| Friern Barnet | |
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  Friern Barnet Location withinGreater London | |
| Population | 17,250 Coppetts ward (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | TQ276920 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N10, N11, N12, N20 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
| 51°36′45″N0°09′30″W / 51.6126°N 0.1584°W /51.6126; -0.1584 | |
Friern Barnet (/ˌfraɪərnˈbɑːrnɪt/) is a suburban area within theLondon Borough of Barnet, 7.4 miles (11.9 km) north ofCharing Cross. Its centre is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane (running north and south), Woodhouse Road (taking westbound traffic towardsNorth Finchley) and Friern Barnet Road (leading east towardsNew Southgate).
| 1881 | 6,424 |
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| 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 theFinsbury division ofOssulstonehundred, in the county ofMiddlesex.
The area was originally considered to be part ofBarnet, most of which was inHertfordshire. 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 theBrotherhood or Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.[1][2]
Friern Barnet was mainly rural until the 19th century. The opening ofColney Hatch paupers' lunatic asylum in 1851, and of railway stations on theGreat Northern andMetropolitan 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 parishvestry until 1875, when it was grouped with neighbouring parishes as part of BarnetRural Sanitary District. In response to a petition by local ratepayers who wished the area to be removed from the Barnet RSD, the parish adopted theLocal Government Act 1858 and formed alocal board of health of nine members in 1883. Under theLocal Government Act 1894 the local board's area became theFriern 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 theLondon Borough of Barnet.
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The housing typically consists of lateVictorian and earlyEdwardian properties, along with other large houses of later periods and many smaller semi-detached and terraced houses. Princess Park Manor is a luxury redevelopment of the Victorian eraColney Hatch Lunatic Asylum (later Friern Hospital). Adjacent to Princess Park Manor is a modern housing development called Friern Village.
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Friern Barnet is a leafy suburb of private gardens and trees andFriary Park. The area includes theNorth Middlesex Golf Club, whose main entrance is at the Whetstone end of Friern Barnet Lane, andCoppetts Wood nature reserve, a medium-sized green area of rare plants and wildlife including some types of small bat andGreat Crested Newts.
TheChurch of England parish church ofSt John The Evangelist in Friern Barnet Road isGrade II* listed.[9]
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 ofWatford 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."[10]
Local schools and colleges include Coppetts Wood Primary School,Friern Barnet School,Dwight School London (being the formerFriern Barnet Grammar School),The Compton School,Woodhouse College,St John's CE Primary School,Holly Park Primary School and theWren Academy.
Friern Barnet is covered by theHornsey and Friern Barnet constituency for elections to theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Friern Barnet is covered by theFriern Barnet ward for elections toBarnet London Borough Council.
TheNorth Circular Road bisects the southern part. The nearest London Underground stations areArnos Grove,Woodside Park andFinchley Central. The nearest National Rail station isNew Southgate. The area is served by London Buses routes34,43,134,221,232,234,382,634,683 andSL1.
The local newspapers are as of 2011:
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| The Barnet and Potters Bar Times | [citation needed] |
| Barnet Today | [11] |
| Potters Bar Today | [12] |
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