Barnet, London Borough Genealogy

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.

Because of the typical bureaucratic hacking of ancient boundaries all in the name of modernization, genealogists will need to be aware that older records could be found under the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, as well as encroaching into the former environs of the previous Greater London.

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
Christ Church, Barnet Church address: St Albans Rd Barnet EN5 4LA Phone: +44 20 8449 0832

Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown Church address: 18 Lyonsdown Rd New Barnet, Barnet EN5 1JE Phone: +44 20 8216 3786

St Margaret of Antioch Church address: 1 Station Rd Edgware HA8 7JE Phone: +44 20 8952 4066

St Peter's Church address: 113 Barnet Rd Watford EN5 3FJ Phone: +44 20 8449 0980

St John the Baptist Church address: Church House 2 Wood St Barnet EN5 4BW Phone: +44 20 8447 0350

St Mary the Virgin Church address: Church Hill Rd Barnet EN4 8XD

St Mark's Church address: 56 Pearson Cl Barnet EN5 5HY Phone: +44 20 8440 7490

St Paul's Church address: Woodland Rd Arnos Grove N11 1PN Phone: +44 20 8361 1946

All Saints Church address: 122 Oakleigh Rd N London N20 9EZ Phone: +44 20 8445 8388

St Mary the Virgin Church address: Hadley Green Rd Barnet EN5 5PZ Phone: +44 20 8449 9441

St Stephen's Church address: 150 Bells Hill Barnet EN5 2SL, UK

Oakleigh Church address: 168-170 Oakleigh Rd N London N20 0UG Phone: +44 20 8368 4021

St James the Great Church address: Friary Rd London N20 0NP

St Mary-at-Finchley Church address: 26 Hendon Ln London N3 1TR Phone: +44 20 8248 3818

St Luke

Christ Church Church address: The Green Arnos Grove N14 7EG Phone: +44 20 8886 0384

Non Conformists
Other Christian and non Christian religious groups follow:


 * Baptists
 * Evangelical
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Christian Spiritualist
 * Evangelical
 * Greek Orthodox
 * Iglesia na Christi (Phillipine)
 * Lutheran
 * Methodist
 * Roman Catholic

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.

Barnet has its own BMD records office, as follows:

Barnet Register Office Town Hall The Burroughs London NW4 4BG Phone: +44 20 8359 6400

Another useful site follows:


 * UKBMD: Barnet registration district

Local Histories

 * Barnet History and traditions


 * Britannica.com: Barnet history


 * Barnet Then and Now by Yasmine Webb


 * Barnet and Hadley Through Time by Robert Bard

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Openstreetmap.org: Barnet Borough


 * Google Maps: Barnet


 * Francis Frith: Old maps of Barnet


 * VisionofBritain: Barnet gazetteer


 * GENUKI: Chipping Barnet Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * The Times, Barnet

All the major London dailies cover Barnet.


 * The London Evening Standard; Barnet edition


 * The Guardian


 * The Times


 * The Express


 * The Daily Mail

Occupations
Barnet is essentially welded to the City of London, and, as such, offers opportunities in the major fields of banking, finance, insurance,stockbroking, education, and governance. It is, however, a community of haves and have-nots, with many menial positions catering to the larger offices. There are also many positions available in the hotel and food industries.

Societies

 * London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society


 * West Middlesex Family History Society


 * The National Archives: Barnet History

Archives

 * Barnet Archives


 * Barnet Photos Archives


 * The National Archives: Barnet Borough

Websites

 * Wikipedia: London Borough of Barnet


 * Barnet Council


 * Links to old Middlesex


 * Hertfordshire County Council