Finchley

noun

a residential district of N London, part of the Greater London borough of Barnet from 1965

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Examples from the Web for finchley

Contemporary Examples of finchley

Thatcher was elected from a heavily Jewish north London constituency, Finchley.
Thatcher, Jews, and Women
David Frum
January 12, 2012

Historical Examples of finchley

From Hatton Garden we removed to a house which was lent to us by a friend at Finchley.
Beaux and Belles of England
Mary Robinson
He was buried, with Joan his wife, in the church of Finchley.
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852
Various
His etching of The March to Finchley is considered exquisite.
Haunted London
Walter Thornbury
She went out and, with hurried steps, made for the Finchley Road.
A Bed of Roses
W. L. George
One had found him in the wilds of Finchley looking for Bridlington!
London's Underworld
Thomas Holmes