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
Site created by Chris Reynolds to “… help people researching family or local history about Hertfordshire” (From Twitter Bio)
By Frederick Teague Cansick. London, 1875.
Kelly’s Directory was a trade directory in England that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local gentry, landowners, charities, and other facilities. (Source)
Cowing’s Guide to Chipping Barnet and Neighourhood. “… an enlarged and illustrated edition of the ‘Visitors’ Handbook’ 1875 by W. Winters, F. R. Hist. Soc.
Written by Barnet-born postal official F. E. Baines, these volumes trace the rise of the mail coach and the Post Office – often citing Barnet’s pivotal position on the Great North Road.
