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Product Title Royalty in Barnet - Honouring The Platinum Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II 1952-2022

This book has been created in recognition of the Queen's 70 years of service. It covers royal connections with Barnet from earliest times. The Queen's Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees as well as visits made to Barnet are all included. The book is lavishly illustrated - a delight to the eye.There is much information of interest too....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-066

Rambles Round Barnet, Volume 2

In 1947 the treasurer of the newly formed Barnet Society Mr E.H. Lucas was asked by the society to produce a report on the condition of local footpaths. This led to the publication of a booklet in 1948 called Rambles Round Barnet. As part of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, some of the walks were revised and reprinted. This is the second volume of these walks....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-033

Royalty in Barnet - Honouring The Platinum Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II 1952-2022

This book has been created in recognition of the Queen’s 70 years of service. It also covers royal connections with Barnet from earliest times. The Queen’s Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees as well as royal visits made to Barnet are all included. The book is lavishly illustrated and is a delight to the eye as well as containing much interesting information....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-067

Some notes about the Memorials and other inscription in the church of Saint John the Baptist Chipping Barnet

The memorials and other inscriptions from the Church of St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet, including those of the Chipping Barnet War Memorial. The 20+ page A5 booklet includes a plan of the church....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-016

St John the Baptist Church Memorial Notes

This booklet has exhaustive,details of all memorials, plaques and inscriptions in the Church, together with a plan of the Church, showing their location A5 format 30 pages ...

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-060

St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet

This well-illustrated, colourful book covers the history of the church from medieval times onwards, the benefactors, the choir , the bells… A4 format 26 pages...

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-059

The Battle of Barnet

A 14 page A4 booklet about the Battle of Barnet, including the background, the battle, weapons and armour used, and contemporary sources relating to the battle. The booklet includes photographs, maps and diagrams....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-025

The Battle of Barnet in Fact and Fiction

This very recent publication, in full colour, marks not only the 550th anniversary of the battle , but it also examines the role of the key players in the battle together with depictions and interpretations of their personalities, roles and motivations from a wide variety of historical and literary sources . This book will be much appreciated by adults and children alike. 78 pages in A4 format....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-050

The Chipping Barnet War Memorial World War One

This book tells of the men on the memorial from World War One: who they were, and where and when they fell in the war. Interwoven with this is a timeline of the war and its main battles. The book contains lots of images and a number of appendixes (including a cross reference guide showing other Barnet war memorials that these men appear on)....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-021

The Chipping Barnet War Memorial World War Two

Following on from our 2015 publication about the men on the Chipping Barnet War Memorial who died in World War One, we have now researched the 149 men and women from World War Two. This book tells their stories inside a timeline of World War Two and alongside articles about their, and Barnet’s, part in the War....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-042

The End of the Line - the story of the railway service to the Great Northern London Cemetery

King's Cross station was linked to the Great Northern Cemetery by a special train service which took funeral parties from central London to the outskirts where burial space was more readily available. This was a short lived service unlike that in south London. Many of London's institutions made use of the service and records of burials are available from the New Southgate Cemetery....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-002

The Friern Hospital Story: the history of a Victorian lunatic asylum

This is the story of Colney Hatch asylum, one of many ‘large, purpose-built lunatic asylums’ opened by local authorities in the early 1800s. The book includes interviews with staff, patients and local residents, as well as many photographs and illustrations....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-031

The Second Boer War

This book records information about the service and family histories of several men of Chipping Barnet who served in the Second Boer war 1899-1902. The book explains the background to the conflict and charts the course of the war. It includes a timeline which explores some key events of the British Empire from 1600-to-date. 96 pages A4 format. ...

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-053

The Steam Engine at Wrotham Park

A small beam engine of the Grasshopper type: this c.30 page A4 booklet 'summarises what is known about the engine, its history and operation'....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-019

Trawling for Treasures - 80 years of Barnet's Local History 1927 to 2007

The Barnet Museum and Local History Society has searched its archives to provide a record of how the society and the Museum have developed since its foundation. Extracts of past lectures, details of events and memories of volunteers are included in its pages. Together they reflect the story of the town of Chipping Barnet and the area around it....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-004

Victorian Barnet and Barnet Now

18 page A4 booklet of photographs showing the changes that have taken place in Barnet High Street from the late Victorian era. Designed to be particularly useful for children, it is of interest to all ages....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-013

Whetstone Revealed

This book by two notable local historians, John Heathfield and David Berguer, tells in words and pictures the story of an almost vanished world. It explains the changes that have occurred and those still taking place today. The book contains over 200 pictures, most of which have never been published before....

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-064