London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet [ bɑ ː nɪt ] is a city district of London. It lies in the north of the city. With the establishment of the administrative region of Greater London in 1965, he emerged from the Municipal Borough of Finchley, the Municipal Borough of Hendon and the Friern Barnet Urban District in the County of Middlesex, and from the East Barnet Urban District and Barnet Urban District in the county of Hertfordshire.
The population continued in 2008, composed of 70.1 % White, 13.4 % Asian, 7.1% black and 2.4 % Chinese.
Barnet has been twinned with the Berlin district of Tempelhof- Schöneberg. After located in the Mill Hill neighborhood colleges St. Joseph the Missionary Society, founded by Herbert Cardinal Vaughan of St.. Named Joseph of Mill Hill. In Barnet is one of the most exclusive residential areas of the city, The Bishop's Avenue. In Colindale district, the Newspaper Library of the British Library, which is the largest magazine collection in Europe with over 50,000 constantly -related newspapers and magazines is.
Districts
- Arkley
- Barnet
- Brunswick Park
- Brockley Hill
- Burnt Oak
- Childs Hill
- Church End
- Colney Hatch
- Colindale
- Cricklewood
- East Barnet
- East Finchley
- Edgware
- Finchley
- Friern Barnet
- Golders Green
- Grahame Park
- The Hale
- Hampstead Garden Suburb
- Hendon
- High Barnet
- The Hyde
- Mill Hill
- Mill Hill East
- Monken Hadley
- New Barnet
- New Southgate
- North Finchley
- Oakleigh Park
- Osidge
- Temple Fortune
- Totteridge
- West Hendon
- Whetstone
- Woodside Park
Personalities
- Bob Anderson, Racers (1931-1967)
- Peter Banks, rock guitarist (1947-2013)
- Emma Bunton, singer ( b. 1976 )
- Helena Bonham Carter, actress ( b. 1966 )
- Antony Costa, singer ( b. 1981 )
- William of Gloucester, a member of the British royal family (1941-1972)
- John Hadley, astronomer and mathematician (1682-1744)
- Ashley Hutchings, folk-rock singer and bassist ( b. 1945 )
- Guy Jonson, pianist and music teacher (1913-2009)
- Jane March, actress ( b. 1973 )
- Mark McCammon, Barbadian footballer (1978 )
- Hendon Mob, a group of poker players
- Elaine Paige, musical singer ( b. 1948 )
- Cyril Paul, auto racer (1903-1984)
- Archie Panjabi, Actress ( b. 1972 )
- John Parr, a soldier of the First World War (1898-1914)
- David Piper, race car driver ( b. 1930 )
- Cicely Saunders, physician (1918-2005)
- Marie Espérance by Schwartz, writer (1818-1899)
- Percy Selwyn -Clarke, colonial administrator, Governor of the Seychelles (1893-1976)
- Martin Speake, jazz musician ( b. 1958 )
- Steven Stapleton, musician ( b. 1957 )
- Amy Winehouse, soul singer (1983-2011)