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The Barnet Library Service includes: 10 Core and Core Plus Libraries – Burnt Oak, Chipping Barnet, Colindale, East Finchley Library, Edgware Library, Finchley Church End Library, Golders Green Library, Hendon Library, North Finchley Library, Osidge Library.

Article 4 Direction Update Change of use from B1(a) office and B1(c) light industrial to residential As of 1 August 2022 these Article 4 Directions have lapsed. On 1 August 2021, a new permitted development right from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3 (Residential) replaced the rights for change of use from B1(a) office and B1(c) light industrial to residential that these Article 4 Directions were made under. 

Barnet Common covered the whole area south of Wood Street including places such as Duck Island, and Underhill as far as the Dollis. Originally the area was a wood, which was cleared to form the common by the 16th century. In 1649 there was a short lived Digger community on the common, and around the same time the local clay was used for bricks.

Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Sustainability Appraisal Consultation Statement

Photocopies You can photocopy pages from most books at Local Studies within normal library and copyright restrictions. Many archive documents are not suitable for photocopying, for example: Most material from pre 1900 Photographs from the collection of any date Material above A3 in size including plans and maps Materials which are bound, clipped, stapled, rolled, or folded Local Studies staff can offer guidance on this. Please note the copying of electoral registers is prohibited.   

European election results - 22 May 2014 European parliamentary election results for London Borough of Barnet Name of party or independent  Number of Votes  4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP) 938 An Independence from Europe 1071 Animal Welfare Party 961 British National Party 464 Chri

The Old Bull and Bush was open in the 1720s. By 1762 North End had 17 houses, 3 cottages, as well as 2 inns.  Prime Minister William Pitt the elder (c1766) lived at Pitt House (demolished 1952). Hope Cottage was the home of a painter called John Linnell (1820s) where he was visited by Blake and Morland. The house was the childhood home of Wilkie Collins, the novelist.