Friern Barnet, Middlesex

Historical Description

Friern Barnet, a parish in Middlesex, 1½ mile W of Southgate, and 3 miles SSE of Barnet. It contains the hamlet of Colney Hatch, and part of the village of Whetstone. Acreage, 1304; population (including the asylum) 9173. The parish is governed by a local board of health, formed in 1883, consisting of 9 members, and contains the Colney Hatch Asylum. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London; net yearly value, £200 with 8 acres of glebe. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's. The church was restored in 1853. Walker, the author of the "Pronouncing Dictionary," was a native, and Judge Popham a resident. See also COLNEY HATCH and OAKLEIGH PARK.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Friern Barnet from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Barnet, Fryern (St. James))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Middlesex is online.

Maps

Online maps of Friern 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)

Villages, Hamlets, &c