Barnsbury

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ305845
Administration
London borough:	Islington
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex (1889)
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Media
ITV franchise:	ITV London
BBC region:	BBC London
BBC Local Radio:	BBC London 94.9
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:	N1
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Islington South and Finsbury
London Assembly:	North East London
European Parliament:	London

Barnsbury is a place in the London Borough of Islington. The name is a corruption of Bernersbury, being so called after the Berners family, who gained ownership of the lands after the Norman Conquest and were powerful medieval manorial lords, owning a large part of Islington.The area of Barnsbury was predominantly rural until the late 18th century. By the end of the 18th century however Barnsbury, like other parts of Islington, was being regarded as attractive part-rural suburbs by the comparatively wealthy wanting to move out of the cramped City of London and industrial Clerkenwell. The area is close to the City, and had strong local trade in its position as the first staging post for travellers making the journey from London to the north, and with considerable agricultural traffic and cattle driving to the nearby Smithfield cattle market in the City. 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Nearest places:

• Canonbury
• Highbury
• Finsbury
• Holloway

Canonbury is a place in the London Borough of Islington in the north of London. ... Highbury Clock is located just north of Highbury Fields, near the junction of Highbury Barn and Highbury Hill. ... Finsbury is a place in the south of the London Borough of Islington. ... Holloway is an area in North London in the London Borough of Islington and follows the line of the A1 road. ...

Famous residents:

• Tony Blair, Prime Minister,lived in Richmond Crescent.
• Benjamin Britten, composer, lived at 99,Offord Road.
• Kenneth Cranham, actor, lives in Thornhill Road.
• Chris Farlow, singer lived in Offord Road.
• Sir Ian Holm, actor, lived in Belitha Villas.
• Sir Peter Pears, singer, lived in Offord Road.
• Thomas H Shepherd, artist and printmaker, lived in Batchelor Street.
• Walter Sickert, artist, lived in Barnsbury Park.

Nearest stations: The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. ... Kenneth Cranham (born on December 12, 1944 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is an Scottish actor who has appeared in Gangster No. ... Sir Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931), born as Ian Holm Cuthbert, is an English actor. ... Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (May 31, 1860 in Munich (Germany) – January 22, 1942) was an English impressionist painter. ...

• Caledonian Road tube station
• Caledonian Road & Barnsbury railway station