul-de-sac off East End Road.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Headstones stand at various angles in the mist.
©Martin Addison

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