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High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet

The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Harrow and London Borough of Brent to the west, London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Haringey to the south-east and London Borough of Enfield to the...
 in Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
.

tower of Barnet parish church - St John the Baptist
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
 - at the top of Barnet Hill, claims to be the highest point between itself and the Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. They are usually considered as the natural boundary between Europe and Asia....
 2,000 miles to the east. However, the same has been said of numerous other points.






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High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet

The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Harrow and London Borough of Brent to the west, London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Haringey to the south-east and London Borough of Enfield to the...
 in Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
.

Geography

The tower of Barnet parish church - St John the Baptist
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
 - at the top of Barnet Hill, claims to be the highest point between itself and the Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. They are usually considered as the natural boundary between Europe and Asia....
 2,000 miles to the east. However, the same has been said of numerous other points. Barnet Hill is a major hill on the historic Great North Road, although the modern Great North Road runs along Barnet Bypass.

High Barnet tube station
High Barnet tube station

High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station located in High Barnet in North London. The station is the terminus of the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line and is in Travelcard Zone 5....
 is the terminus of the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line
Northern Line

The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....
  and is the northernmost station on the line.

History

The town was the site of the Battle of Barnet
Battle of Barnet

The Battle of Barnet, which took place 14 April 1471, was a decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, near the town of Barnet, at the time ten miles north of London, now a suburb of North London....
 in 1471 (more accurately, Hadley), where Yorkist troops led by King Edward IV
Edward IV of England

Edward IV was Kingdom of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death....
 killed the rebellious "Kingmaker" Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, alias John Mortimer, called the Captain of Kent 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
Horse fairs

A horse fair is normally an annual fair where people buy and sell horses.In the United Kingdom there are many fairs which are traditionally attended by Roma people and tourism who converge at the fairs to buy and sell horses, meet with friends and relations and to celebrate their music, history and folklore....
, hence the rhyming slang of Barnet Fair or barnet for "hair". The fair dates 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.

Chipping Barnet (chipping meaning market) was historically a civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
 and formed part of the Barnet Urban District
Barnet Urban District

Barnet was a local government district in south Hertfordshire from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet....
 from 1894. The parish was abolished in 1965 and the Chipping Barnet section of its former area was transferred to Greater London and the newly-created London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet

The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Harrow and London Borough of Brent to the west, London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Haringey to the south-east and London Borough of Enfield to the...
. In 1801 the parish had a population of 1,258 and covered an area of 1,440 acres (6 km˛). By 1901 the parish was reduced to 380 acres (1.5 km˛) and had a population of 2,893. In 1951 the population was 7,062.

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' meant a little hill (monticulus). Barnet's elevated position is also indicated in one of its alternative names ('High Barnet'), which appears in many old books and maps, and which the railway company restored. According to local belief, though not verified, "Barnet stands on the highest ground betwixt London and York." The area was historically a common resting point on the traditional Great North Road between the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 and York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
 and Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
.

At the turn of the 21st century, a tongue-in-cheek movement calling for the name Barnet to be changed to "Barnét" began to gain the attention of the public and the national media, with many public road signs in the area regularly being altered to contain the accented character.. Despite some support from residents, Barnet Council has been treating any such alterations to public road signs as vandalism.

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, development has increased considerably, especially in the west of the area near Arkley
Arkley

Arkley is a village in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located north north-west of Charing Cross, and at above sea level is one of the List of highest points in London....
.

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 columns 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.

The Church's choir is the only boy/mens choir from St Paul's to St Albans Abbey

Health


Barnet is served by Barnet General Hospital
Barnet General Hospital

Barnet General Hospital is a hospital in Barnet, north London, run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust as part of the UK National Health Service....
 which is run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust
Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust

Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust is a NHS hospital trust of the National Health Service in England, responsible for Barnet General Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, both of which are in North London....
 as part of the UK National Health Service
National Health Service (England)

File:NHS-Logo.svgThe National Health Service is the name of the Publicly-funded health care in England . The NHS provides healthcare to anyone normally resident in the United Kingdom with most services free at the point of use for the patient though there are charges associated with eye tests, dental care, prescriptions, and many aspects...
. There is also a National Health Service clinic in Vale Drive (near Barnet Hill and High Barnet tube station
High Barnet tube station

High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station located in High Barnet in North London. The station is the terminus of the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line and is in Travelcard Zone 5....
).

Education

Barnet High Street

Primary

  • Barnet Hill School
  • Christ Church CE School
  • Cromer Road Primary School
  • Foulds School
  • Underhill School
    Underhill School

    Underhill School was built in 1938. School?s name is from its location in Underhill, London Borough of Barnet.External links*...
  • Whitings Hill School
  • St. Catherines School (RC)
  • St. Marthas Junior School (Independent RC)


Secondary

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

    Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls, or Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School is a state comprehensive girls' school for ages 11 through 18, in Barnet, London, England....
  • The Ravenscroft School
  • St. Marthas Senior School (Independent RC)
  • Susi Earnshaw Theatre School
    Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

    is a full time Performing Arts School in the North London Borough of Barnet. The School was founded in 1989 by former actress and journalist Susi Earnshaw LRAM, LLAM, LWCMD, IPA and her husband David Earnshaw who is the current school Principal....
     (Independent)


Further

Barnet College
Barnet College

Barnet College is a Further education college in North London, England in the United Kingdom. It has 4 main sites spread out across the London Borough of Barnet....
 has one of its main sites in High Barnet (Wood Street campus) as well as other campuses throughout the London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet

The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Harrow and London Borough of Brent to the west, London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Haringey to the south-east and London Borough of Enfield to the...
.

Shopping

Barnet High Street is a busy shopping area, and includes a small shopping centre (the Spires) behind which is a bus terminus. Shops of note include two branches of W H Smith
W H Smith

W H Smith plc is a United Kingdom retailer, headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is best known for its chain of high street, train station, airport, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, and entertainment products....
, a medium-sized Waitrose
Waitrose

Waitrose is the supermarket division of the British retailer the John Lewis Partnership. As of February 2009, there are 198 branches across the United Kingdom....
 supermarket, a number of coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
 outlets and most recently a Body Shop. Over the past few years however there have been concerns about the closure of a number of premises in the High Street without replacement. This is a common concern in London suburbs where town-centre shopping areas can struggle to compete against larger shopping malls such as the nearby Brent Cross Shopping Centre.

Sport and recreation


Barnet FC are the local football team, currently in Coca Cola league 2. They play at the Underhill Stadium
Underhill Stadium

Underhill is the home of Barnet F.C.. It is situated in Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet and has a capacity of 5,568. It is the smallest Football League stadium in London, and is famous for its slope from the North to South end....
. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers is a local athletics club. Chipping Barnet has a King George's Field
List of King George V Playing Fields (Greater London)

References...
 in memorial to King George V
George V of the United Kingdom

George V was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....
.

High Barnet is home to an Odeon
Odeon Cinemas

Odeon Cinemas is the largest chain of movie theater in Europe and is wholly based within the United Kingdom. It is owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners....
 cinema, the Barnet Museum
Barnet Museum

Barnet Museum was opened in March 1938 to house the collection of the Barnet and District Local History Society.Its building is an early Georgian house in the heart of High Barnet....
, the traditional annual Barnet Fair
Barnet Horse Fair

Barnet Horse Fair is an 1896 in film United Kingdom Short subject black-and-white silent film documentary film film produced by Robert W. Paul....
, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park.

High Barnet today is a popular location for restaurant
Restaurant

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery ....
s and public house
Public house

A public house, the formal name for a pub in Britain, is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic beverage for consumption on or off the premises in countries and regions of United Kingdom influence....
s. Among the cuisines and food choices on offer are Chinese, Thai, Indian, Italian, a French brasserie
Brasserie

In France, a brasserie is a caf? doubling as a restaurant with a relaxed setting, which serves single dishes and other meals. It can be expected to have professional service and printed menus , but more informal eating hours than a full-fledged restaurant....
, numerous fast food
Fast food

File:2008-0614-In-N-Out-burgsfries.jpgFast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with low quality preparation and served to the customer in a packaged form for Tak...
 outlets and a pancake
Pancake

A pancake is a thin, flat cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan. Pancakes exist in several variations in many different local cuisines....
 house.

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, Toby Carvery, The Kings Head, The Monken Holt, The Black Horse, Ye Olde Mitre Inn, After Office Hours, The Hadley Oak, and The Nelson.

Transport links


Buses


A Transport for London
Transport for London

Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London....
 "Spider Map" of the routes through High Barnet can be found at .

  • 34
    London Buses route 34

    London Buses route 34 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London....
      - Barnet Church to Walthamstow Central bus/tube/railway station
  • 84
    London Buses route 84

    Hertfordshire bus route 84 is a contracted bus service for Hertfordshire County Council, in London and Hertfordshire, England. It is currently contracted to Metroline....
      - New Barnet railway station to St Albans
  • 107
    London Buses route 107

    London Buses route 107 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     - New Barnet railway station to Edgware bus/tube station
  • 184 - Barnet (Chesterfield Road) to Turnpike Lane bus/tube station
  • 234
    London Buses route 234

    London Buses route 234 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     - Barnet (the Spires) to Highgate Wood (Sussex Gardens)
  • 263
    London Buses route 263

    London Buses route 263 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     - Barnet Hospital to Archway tube station
  • 307
    London Buses route 307

    London Buses route 307 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London....
     - Barnet (Arkley Hotel) to Brimsdown railway station
  • 326
    London Buses route 326

    London Buses route 326 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     - Barnet (the Spires) to Brent Cross Shopping Centre
  • 383
    London Buses route 383

    London Buses route 383 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     - Barnet (the Spires) to Woodside Park tube station - Monday to Saturday except late evenings
  • 384
    London Buses route 384

    London Buses route 384 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to Metroline and serves the areas of High Barnet, New Barnet and Cockfosters in north London....
     - Barnet (Quinta Drive) to Cockfosters tube station
  • 389 - Barnet (the Spires) to Barnet (Western Way) - circular service - Monday to Saturday shopping hours only
  • 399 - Barnet (the Spires) to Hadley Wood railway station - circular service - Monday to Saturday shopping hours only
  • 614 - Queensbury tube station to Hatfield Business Park - Monday to Saturday
  • N20 - Trafalgar Square to Barnet Church - night service
  • 606 - Ravenscroft School (Barnet) to Queensbury tube station - school service
  • 626 - Dame Alice Owens School (Potters Bar) to Finchley Central - school service
  • 634 - Muswell Hill Broadway to Barnet Hospital - school service


Tube stations

- Northern Line
Northern Line

The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....


(trains run every 3-9 minutes to Morden
Morden

Morden is a district in the London Borough of Merton. It is located approximately Boxing the compass of central London between Merton Park , Mitcham , London Borough of Sutton and Worcester Park ....
 via Bank, or to Kennington
Kennington

Kennington is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a mixed class residential area, and is the location of the The Oval, the well-known cricket stadium....
 via Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
, from three southbound platforms)

Nearby:
  • Totteridge and Whetstone
    Totteridge and Whetstone tube station

    Totteridge and Whetstone tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is the penultimate one on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Woodside Park tube station and High Barnet tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
     - Northern Line
    Northern Line

    The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....


Railway stations


There are no overground railway stations in High Barnet itself, but these stations are nearby/can be accessed from High Barnet by bus:

  • New Barnet
    New Barnet railway station

    New Barnet railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 16 km north of Moorgate station and is on the main East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley....
     - First Capital Connect
    First Capital Connect

    First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006. It is owned by First Group and combines the service on the cross-London Thameslink railway line between Brighton and Bedford with services along the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross railway...
     (84
    London Buses route 84

    Hertfordshire bus route 84 is a contracted bus service for Hertfordshire County Council, in London and Hertfordshire, England. It is currently contracted to Metroline....
    , 107
    London Buses route 107

    London Buses route 107 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
    , 184, 307
    London Buses route 307

    London Buses route 307 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London....
    , 326
    London Buses route 326

    London Buses route 326 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
    , 383
    London Buses route 383

    London Buses route 383 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
    , 384
    London Buses route 384

    London Buses route 384 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to Metroline and serves the areas of High Barnet, New Barnet and Cockfosters in north London....
     buses)
  • Oakleigh Park
    Oakleigh Park railway station

    Oakleigh Park railway station is in Oakleigh Park in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 15 km north of Moorgate station on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley....
     - First Capital Connect
    First Capital Connect

    First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006. It is owned by First Group and combines the service on the cross-London Thameslink railway line between Brighton and Bedford with services along the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross railway...
     (383
    London Buses route 383

    London Buses route 383 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline....
     bus)
  • Hadley Wood
    Hadley Wood railway station

    Hadley Wood railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6. It seves the suburb of Hadley Wood....
     - First Capital Connect
    First Capital Connect

    First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006. It is owned by First Group and combines the service on the cross-London Thameslink railway line between Brighton and Bedford with services along the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross railway...
     (399 bus)


Notable residents


  • Reginald Maudling
    Reginald Maudling

    Reginald Maudling was a United Kingdom politician known for his intellectual brilliance, political pragmatism, and easygoing nature but slightly dogged by a reputation for laziness....
     local MP 1950 - 1979
  • Cyril Bibby
    Cyril Bibby

    Cyril Bibby was a biologist and educator. He was also one of the first sexologists....
    , who in 1958-59 was the prospective Labour Party
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
     candidate opposing Reginald Maudling
    Reginald Maudling

    Reginald Maudling was a United Kingdom politician known for his intellectual brilliance, political pragmatism, and easygoing nature but slightly dogged by a reputation for laziness....
  • Robert Carr
    Robert Carr

    Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British Conservative Party politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural science, graduating in 1938....
     (Baron Carr of Hadley), Conservative politician
  • Sir Sydney Chapman
    Sydney Chapman (politician)

    Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman is an England politician and architect. He was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet until he stepped down at the UK general election, 2005....
     local MP 1979 - 2005
  • Peter Banks
    Peter Banks

    Peter Banks is the stage name of Peter William Brockbanks , an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes ....
    , 1st guitarist for the band Yes
    Yes (band)

    Yes are an England progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968 in music. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess....
  • Stephen Douglas
    Stephen Douglas (journalist)

    Stephen Douglas is a British journalist, currently working for Border Television.Douglas often does reports for the flagship programme Lookaround....
     journalist, ITV
  • Richard Baker
    Richard Baker (broadcaster)

    Richard Baker OBE is a British broadcaster, born in Willesden, North London, on 15 June 1925 and best known as a newsreader for the BBC News from 1954 to 1982....
    , Broadcaster
  • Samuel Pepys
    Samuel Pepys

    Samuel Pepys, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English people Navy Board and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under James II of England....
  • Harold Hopkins
    Harold Hopkins

    Harold Horace Hopkins FRS was a renowned British physicist. His Wave Theory of Aberrations, , is central to all modern optical design and provides the mathematical analysis which enables the use of computers to create the wealth of high quality lenses available today....
  • David Livingstone
    David Livingstone

    Doctor David Livingstone was a Scotland Congregational church pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and List of explorers in Central Africa Africa....
  • Spike Milligan
    Spike Milligan

    Terence Alan Patrick Se?n Milligan KBE , known as Spike Milligan, was an England-Ireland comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright....
  • John Strugnell
    John Strugnell

    John Strugnell, was born in Barnet, North London, England. At 23 he was the youngest member of the team of scholars led by Roland de Vaux, formed in 1954 to edit the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem....
      Dead Sea Scrolls editor-in-chief and Harvard Professor
  • Humphrey Lyttelton
    Humphrey Lyttelton

    Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton , also known as Humph, was an England jazz musician and Presenter, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue....
    , who lived in nearby Arkley
    Arkley

    Arkley is a village in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located north north-west of Charing Cross, and at above sea level is one of the List of highest points in London....
  • Norman Wisdom
    Norman Wisdom

    Sir Norman J Wisdom, Order of the British Empire is an England former comedian, singer and actor....
    , who lived in nearby Arkley
    Arkley

    Arkley is a village in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located north north-west of Charing Cross, and at above sea level is one of the List of highest points in London....
  • Emma Bunton
    Emma Bunton

    Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop music singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as "Baby Spice" as she was the youngest member and often wore revealing "babydoll" dresses....
  • David Crawley
    David Crawley

    David Crawley is an Ireland football player currently playing for Shelbourne F.C. in the FAI League of Ireland FAI First Division. Crawley is primarily a Defender and is renowned for his excellent crossing ability....
  • Stephanie Beacham
    Stephanie Beacham

    Stephanie Beacham is an England actor....
  • William Cattley a popular orchid species cattleya was named after him due to his successful cultivation of lavender colored Cattleya Labiata
  • Vincent Tewson
    Vincent Tewson

    Vincent Tewson was a United Kingdom trade unionst and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1946 to 1960. He was born at Bradford in Yorkshire and died in Letchworth....
  • Lee Thompson from Madness
    Madness (band)

    Madness are an English Pop music/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. As of 2008, the band have continued to perform with their most recognised lineup of seven members, although their lineup has varied slightly over the years....
  • Elaine Paige
    Elaine Paige

    Elaine Paige Order of British Empire is an English people singer and actor best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school and made her first professional appearance on stage in 1964....
     was raised in Barnet
  • Kingsley Amis
    Kingsley Amis

    Sir Kingsley William Amis, Commander of Order of the British Empire was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism....
     lived in Barnet with his son Martin Amis
    Martin Amis

    Martin Louis Amis is an England novelist, essayist, professor, and short story writer, and the son of the novelist and poet Kingsley Amis. His works include such novels as Money , London Fields and The Information ....
  • Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard

    Trevor Howard, Order of the British Empire , born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, was an England film, Theatre and television actor....
     lived in Arkley, frequented The Gate pub
  • Nadine Coyle
    Nadine Coyle

    Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle is an Irish people singer for the pop group Girls Aloud. She was born to Lillian and Niall Coyle, with two sisters, Charmaine and Rachael....
     (Girls Aloud - singer) owns a property in Barnet.
  • Sean Barron-Smith volcano enthusiast, raised in Barnet.

Nearest places

  • Monken Hadley
    Monken Hadley

    Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles north north-west of Charing Cross....
  • Hadley Wood
    Hadley Wood

    Hadley Wood is a suburb of North London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield, about from Charing Cross and is situated close to Barnet....
  • Arkley
    Arkley

    Arkley is a village in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located north north-west of Charing Cross, and at above sea level is one of the List of highest points in London....
  • East Barnet
    East Barnet

    East Barnet is an area within the London Borough of Barnet bordered by New Barnet, Cockfosters and Southgate. Forming part of the northern outskirts of Greater London, it is situated within a London borough but has a Hertfordshire address and an Enfield postcode....
  • Friern Barnet
    Friern Barnet

    Friern Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated north of Charing Cross. The centre of Friern Barnet is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane , Woodhouse Road and Friern Barnet Road ....
  • New Barnet
    New Barnet

    New Barnet is an area within the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential Greater London suburb, close to the M25 motorway, A1 road and M1 motorway....
  • Totteridge
    Totteridge

    Totteridge is an area of the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land situated 8.20 miles north north-west of Charing Cross....
  • Whetstone
    Whetstone, London

    Whetstone is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, bearing the postcode London N20. It is to the east of Totteridge, and these areas are often lumped together as Totteridge & Whetstone....


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