Books and Booklets / Books about Barnet

‘A School of our own’: Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School Barnet

A history of Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School in Chipping Barnet, written to celebrate the school's 125th anniversary....

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800 Years of Barnet Market

Barnet Market received its Royal Charter in 1199. In this book Jennie Lee Cobban and Doreen Willcocks explore 800 years of the Market's colourful history....

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A Hundred Years of the Chipping Barnet War Memorial 1921- 2021

Barnet Museum has recently published a book to mark the 100th anniversary which records the full history of the memorial. It charts it time from initial conception in 1919 through to construction, its relocation in 1938-39 into the new Garden of Remembrance, and details how the memorial has formed a focus for the town’s Armistice and Remembrance Day since the unveiling on 3rd April 1921 across t...

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A Thousand Years of Barnet Boundaries

12 page A4 booklet describing Barnet's boundary over 1000 years, including it's early history and place names....

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A Walk around Chipping Barnet 1 (Barnet Hill)

An 8 page A5 booklet describing a walk around Chipping Barnet (focussing on Barnet Hill), highlighting buildings and other aspects of historic interest along the route, with map and drawings of some of the buildings....

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A Walk around Chipping Barnet 2 (Wood Street and High Street)

An 8 page A5 booklet describing a walk around Chipping Barnet (focussing on a route from Wood Street to the High Street), highlighting buildings and other aspects of historic interest along the route, with map and drawings of some of the buildings....

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A Walk around East Barnet

An 8 page A5 booklet describing a walk around East Barnet, highlighting buildings and other aspects of historic interest along the route, with a map and drawings of some of the buildings....

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A Walk around New Barnet

An 8 page A5 booklet describing a walk around New Barnet, highlighting buildings and other aspects of historic interest along the route, with map and drawings of some of the buildings...

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Barnet History Journal Vol 06 (2022)

A journal up to the usual high standard. For the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June and to commemorate her death just 3 months later there is a eulogy to her achievements and information about her numerous visits to Barnet; a celebration of the pubs with a royal connection in their names; a history of Gladwyn’s Farm Totteridge; a spotlight on the 1963 plans for Barnet; a flying bomb catastr...

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Barnet History Journal Vol 07 (2023) Free P&P

Articles about the coaching heyday of Barnet; local man Andrew Crichton, protection officer for the Prince of Wales for many decades (before he became King); ;local poet Dennis Evans; a Victorian water fountain brought back to use; Twelfth century life in Barnet; the statue of Peace in Friary Park; Traffic in Barnet in the 1920s; and reproductions of many historical postcards of East Barnet and N...

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Barnet History Journal Vol 2 (2018)

A fine mix of articles including: Barnet in 1938 , Wartime Auxiliary Fire Service, Hertfordshire Mines and Brickworks, 1665 Plague and Barnet, General Booth and Medieval Buildings. Size A5 32 pages ...

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Barnet History Journal Vol 3 (2019)

A miscellany of articles including: Barnet’s Pearly King and Queens, A 1950sBus Journey, The Physic Well Refurbishment, Working with Field Marshall Montgomery and Clay Smoking Pipes. Size A5 32 pages ...

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Barnet History Journal Vol 4 (2020)

A rich assortment of articles including: Barnet’s V2 Missile, Barnet in the Blitz, 1881 Smallpox Epidemic in Barnet, A Barnet Petty Sessions Case and Schoolchildren coping with the Pandemic of today. Size A5 46 pages ...

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Barnet History Journal: vol 05 (2021)

There is the usual rich variety of articles. Firstly the work of commercial photographer Samuel Hockett from the 1880s to the 1950s. The new A4 format for the history journals has enabled many large reproductions of key historical moments and also everyday scenes. In addition, an article about US founding fathers passing through Barnet; a local man’s reflections on his war service in North A...

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Barnet Physic Well

The story of Barnet Physic Well, ‘the tourist attraction that never quite made it’....

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Chipping Barnet's Military History

This book covers the period 1850 to the present day, reviewing the forces of the Militia based for 50 years at Barnet Barracks, the Rifle Volunteers and the Territorial Forces. The timeline details events from 1661 to 2019. There are maps, photographs and biographies of notable characters. 76 pages A4 format ...

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Faces and Places: Barmet High Street 2023 - Local traders make a community

This booklet picks out 7 local businesses, chosen for their historical standing as a family shop, their quirkiness, their uniqueness or their significance in the High Street. Its 28 pages are full of photos showing the front and back of the business, those that work there and sometimes some customers. These photos may not be considered historical yet but they will be one day!...

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Geoffrey de Mandeville and London’s Camelot, ghosts, mysteries and the occult in Barnet

Historian and archaeologist Jennie Lee Cobban explores the occult mysteries of the Barnet area, delves into its hidden history and brings to life some of the bizarre characters who have lived in this most surprising of London suburbs....

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Georgian Hadley

A series of articles about Georgian houses in Monken Hadley, a quiet area just to the north of Chipping Barnet, that still retains some of these houses today....

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Historic Barnet

A series of short articles on the history of Chipping Barnet and the surrounding area. Includes the Battle of Barnet, Barnet Physic Well, Barnet Workhouse, the coming of the railways to Barnet, Barnet Fair and much more....

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Monken Hadley Church and Village

A history of Monken Hadley, including the church (and its beacon which was lit to warn on the coming Spanish Armada), sport, Hadley Brewing, Hadley windmill, shop, schools and famous residents, such as David Livingstone....

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New Barnet War Memorial

18 page booklet dedicated to all the men, women and children who lost their lives in the 2World Wars Sold in Aid of Help for Heroes. ...

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Opposite the Prince

Memories of growing up in East Barnet between 1923 and 1926. 'It shows a colourful, lost world full of action, pathos and humour.'...

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Pymmes Brook Trail

This brook follows a surprisingly green route through North East London for 21 km (13 miles) from Barnet, through Palmers Green and Edmonton , to finish at Tottenham Hale, linking woodland, parks and open spaces. There is an easy to follow step-by-step guide and also some fascinating insights into the history of places passed through. Originally printed in 2018 , addenda were added in 2023. ...

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Rambles Round Barnet 2021 Reprint - in the footsteps of E H Lucas

This is a 75th anniversary Reprint with a 2021 postscript included. It features walks very popular in the past and describes how these walks can be accessed now. It has a very pleasant style of writing, describing some beautiful open space around Barnet....

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