   hendon is a london suburb situated in the london borough of barnet.  northwest of charing cross. hendon was ancient parish in the county of middlesex and has formed part of greater london since 1965.http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10130293 ==history==  {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:10px;" |+hendon (parish) population |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1881 | style="text-align:center;"| 10,484 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1891 | style="text-align:center;"| 15,843 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1901 | style="text-align:center;"| 22,450 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1911 | style="text-align:center;"| 38,806 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1921 | style="text-align:center;"| 56,013 |- |colspan="2" | â edgware parish absorbed |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1931 | style="text-align:center;"| 115,682 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1941 | style="text-align:center;"| war # |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1951 | style="text-align:center;"| 155,857 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1961 | style="text-align:center;"| 151,843 |- |style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2|# no census was held due to war |- | colspan="2" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"|source: uk census |} hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of middlesex. the manor is described in domesday (1087), but the name, 'hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier. there is even evidence of roman settlement discovered by the hendon and district archaeological society and others; an urn burial of a headless child was found in nearby sunny hill park. the midland railway and the great northern railways were built through hendon in the 1860s. there is evidence of problems of wild horses feeding between the tracks. the underground (northern line) arrived at golders green to the south in 1907, the line being extended to hendon central, colindale and edgware in 1923/24. much of the area developed into a suburb of london and now the area is mostly built-up with some countryside in the mill hill area, such as the copthall playing fields. hendon's industry was mostly centred o
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