Barnet Explained

Barnet may refer to:

People

• Barnet (surname)
• Barnet (given name)

Places

United Kingdom

• Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below.
• East Barnet, a district of the borough below; ancient parish.
• New Barnet, a district of the borough below.
• Friern Barnet, a district of the borough below.

Administrative units:

• London Borough of Barnet, in Greater London, England
• Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) (since 1974)

Historic units:

• Barnet Urban District (1863–1965) in Hertfordshire
• East Barnet Urban District neighbour with same status/lifetime as above
• Barnet Rural District, former name (1894–1941) of Elstree Rural District
• Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) (1945–1974)
• Barnet (electoral division), Greater London Council

United States

• Barnet, Vermont, United States, a New England town
  • Barnet (CDP), Vermont, village in the town
• Barnet Run, a stream in West Virginia, United States

Canada

• Barnet, British Columbia, Canada, a settlement now part of the city of Burnaby

Other uses

• Battle of Barnet, in the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England
• Barnet F.C., a football club in London
• Barnet, Danish title of the 1940 Danish film The Child
• "Barnet", rhyming slang for "hair" (from "Barnet Fair")

See also

• • • Barnett (disambiguation) Barnett, a given name and surname