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Barnet was a local government district in south 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....
 from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet
Barnet

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
.

et Local Government District was created on September 25, 1863 under the Local Government Act 1858, and was governed by a local board
Local board of health

Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their districts....
. The Local Government Act 1894
Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an act of parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London....
 reconstituted the area as an urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 and the local board was replaced by an elected Barnet Urban District Council. The urban district was extended in 1905, 1914 and 1935.

district originally consisted of parts of the parishes of Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, and 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....
 and South Mimms
South Mimms

South Mimms is a village and civil parish forming part of the Hertsmere district of Hertfordshire in the East of England.It is a small settlement located near to the junction of the M25 motorway with the A1 road and is perhaps more widely known because of the naming of the South Mimms services at that junction, and for mountain biking rout...
 in Middlesex.






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Barnet was a local government district in south 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....
 from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet
Barnet

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
.

Creation

Barnet Local Government District was created on September 25, 1863 under the Local Government Act 1858, and was governed by a local board
Local board of health

Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their districts....
. The Local Government Act 1894
Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an act of parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London....
 reconstituted the area as an urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 and the local board was replaced by an elected Barnet Urban District Council. The urban district was extended in 1905, 1914 and 1935.

Civil parishes

The district originally consisted of parts of the parishes of Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, and 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....
 and South Mimms
South Mimms

South Mimms is a village and civil parish forming part of the Hertsmere district of Hertfordshire in the East of England.It is a small settlement located near to the junction of the M25 motorway with the A1 road and is perhaps more widely known because of the naming of the South Mimms services at that junction, and for mountain biking rout...
 in Middlesex. The Local Government Act 1888
Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales....
 adjusted the county boundaries in 1889, so that the entire district was in Hertfordshire; forming part of a long, thin protrusion into Middlesex
Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
 surrounded by that county on two sides, to the north and south.

The Local Government Act 1894 divided the urban district into three 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....
es:
  • Chipping Barnet
  • Hadley (from the part of Monken Hadley parish in Barnet UD)
  • South Mimms Urban (from the part of South Mimms parish in the UD)


In 1905 and 1914 respectively the parishes of 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....
 and 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....
 were added, from Barnet Rural District
Elstree Rural District

Elstree was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as Barnet Rural District, as successor to the Barnet rural sanitary district....
. Rowley parish was added in 1935, created from areas previously in the parishes of Elstree
Elstree

Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5 road , north of London. It forms part of the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood ....
, Ridge
Ridge, Hertfordshire

Ridge is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, situated between Potters Bar and Shenley, Hertfordshire. It has a small church, St Margaret's and a small playground....
 and Shenley
Shenley, Hertfordshire

Shenley is a village in Hertfordshire, England, between Barnet and St Albans....
 in the Elstree Rural District
Elstree Rural District

Elstree was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as Barnet Rural District, as successor to the Barnet rural sanitary district....
.

Abolition

In 1965 the urban district was abolished by the London Government Act 1963
London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital....
 and its former area transferred to 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....
 from Hertfordshire. Its former area was combined with that of other districts to form the present-day 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...
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