Barnet Registration District

BARNET REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hertfordshire (1837–51), Middlesex (1852–1946), Hertfordshire (1946–65), Greater London (from 1965).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Barnet, Barnet Hospitals, East Barnet & Elstree, Finchley, South Mimms.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1946), 5A (1946–74), 11 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Barnet.

Table 1A: List of Places in Barnet Registration District (1837–51)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Chipping Barnet	Hertfordshire	1837	1851
East Barnet	Hertfordshire	1837	1851
Elstree	Hertfordshire	1837	1851
Finchley	Middlesex	1837	1851
Friern Barnet	Middlesex	1837	1851
Monken Hadley	Middlesex	1837	1851
Ridge	Hertfordshire	1837	1851
Shenley	Hertfordshire	1837	1851
South Mimms	Middlesex	1837	1851
Totteridge	Hertfordshire	1837	1851

Table 1B: List of Places in Barnet Registration District (1852–1946)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arkley	Hertfordshire	1894	1946	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Chipping Barnet
Barnet Vale	Hertfordshire	1894	1946	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Chipping Barnet in East Barnet Valley Urban District.
Chipping Barnet	Hertfordshire	1852	1946
East Barnet	Hertfordshire	1852	1946
Elstree	Hertfordshire	1852	1946	See Table 2, note (k).
Finchley	Middlesex	1852	1939	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Friern Barnet	Middlesex	1852	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Hadley	Hertfordshire	1894	1946	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Monken Hadley in Barnet Urban District.
Monken Hadley	Middlesex	1852	1889	Transferred from MIddlesex to Hertfordshire on 1.4.1889. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Monken Hadley	Hertfordshire	1889	1946
Ridge	Hertfordshire	1852	1946	See Table 2, note (i).
Rowley	Hertfordshire	1935	1946	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Ridge, Shenley, and Elstree.
Shenley	Hertfordshire	1852	1946	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
South Mimms	Middlesex	1852	1889	In 1889 the parts of the parish of South Mimms in the urban districts of Barnet and East Barnet Valley became part of Hertfordshire, In 1894 these areas became parts of the parishes of South Mimms Urban and Monken Hadley respectively, and thereaffter South Mimms was again wholly in Middlesex. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
	Middlesex and Hertfordshire	1889	1894
	Middlesex	1894	1939
South Mimms Urban	Hertfordshire	1894	1946	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of South Mimms in Barnet Urban District.
Totteridge	Hertfordshire	1852	1946

Table 1C: List of Places in Barnet Registration District (1946–65)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arkley	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Barnet Vale	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Chipping Barnet	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
East Barnet	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Elstree	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	See Table 2, note (l).
Hadley	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Monken Hadley	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Ridge	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	See Table 2, note (l).
Rowley	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Shenley	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	See Table 2, note (l).
South Mimms Urban	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.
Totteridge	Hertfordshire	1946	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Barnet.

Table 1D: List of Places in Barnet Registration District (from 1965)

All the areas in Barnet registration district became part of the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.

London borough	County	From	To	Comments
Barnet	Greater London	1965		Until 1.4.1999 comprising only those parts of the London borough of Barnet not included in Hendon registration district (which until 1.4.1965 formed the Hertfordshire parishes of East Barnet, Chipping Barnet, South Mimms Urban, Barnet Vale, Arkley, Monken Hadley, Totteridge, Rowley, and Hadley). See also Table 2, note (o).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Barnet Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Friern Barnet (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Hornsey) from Edmonton registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1883	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Monken Hadley (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Enfield, including The Mount and Lodge) from Edmonton registration district.	8 in 1891
1.6.1895	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Monken Hadley (which until 1894 formed the part of the parish of Enfield in the urban district of East Barnet Valley) from Edmonton registration district.	267 in 1891
1.6.1924	(d)	Gained part of the parish of South Mimms (which became part of the parish of Enfield on 1.4.1924) from Edmonton registration district.	88 in 1921
1.11.1926	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Shenley (which until 1.10.1926 formed part of the parish of Hendon) from Hendon registration district.	0 in 1921
1.10.1939	(f)	Lost the parish of South Mimms to Edmonton registration district.	5720 in 1931
	(g)	Lost the parishes of Finchley and Friern Barnet to Hendon registration district.	81915 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Finchley (which became part of the parish of Hendon on 1.4.1934) to Hendon registration district.	150 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Ridge (which became part of the parish of St. Peter Rural on 1.4.1935) to St. Albans registration district.	92 in 131
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Shenley (which became part of the parish of St. Peter Rural on 1.4.1935) to St. Albans registration district.	424 in 131
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Elstree (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Aldenham) from Watford registration distirct.	400 in 1931
1.4.1965	(l)	Lost the parishes of Elstree, Ridge, and Shenley, to Elstree & Potters Bar registration district.	29295 in 1961
1.4.1993	(m)	Gained parts of the London borough of Barnet (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the parish of Elstree & Borehamwood and part of the unparished area of Potters Bar) from Elstree & Potters Bar registration district.
1.4.1993	(n)	Lost parts of the London borough of Barnet (which became parts of the parishes of Elstree & Borehamwood and Ridge, and part of the unparished area of Potters Bar on 1.4.1993) to Elstree & Potters Bar registration district.
1.4.1999	(o)	Gained the remaining part of the London borough of Barnet from Hendon registration district.

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