New Barnet, Hertfordshire
Historical Description
Barnet, New, is a suburban town in the parishes of East and Chipping Barnet, Herts, and in the ecclesiastical parish of Lyonsdown, formed in 18G9. It has a station on the G.N.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office. Here are the works of the Barnet District Gas and Water Company. The church is an edifice of coloured brick in the Decorated style, erected in 1864. The living is a perpetual curacy; net yearly value, £218 with residence, in the gift of trustees. There is also a chapel of ease in the East Barnet Road, and Baptist, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist chapels, and a Congregational Brethren's liall.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of New Barnet are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hertfordshire newspapers online:
- Hertford Mercury and Reformer
- Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser
- Watford Observer
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634. Edited by Walter C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. is available on the Heraldry page.