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The Highgate Bowl: past, present and future Presentation for Highgate U3A by Maggy Meade-King Trustee of Friends of the Highgate Bowl October 2018 The Bowl in context: Highgates history Hamlet first documented in 14 th century

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The Highgate Bowl: 
 past, present and future

Presentation for Highgate U3A by Maggy Meade-King Trustee of Friends of the Highgate Bowl October 2018

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The Bowl in context: Highgate’s history

  • Hamlet first documented in

14th century

  • Developed around the Bishop
  • f London’s tollgate on a new

road through his hunting grounds

  • This road has continued as an

administrative boundary to the present day

Map c 1600

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The drovers

Last remaining drovers’ pastures In London? Stop on the way To Smithfield Over 20 pubs in Highgate!

Illustration from The Drovers by Shirley Toulson

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17th and 18th century expansion


OS Map 1894-96

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Yards used for animal enclosures into Victorian era

  • Country houses for City gents
  • Shops to serve

them

  • Inns for

travellers

  • Fresh air and

fun for Londoners

Victorian photo by Sulman Courtesy of the HLSI

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Still rural behind village


The Bowl from Cholmeley Park 1870

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North Road 1924


photo courtesy of Michael Hammerson

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Changes in 20th century

  • Core of Bowl remained

as open space

  • Eastern section used by

Highgate Cemetery to grow flowers

  • Site of former garden

centre used as a nursery by 1950s

Photo: 1935-1939 by Jannering Courtesy of the HLSI

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Used as a nursery in the 1950s


photo courtesy of HLSI archives

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The nurseries in 1981


Photo by Brooks – courtesy of HLSI archives

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Became a garden centre in 1986


photo courtesy of Chris Southwood

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They sold swimming pools!

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Community fights to keep Bowl as open land

  • Several developments proposed over last 40

years

  • All fought tenaciously by Highgate Society and

turned down by Haringey Planning and Planning Inspectorate

  • Friends of Highgate Bowl formed by local
  • rganisations in 2014
  • Bowl designated as open space by Highgate

Neighbourhood Plan in 2017

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FotHB website

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The Bowl today: map from Neighbourhood Plan

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Meanwhile , the site became derelict


Photo: Maggy Meade-King, October 2013

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The future of the Bowl: 
 Omved Gardens

❖ Terraced gardens opened for Chelsea Fringe in May 2017; ❖ Renovated greenhouse used for concerts, exhibitions and Chef’s Manifesto events and demonstrations; ❖ Partnership with UN World Food Program on reducing waste, responsible sourcing of food and delivering access to food to vulnerable communities. Exploring the interplay between food and creativity through art, music, preparation and sharing of food; ❖ Further development of Gardens planned to include a vegetable garden, as well as exploring world hunger, healthy diets, seeds and bees, both practically and through workshops, making these worldwide topics local and specific. ❖ More at: https://www.omvedgardens.com

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Glasshouse events


photos taken from Omved Gardens website

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Whistler’s Cottage: past


Jack Foster, the Water Carrier’s Cottage 1845, W.West

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Whistler’s present


Photo courtesy of Karen Leason

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Whistler’s Future


Drawing courtesy of Karen Leason