Rayners Lane runs from Marsh Road in Pinner to Eastcote Lane in South Harrow. This lane was used as early as the Middle Ages for transporting grain and connected the hamlets of Pinner and Roxeth.
It was originally called Bourne Lane because it crossed several streams, including Yeading Brook. It was also known as Lanketts Lane, Lankers Lane or Yeading Lane.
The system of farming in Pinner changed radically at the start of the 19th century. Enclosure meant that common land, previously used by all of the community, was enclosed and sold to local landowners. New farms were established such as Daniel Hill’s Farm which had many fields either side of the Lane. However, Daniel Hill actually lived at Church Farm near St John’s Church in the centre of Pinner.
During the 1820s or 1830s Daniel Hill built accommodation for his labourers, the family of Daniel Rayner – a cottage with animal and cart sheds.
The cottage the Rayners lived in was the only building in the whole of the lane before the isolation hospital was built near the southern end to towards the end of the century. The hospital is marked on old maps as Hospital for Infectious Diseases.
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