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England London  Borough of Barnett

Guide to London Borough of Barnett history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
The London Borough of Barnet is a suburban London borough in North London, England, with some districts within North West London forming part of Outer London. It is the second largest London borough by population with 379,700 inhabitants and covers an area of 86.74 square kilometres (33 sq mi), the fourth highest. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the east. The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. The local authority is Barnet London Borough Council, based in Hendon.

The district originally consisted of parts of the parishes of Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, and Monken Hadley and South Mimms in Middlesex. The Local Government Act 1888 adjusted the county boundaries in 1889, so that the entire district was in Hertfordshire; forming part of a long, thin protrusion into Middlesex surrounded by that county on two sides, to the north and south.

The place name Barnet is derived from the Old English bærnet meaning "Land cleared by burning".

The area covered by the modern borough has a long history. Evidence of 1st-century Roman pottery manufacturing has been found at Brockley Hill and Roman coins from the 3rd and 4th centuries were found at Burnt Oak. Both sites are on the Roman road Watling Street from London (Londinium) and St Albans (Verulamium) which now forms the western border of the borough.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Hendon cemetery and crematorium


 * Holders Hill Rd
 * London NW7 1NB
 * Phone: +44 20 8359 3370

New Southgate Cemetery and Crematorium


 * Brunswick Park Rd
 * New Southgate
 * London N11 1JJ
 * Phone: +44 20 8361 1713

Parishes
St George's Minster


 * 9 Church St
 * Doncaster DN1 1RD
 * Phone: +44 1302 323748

St Wilfrid's


 * 200 Cantley Ln
 * Doncaster DN4 6PA
 * Phone: +44 1302 535133

St Wilfrid's, Scrooby


 * 6AR, Church Ln
 * Scrooby, Doncaster DN10
 * Phone: +44 1909 591857

St WIlfrid's, Hickleton


 * Barnsley Rd
 * Doncaster DN5 7BA

St Oswald's


 * Kirk Sandall
 * Doncaster DN3 1DW

St Mary's


 * 23 St Mary's Gate
 * Tickhill, Doncaster DN11 9LY

St Mary's, Wheatley


 * St Mary's Rd
 * Doncaster DN1 2NT

Holy Trinity and St Oswald's


 * Rectory Ln
 * Finningley, Doncaster DN9 3DA
 * Phone: +44 1302 770240

St Lawrence


 * 3 Vicarage Cl
 * Hatfield, Doncaster DN7 6HN
 * Phone: +44 1302 350591

St Mary Magdalene


 * 19 Campsall Hall Rd
 * Campsall, Doncaster DN6 9LH
 * Phone: +44 1302 723224

St Aidans


 * 18 Central Blvd
 * Doncaster DN2 5PE
 * Phone: +44 1302 342047

For other parishes in local outlying areas, consider accessing the following 3 Yorkshire Parish websites:


 * Yorkshire parishes A-I
 * Yorkshire Parishes K-R
 * Yorkshire Parishes S-Y

Non Conformists
Other Christian and non Christian religious groups follow:


 * Baptists
 * Evangelical
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Christian Fellowship
 * Congregational Church
 * Evangelical
 * Jehovah's Witness
 * Lutheran
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Reach out Christian Fellowship
 * RCCJ Maranatha
 * Roman Catholic
 * Unitarian

Non Christian populations include:


 * Buddhists
 * Hindu
 * Jews
 * Muslims
 * Sikhs

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the UK government, from July 1837 to the present day.


 * Yorkshire BMD.org


 * Doncaster Council BM<D records


 * Findmypast.com: Doncaster

Local Histories

 * Visit Doncaster: History


 * locahistories.org: Doncaster


 * The Big Book of Doncaster History by Symeon M Waller


 * Doncaster then and Now by Geoffrey Howse


 * Doncaster through Time by Peter Tuffrey

Maps and Gazetteers

 * google maps: Doncaster


 * oldmapsonline: South Yorkshire


 * francisfrith.com: Doncaster old maps


 * genuki Doncaster Gazetteer


 * visionofbritain.org: Doncaster Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * The Doncaster Free Press


 * The Star: Doncaster section


 * The South Yorkshire Times

Occupations
Doncaster emerged as an industrial center in the late 18th century to the late 20th century. Its communication links, particularly its waterways, meant that Doncaster became extremely busy and experienced vast migration to its centrer. Underneath Doncaster lies a huge natural resource by way of deep seam coal. However most of this industrial base and its communication links have become largely redundant as manufacturing moved to Asia.

Doncaster City Council has established a series of initiatives to take advantage of the pool of trained citizens. This includes areas such as benefiting from a competitive manufacturing and engineering sector, a growing logistics sector and a highly rated retail and tourism area. It has also initiated the growth of horse racing as an attraction to the area.

The town is served by the UK’s newest international airport, is at the heart of the UK’s motorway network and the East Coast Mainline runs through the town’s high quality urban centre, with London only 88 minutes away. Doncaster is the largest borough in England by geographic area (220sq miles), which also sees it benefit from a significant natural environment.

This includes a major project which will help integrate road, rail, water (the Humber ports) and air to provide a major UK multi-modal logistics offer known as the ‘Port of Doncaster’ and act as a catalyst for business development, inward investment and job creation particularly in the logistics, engineering and associated aviation sectors.

Societies

 * Doncaster Family History Society


 * The Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies


 * Doncaster Library History

Archives

 * Doncaster Council Archives


 * The National Archives: Doncaster


 * familytreeresources.co: Doncaster Archives

Web Sites

 * wikipedia; Doncaster


 * Doncaster Council