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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Middlesex]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Middlesex]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Friern Barnet | ||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
BARNET-FRYERN, [or Friern] a parish in Barnet [Registration] district, Middlesex; on the northern verge of the county, 1½ mile W by N of Southgate and Colney-Hatch r. station, and 3 miles SSE of Barnet. It contains the hamlet of Colney-Hatch, and part of the village of Whetstone; both of which have post offices under London N. Acres, 1,292. Real property, £6,552. Pop., 3,344. Houses, 241. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London. Value, £255.* Patrons,-the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church was restored in 1853. There are national schools, seven alms-houses, and some other charities. Walker, the author of "the Pronouncing Dictionary," was a native; and Judge Popham, a resident. See Colney-Hatch. | |||
[Adapted from: John Marius Wilson, ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(1870-72)] | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
==== Civil Registration ==== | ==== Civil Registration ==== | ||