Timelapsing The Charm of Pinner Village

​Music: Fretless by Kevin Macleod and Jingle Bells by Billy Gorilly.
Timelapses captured using a Panasonic LX100.

Scene List / Filming Locations:

Sunrise from Pinner Park Farm (George V Avenue)
Bridge Street / Chapel Lane
The High Street from Bridge St Gardens
St. John the Baptist Church, Church Lane (AKA The Parish Church, 14th century approx. 1321)
Pinner Baptist Church, Paines Lane (approx 1860).
Pump House, East End Farm, Moss Lane (1900s)
Pinner House, Church Lane (bricks dated 1721 but deeds are 1838 - on the site of an earlier hall dated 1578)
Granite Fountain Memorial, Tooke's Green, Church Lane / Nower Hill (1886)
The High Street (16th century onwards)
Love Lane / Bridge Street Roundabout
The High Street (16th century onwards)
Love Lane, with the Roman Catholic Church of St Luke in the background
Pinner Memorial Park
East End Farm Cottage (14th / 15th Century - Pinner's oldest surviving private dwelling)
St. John the Baptist Church, Church Lane (AKA The Parish Church, 14th Century approx. 1321)
Tudor Cottage (1592)
Moss Lane
Paines Lane Cemetery (1857)
Overlooking Tooke's Green, Moss Lane
Paines Lane Cemetery (1857)
Railway Bridge from Marsh Road
The High Street (16th century onwards)
Paines Lane Cemetery (1857)
The Grange Cottage, Grange Gardens
Bridge Street

Pinner Pantomime Evening Scenes:
The High Street
Bridge Street / Love Lane Roundabout
The High Street
Overlooking the War Memorial (1921), High Street

Below description adapted from: http://www.pjbartlett.co.uk/Pinner.htm

Pinner is a quiet, garden suburb in North West London with a picturesque "Olde Worlde" High Street. Centuries old, Pinner was one of the ten hamlets of the medieval Harrow Manor, and is by far the most easily distinguishable of those "hamlets" today. The name Pinner is nowadays considered to be of Saxon origin. Among the oldest written records of Pinner is one telling us that the church was here during the 1230s.

It is also one of the very few villages in the country which still holds an annual fair, dating back to 1336. Records of Pinner go all the way back to the Domesday Book. An ancient coaching village, it still maintains its character today, in spite of being geographically absorbed into the metropolitan sprawl of modern suburbia.

Most of the High Street can be described as Elizabethan in style if not in fact. Its survival, relatively intact, is not by chance. Which brings us to Pinner's cultural dimension. The Pinner Association devotes itself, to a range of social activities, including the continued maintenance of the historic character of Pinner. It monitors the activities of the local authority, ensuring that Pinner is protected from mistakes of bureaucracy. It inhibits the erection of inappropriate fascia's to High Street frontages, maintains gardens and annually organises Christmas street lighting and publishes 'The Villager'.

In recent years, many celebrities from radio, television, cinema, sport, and journalism have been seen in the village, often supporting local charitable events. Some popular names include Bob Hollness, Barry Cryer, Clare Rayner and Elton John. Before retiring from show business Ronnie Barker could often be seen in the High Street as has been David Suchet.

A major event in the history of Pinner was the granting of a charter in 1336 by King Henry III to John, Archbishop of Canterbury, for a market to be held every week on Wednesday and for two fairs every year. The tradition of one annual Pinner Fair still survives today, as well as annual celebrations of St George's Day and the Pantomime Evening held in late November. 

Further information on Pinner, its heritage and history can be found at: www.pjbartlett.co.uk/Pinner.htm