Dancers Hill

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Dancers Hill
Middlesex
Dancers' Hill Barnet.jpg
Dancers Hill on an old postcard
Location
Grid reference: TQ235993
Location: 51°40’47"N, 0°12’54"W
Data
Postcode: EN5
Local Government
Council: Hertsmere

Dancers Hill is a tiny, rural hamlet in the north of Middlesex, to the south of Potters Bar and close to the border of Hertfordshire, a mile to the west. The hamler is immediately south of the route of the M25 motorway.

The disputed manor of Mandeville was said to lie on the hill and to be part of the manor of South Mimms.[1]

Dancers Hill is now best known for the grade II listed Dancers Hill House (c. 1750-60)[2] and for Dancers Hill Road which runs between St Albans Road in the west and Ganwick Corner in the west by way of Bentley Heath. The road is joined by Baker Street on its north side and Kitts End Road on its south side. Dancers Lane runs north from Dancers Hill Road past Dancers Hill House before joining Wash Lane.

Dancers Hill Farmhouse, in Dancers Lane, is also Grade II listed[3] as are the Green Dragon public house (c.1830) in St Albans Road[4] and the nearby bridge over the Mimmshall Brook.[5]

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References

  1. A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume 5 pp 282-285: South Mimms: Manors (Victoria County History)
  2. National Heritage List 1103562: Dancers Hill House (Grade @ listing)
  3. National Heritage List 1103563: Dancers Hill Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
  4. National Heritage List 1103533: Green Dragon (Grade II listing)
  5. National Heritage List 1174684: Bridge over the Mimmshall Brook (Grade II listing)
  • "Dancers Hill and the Manor of Mandeville", Barnet and District Local History Society Bulletin, Vol. XVII (Nov. 1973)