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Friern Barnet
Friern Barnet is located in Greater London
Friern Barnet
Friern Barnet
Location within Greater London
Population17,250 Coppetts ward (2011 census)
OS grid referenceTQ276920
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtN10, N11, N12, N20
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly
List of places
UK
England
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51°36′45″N 0°09′30″W / 51.6126°N 0.1584°W / 51.6126; -0.1584

Friern Barnet /ˌfraɪərnˈbɑːrnɪt/ is a suburban area within the London Borough of Barnet, 7.4 miles (11.9 km) north of Charing Cross. Its centre is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane (running north and south), Woodhouse Road (taking westbound traffic towards North Finchley) and Friern Barnet Road (leading east towards New Southgate).

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History

Friern Barnet (parish) population
1881 6,424
1891 9,173
1901 11,566
1911 14,924
1921 17,375
1931 23,101
1941 war #
1951 29,163
1961 28,813
# no census was held due to war
source: UK census

Friern Barnet was an ancient parish in the Finsbury division of Ossulstone hundred, in the county of Middlesex.

Friern Barnet within Middlesex in 1961

The area was originally considered to be part of Barnet, most of which was in Hertfordshire. By the 13th century the Middlesex section of Barnet was known as Little Barnet, before becoming Frerenbarnet and then Friern Barnet (sometimes spelt in other ways, such as "Fryern Barnett"). The "Friern" part of the parish's name derives from the French for "brother" and refers to the medieval lordship of the Brotherhood or Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.[1][2]

Friern Barnet was mainly rural until the 19th century. The opening of Colney Hatch paupers' lunatic asylum in 1851, and of railway stations on the Great Northern and Metropolitan Railways, also in the mid-19th century, prompted its development as an outer London suburb.[1] This process was accelerated by the arrival of electric trams in the 1900s.[3]

Local affairs were administered by the parish vestry until 1875, when it was grouped with neighbouring parishes as part of Barnet Rural Sanitary District. In response to a petition by local ratepayers who wished the area to be removed from the Barnet RSD, the parish adopted the Local Government Act 1858 and formed a local board of health of nine members in 1883. Under the Local Government Act 1894 the local board's area became the Friern Barnet Urban District.[4][5] This occupied an area of 1,304 acres (5.28 km2) in 1911 and had a population of 14,924. In 1961 it occupied an area of 1,342 acres (5.43 km2) and the population was 28,813.[6] In 1965 it became part of the London Borough of Barnet.

Notable people

In order of birth:

Housing

The housing typically consists of late Victorian and early Edwardian properties, along with other large houses of later periods and many smaller semi-detached and terraced houses. Much of the property is owner-occupied, but in recent years many of the larger properties have been subdivided into flats and bedsitters. There are also some areas of modern housing, notably Princess Park Manor, a luxury redevelopment of the once-famous Victorian institution the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum (later Friern Hospital).

Friern Village

Adjacent to Princess Park Manor is a modern housing development called Friern Village. This was once the area farmed by the Colney Hatch Hospital residents. In 1998 the newly formed local residents' association held a ballot among the new residents to find a name for this new area. The name Friern Village was chosen and subsequently the residents' association changed its name to the Friern Village Residents' Association. A new public park in front of Princess Park Manor, in Friern Barnet Road, was named Friern Village Park.

Economy

Friern Barnet retail park

The Friern Barnet Retail Park near the North Circular Road houses several retailers including Currys PC World, B&Q and Furniture Village.[9]

Geography

Parks and open spaces

Friern Barnet is a leafy suburb of private gardens and trees and Friary Park. The area includes the North Middlesex Golf Club, whose main entrance is at the Whetstone end of Friern Barnet Lane, and Coppetts Wood nature reserve, a medium-sized green area of rare plants and wildlife including some types of small bat and Great Crested Newts.

Architecture

The Church of England parish church of St John The Evangelist in Friern Barnet Road is Grade II* listed.[10]

Friern Barnet Town Hall in Friern Barnet Lane was built in 1939–41 to a design by Sir John Brown and A. E. Henson. The design owes much to that of Watford Town Hall, whose architect (Charles Cowles-Voysey) had played a pivotal role in judging the design competition. English Heritage lists it as "a good example of pared-down modernism... [whose] subtle form and pronounced sense of civic pride mark it out as an exceptional civic building, on this scale, of its day."[11]

Education

Local schools and colleges include Coppetts Wood Primary School, Friern Barnet School, Dwight School London (being the former Friern Barnet Grammar School), The Compton School, Woodhouse College, St John's CE Primary School, Holly Park Primary School and the Wren Academy.

Transport

The North Circular Road bisects the southern part. The nearest London Underground stations are Arnos Grove and Finchley Central. The nearest National Rail station is New Southgate. The area is served by London Buses routes 34, 43, 134, 221, 232, 234, 382, 634, 683 and SL1.

Local newspapers

The local newspapers are as of 2011:

Newspaper Link
The Barnet and Potters Bar Times [12]
Barnet Today [13]
Potters Bar Today [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Friern Barnet: Introduction | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Finchley, Friern Barnet and Totteridge". barnet.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Transport". Friern Barnet and District Local History Society. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ Friern Barnet - Local Government in Victoria County History of Middlesex, Vol.6, (British History Online), accessed January 24, 2008
  5. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Friern Barnet UD (historic map). Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  6. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Friern Barnet UD population (area ). Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  7. ^ Friern Barnet: Charities for the poor. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6, Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey With Highgate. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1980. British History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. ^ Maysh, Jeff (2017). The Spy With No Name. Kindle Singles. Amazon.
  9. ^ "Friern Barnet Retail Park". Completely Retail.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist (1359056)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Former Friern Barnet Town Hall (1360822)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Barnet and Potters Bar Times". media.info. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Hot stuff as Barnet hosts Chilli Fiesta | Home | Barnet & Whetstone Press". Barnet-today.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Rare chance to sit at controls of a Spitfire to mark Battle of Britain anniversary | Home | Potters Bar Press". Pottersbar-today.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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