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7 unusual facts about Barnet


Barnet

They played at the Underhill Stadium until 2012/13 but from the 2013/14 season will play at The Hyde in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow.

High Barnet is home to an Odeon cinema, the Barnet Museum, the All Saints Art Centre, the traditional annual Barnet Fair, which was chartered in Medieval times, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park, a now disused well that was frequented by, among others, Samuel Pepys, and many restaurants and public houses.

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Andrew Wright, director of strategic development, told councillors in Enfield in November 2013 that over the past 3 years, the trust had experienced an 11% rise in patient demand.

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides mental health and community health services across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey and community health services in Enfield.

Barnet, Vermont

In 1970, upon his arrival in North America, Chögyam Trungpa established the teaching center "Tail of the Tiger" (now Karmê Chöling).

On January 24, 1784, the town of Barnet voted unanimously to make the Presbyterian denomination the official one of the town, as it was "founded on the word of God as expressed in the Confession of Faith, Catechisms Longer and Shorter, with the form of church government agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and practiced by the Church of Scotland."

The town of Barnet, Vermont, originally took its name from the town of Barnet, England, which in the eighteenth century was in the county of Hertfordshire but is now part of North London.


Albert Adomah

On 6 October 2009, it was announced that football commentator John Motson had sponsored Adomah at Barnet.

Benjamin Franklin Stevens

Benjamin Franklin Stevens (February 19, 1833 – March 5, 1902), like his brother Henry Stevens a bibliographer, was born at Barnet, Vermont, and was educated at the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi society.

Church House, Barnet

Ravenscroft proposed that the land should be sold to raise funds to help maintain Ravenscroft Chapel – a chapel he had erected inside Barnet Parish Church in memory of his father, Thomas Ravenscroft, who died in 1630.

Cyril Bibby

In 1958-59 he was the prospective Labour Party candidate in Barnet opposing Reginald Maudling (but resigned on moving to Hull in September 1959, just before the election was announced).

Department of Lands building

In addition to Barnet, Walter Liberty Vernon and William Edmund Kemp worked on the design of the building.

East Barnet Urban District

Apart from the parish of East Barnet, the local board's area included parts of the surrounding parishes of Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire and Enfield, Monken Hadley and South Mimms in Middlesex.

Finchley Central tube station

The main one, leading directly to the ticket hall, is from an access road on the north side of the tracks which for many years lacked a name, but on 13 November 2006 was named Chaville Way after one of Barnet's twin towns.

Francis B. Brewer

Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Brewer was the son of Ebenezer and Julia Emerson Brewer and attended the Barnet, Vermont public schools, Newbury (Vermont) Seminary, and Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire.

Friern Barnet

The area includes the North Middlesex Golf Club, whose main entrance is at the Whetstone end of Friern Barnet Lane, and Coppetts Wood nature reserve, a medium sized green area of rare plants and wildlife including some types of small Bat and Great Crested Newts.

Gary Poole

In his first full season Barnet were promoted as champions to Division Four, and reached the play-offs in 1991–92.

Gordon Briscoe

He had stints at Barnet and Preston North End (although he did not make a first team appearance), before returning to Australia at the suggestion of his former schoolmate and teammate Perkins.

Hendon and District Archaeological Society

HADAS was founded in 1961 by Themistocles Constantinides to investigate the Saxon origins of Hendon and since has grown to over 200 members covering the whole of the London Borough of Barnet, and addressing all archaeological periods.

James Catnach

It consisted of the "Lion Inn", a disused public house and it’s grounds at Dancer’s Hill, South Mimms, near Barnet in Middlesex, leaving the business to his sister (now)Mrs.

Jamie Howell

In April 1997 he joined Torquay United on non-contract terms, making his debut on 12 April 1997 as a second-half substitute for Ian Hathaway in Torquay's 2-1 defeat at home to Barnet.

Jewish Military Museum

The Jewish Military Museum is a museum located in Hendon, Barnet, North London.

John Leslie Marshall

After the 1992 election, the Boundary Commission recommended that the four Barnet seats be reduced to three.

Mark Marshall

On 31 January 2012 it was announced by Barnet that Marshall had been provisionally suspended by the club after testing positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine.

McIndoe Falls, Vermont

A dam on the Connecticut River at the village forms the McIndoes Reservoir, which extends upstream to the village of Barnet.

Michel Kuipers

On 28 March 2013, Kuipers signed a short-term deal with Barnet until the end of the season.

Middleham Castle

Following Warwick's death at Barnet in 1471 and Edward's restoration to the throne, his brother Richard married Anne Neville, Warwick's younger daughter, and made Middleham his main home.

Middlesex County Football Association

The Middlesex F.A. covers the historic extent of Middlesex and the entirety of the boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Barnet.

Miguel Barnet

In college, Barnet went to study anthropology and sociology at the University of Havana.

Nilo Menéndez

Nilo Menéndez Barnet (Matanzas, 26 September 1902 - Burbank, California, 15 September 1987) was a Cuban-born naturalized American songwriter.

Original Pirate Material

The recording of Original Pirate Material lasted over a year, with Skinner recording the bulk of the album in houses in Barnet and Brixton onto an IBM ThinkPad.

Paul Fairclough

Barnet won the first leg at Underhill 2–1 thanks to a dramatic injury-time header from Bees defender Simon Clist.

Although the team had failed to reach the play-off final, Fairclough was handed the job on a permanent basis shortly after by Barnet chairman Tony Kleanthous.

Peter Benjamin Graham

Between 1947 and 1949, Peter Graham lived and painted at The Abbey Arts Centre in New Barnet London, along with artists, Leonard French, James Gleeson, Douglas Green, Stacha Halpern, Grahame King, Inge King and Robert Klippel.

Ringway 3

Ringway 3 was planned as a new motorway running either through or around the periphery of the capital's outer suburbs linking areas such as Barnet, Epping, Dartford, Purley and Chessington.

Robert Ayres Barnet

It was performed by the "Boston Cadets, who always present Barnet's pieces before they are staged professionally. The new piece is ... a fairy Mother Goose burlesque. The music is by A.B. Sloane. ... Augustus Pitou, Klaw & Erlanger, E.E. Rice, and other prominent gentlemen" attended.

Roberto Casabella

Roberto García Casabella (born 9 January 1987 in Madrid), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barnet.

Sally Wade

In March 2011 Wade scored the winning penalty as Barnet won the FA Women's Premier League Cup, beating Nottingham Forest after a 0–0 draw in the final at Adams Park.

St John, Friern Barnet

Originating in 1883 as a chapel-of-ease to Friern Barnet parish church it was initially a temporary iron structure on the north side of Friern Barnet Road and known as the school-church of St John, on account of classes being kept there by the Friern Barnet Grammar School.

Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School is a full-time private school specialising Academic and Performing Arts School in Barnet, North London.

The Hive Stadium

The Hive Stadium is a 5,176 capacity stadium in Canons Park, in the London Borough of Harrow on the former site of the Prince Edward Playing Fields, the new home for Conference National side Barnet.

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

On 30 April 1472 Howard married Elizabeth Tilney, the daughter of Sir Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, slain at Barnet, son and heir apparent of Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners.

Trésor Kandol

On 18 November 2006, Kandol scored an injury time winner against Rochdale at Underhill to complete his hat-trick that also saw Barnet win their third consecutive league game.

United States H-class submarine

In 1915 the Imperial Russian Navy had ordered 17 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company, to be built in Canada at a temporary shipyard near Barnet, Vancouver, British Columbia to avoid US neutrality concerns, which had derailed the delivery of ten similar submarines to the British.

Will Barnet

Barnet influenced a generation of artists, including James Rosenquist, Knox Martin, Paul Jenkins and Cy Twombly.


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