TRIAL WEBSITE: History
We have put together this part of the website to help further understand the breadth of history in our town. We’d love you to explore it, check it, question it, and tell us what’s missing. You can email us at history@lovebarnet.co.uk
Birt Acres
Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer, lived at Clovelly Cottage on Park Road, Chipping Barnet, where he shot “Incident at Clovelly Cottage” in 1895 – the first successful motion picture made in Britain. He also gave the country’s first public film show in New Barnet in January 1896. (source)