Barnet
Coordinates: 51.6444° N 0.1997° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
OS grid reference	TQ245955
London borough	Barnet
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNET
Postcode district	EN5
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Chipping Barnet
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a town in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development located 10 miles (17 km) north north-west of Charing Cross. Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The EN postcode area is a group of 11 postal districts in north Greater London which are subdivisions of seven post towns. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... 020 is the dial code for Greater London in the United Kingdom. ... The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is the Home Office police force responsible for Greater London, with the exception of the square mile of the City of London. ... A Fire Appliance belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational... The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London, England. ... Crest of NHS ambulance services in England Crest of the Scottish Ambulance Service In the UK, the majority of ambulance services are provided under the National Health Service through local ambulance trusts. Each trust is specific to a county or area, and so the country is divided across a number... The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ... The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdoms House of Commons. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... Barnet and Camden is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places within counties List of places in Bedfordshire List of places in Berkshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of places in Cambridgeshire List of places in Cheshire List of places in Cleveland List of places... This is a partial list of places in London, England. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

Geography

The tower of Barnet parish church - St John the Baptist - at the top of Barnet Hill claims to be the highest point between itself and the Ural Mountains to the east. However, the same can be said of numerous other points.^{[citation needed]} Before the building of the Barnet bypass, Barnet Hill was a major hill on the Great North Road. High Barnet tube station is located at the northern end of the Northern Line. For the hip-hop producer with the same name, see John the Baptist (producer). ... Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... Also known as the Great North Road. ... High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station in High Barnet in north London. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...

History

The town was the site of the Battle of Barnet in 1471, where Yorkist troops led by King Edward IV killed the rebellious "Kingmaker" Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. The Battle of Barnet, which took place on April 14, 1471, was a decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, near the town of Barnet, 10 miles north of London. ... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... The House of York was a dynasty of English kings. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470–1471. ... Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428—April 14, 1471), was also known as Warwick the Kingmaker. ... John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (~1431 - April 14, 1471) was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England. ...

It is the site of an ancient and well-known horse fair, hence the Cockney rhyming slang of "Barnet" for "hair". The fair goes back to 1588 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the Manor of Barnet the right to hold a twice yearly fair.^[1] A horse Fair is a kind of fair where people buy and sell horses. ... Cockney rhyming slang (sometimes intitialized as CRS) is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ...

Chipping Barnet was a civil parish of Hertfordshire and formed part of the Barnet Urban District from 1894. It was abolished in 1965 and its former area was transferred to Greater London.^[2] In 1801 the parish had a population of 1,258 and covered an area of 1,440 acres. By 1901 the parish was reduced to 380 acres and had a population of 2,893. In 1951 the population was 7,062.^[3] A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ...

In Saxon Times the site was part of an extensive wood called Southaw, belonging to the Abbey of St Albans. The name of the town appears in early deeds as Bergnet, the Saxon word Bergnet signifies a little hill, monticulus. Its elevated position is also indicated in its alternate name of High Barnet, which it bears in many old books and maps, and which the railway company restored. It is the belief of the older natives the "Barnet stands on the highest ground betwixt London and York."

Church

Chipping Barnet Parish church of St John the Baptist (1560)

"The town consists of a straggling street over a mile long, chiefly of small commonplace houses, with two or three shorter streets diverging from it. From its situation on the main road, as the centre of an agricultural district, the seat of a county court and petty sessions, and having a barracks close at hand., Barnet is a busy-looking place, and has some good shops; one or two excellent inns, Red Lion and Old Salisbury Arms, and an undue proportion of public-houses; but on the whole it is a shabby and not a very picturesque appearance"

In coaching days, 150 stage coaches passed through Barnet daily. Since the opening of the railway, the town has increased considerably, especially on the west about the Common; or as it is now called, Arkley.

Barnet Church, St John the Baptist, which stands in what was the centre of the town, was erected by John de la Moote, abbot of St Albans, about 1400, the architect being Beauchamp. It consists of a nave and aisles separated by clustered colons which support four pointed arches; a chancel with an east window of good Perpendicular tracery; a vestry, built in the reign of James I by Thomas Ravenscroft; and at the west end, a low, square embattled tower. The living of Barnet is a curacy, held with the rectory of East Barnet till the death of the late incumbent in 1866, when the livings were separated. The town also includes parts of the parishes of Monken Hadley and South Mimms. Tomb of Thomas Ravenscroft, in Barnet Church, North London Thomas Ravenscroft (c. ...

Education

Primary

• Barnet Hill School
• Christ Church CE School
• Foulds School
• Underhill School
• Whitings Hill School
• St. Catherines School
• Cromer Road School

Secondary

• Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys
• Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls
• The Ravenscroft School

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Further

Barnet College has one of its main sites in High Barnet and is spread out through the London Borough of Barnet. The grades needed to enter this college are a minumum of 3 GCSE U grades and 2 GCSE G grades. Also a level 3 in KS2 Maths will guarantee an entry into this college. Barnet College is a Further education college in North London, England in the United Kingdom. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. ...

Sport and recreation

Barnet FC are the local football team, flitting between league and non-league football. They play at the Underhill Stadium. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers is the a local athletics club. Chipping Barnet has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Barnet Football Club are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference. ... Underhill is the home of Barnet F.C. It is situated in Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet and has a capacity of 5,000. ... There are 471 King George V Playing Fields[3] in the United Kingdom, all part of an enormous memorial to King George V, each of which is an individual registered charity[4]. This is the page for Greater London Main article: King Georges Fields See also: List of King... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...

High Barnet is home to one Odeon cinema, the Barnet museum, the traditional annual Barnet Fair, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park. High Barnet is a popular location for Restaurants and Public houses. A small nightclub operated for a few years in the 1980s in the premises now occupied by The Misty Moon. The Public houses in High Barnet include: The Misty Moon, The Dandelion, The Kings Head, The Monken Holt, Ye Olde Mitre Inn, and The Red Lion. On the edge of Barnet in Hampstead one can find the famous old pub The Spaniards Inn The Odeon was a building used for musical performance in Athens built in the 5th century BC. Hence, any building in ancient Greece or the ancient Roman Empire was called an odeon. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... The Spaniards Inn lies on Hampstead Lane on the way from Hampstead to Highgate and on the edge of Hampstead Heath. ...

Barnet High Street, viewed from the tower of St John the Baptist Church

Download high resolution version (559x800, 97 KB)Barnet High Street, from the tower of St John The Baptist Church. ... Download high resolution version (559x800, 97 KB)Barnet High Street, from the tower of St John The Baptist Church. ...

Famous residents

• Reginald Maudling local MP 1950 - 1979
• Cyril Bibby, who in 1958-59 was the prospective Labour Party candidate opposing Reginald Maudling
• Sir Sydney Chapman local MP 1979 - 2005
• Stephen Douglas, Journalist, ITV
• Samuel Pepys
• David Livingstone
• Spike Milligan
• Humphrey Lyttelton, who lived in nearby Arkley
• Norman Wisdom, who lived in nearby Arkley
• Emma Bunton
• David Crawley
• Stephanie Beacham
• Payam Ghoddousi

Payam Ghoddousi starred in ballets all over the world and won a scholarship to the London College of Dance. He recently applied for a place in Barnet College but was turned down as his grades did not meet the grade boundaries set. Rt. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Cyril Bibby (b. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... Rt. ... Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman (born October 17, 1935) is an English politician and architect. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861), American politician from Illinois, was one of the Democratic Party nominees for President in 1860 (the other being John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky). ... Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. ... David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 4 May 1873) was a Scottish Presbyterian pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. ... Terence Alan Milligan, KBE, (16 April 1918–27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was an Irish writer, artist, musician, humanitarian, comedian, and poet. ... Humphrey Lyttelton at the Landmark Arts Centre, 22 April 2006. ... Arkley may refer to multiple articles: Arkley is a small village in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Sir Norman Wisdom, OBE (born 4 February 1915) is an English comedian, singer and actor. ... Arkley may refer to multiple articles: Arkley is a small village in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress, best known for being originally a member of the successful 90s girl group Spice Girls, where she was known as Baby Spice for being the youngest member, having an innocent demeanour and often wearing... David Crawley (born June 20, 1977) is a Irish football player. ... Stephanie Beacham as Dr. Kristin Westphalen on NBCs seaQuest DSV (1993-1994) Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is an English actress. ...

See also

• East Barnet
• Friern Barnet
• New Barnet

East Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Friern Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... New Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ...

References

1. ^ www.barnet4u.co.uk - Barnet Fair
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Chipping Barnet parish (historic map)
3. ^ Vision of Britain - Chipping Barnet parish - population

External links

• Barnet Symphony Orchestra