Some
interesting info about Barnet.
The borough covers a group of hills on
the northern edge of the London Basin. The bedrock is chalk which is
covered with clay. Some of the hills are formed from glacial till
deposited at the farthest extent of glaciers during the Anglian
glaciation.
The pattern of settlement is somewhat diverse.
In the north of the borough on the eastern side is Barnet, also
known as High Barnet or Chipping Barnet, Totteridge, and Whetstone.
In the north on the western side is Edgware and Mill Hill. The
central northern part of the borough is largely countryside. This
division is largely because the eastern side grew around what is now
the High Barnet Underground branch of the Northern Line. The western
side grew around the Midland Railway and what is now the Edgware
branch of the Northern Line.
Further south, the development becomes steadily more intensive
around the suburbs of Cricklewood, Colindale, Hendon and Finchley.
Golders Green is renowned for its Jewish minority ethnic population
and forms part of the south of the borough, along with Hampstead
Garden Suburb and Childs Hill.The London
Borough of Barnet includes the places:
Arkley,
High Barnet also called Chipping Barnet or Barnet, Barnet Gate,
Brunswick Park,
Burnt Oak,
Childs Hill,
Cricklewood,
Church End Finchley also called Finchley Central,
Cockfosters,
Colney Hatch,
Colindale,
East Barnet,
East Finchley,
Edgware,
Finchley,
Friern Barnet,
Golders Green,
Monken Hadley,
Hadley Green,
The Hale,
Hampstead Garden Suburb,
Hendon,
Holders Hill,
The Hyde,
Mill Hill,
Mill Hill East,
New Barnet,
New Southgate,
North Finchley,
Oakleigh Park,
Osidge,
Temple Fortune,
Totteridge,
West Hendon,
Whetstone,
Woodside Park |
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