Barnet

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 and religious units

• • London Borough of Barnet, in Greater London, England, UK
  • Parliamentary seat of Barnet (1945–1974), altered in 1974 to become Chipping Barnet
  • Ecclesiastical parishes in the Church of England and Catholic Church

Historic units

• • Barnet, East Barnet (early medieval) and Barnet Vale (from 1894) parishes (see vestry); church/civil split in 19th century; civil parishes abolished before 1974
  • Barnet Urban District (1863–1965) in Hertfordshire; abolished; became part of the London borough
  • East Barnet Urban District neighbour with same status/lifetime as above
  • Barnet Rural District was the name of Elstree Rural District (1894–1941); reduced in favour of London in 1965, abolished 1974

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