Civil Parishes
The district originally consisted of parts of the parishes of Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, and Monken Hadley and South Mimms in Middlesex. The Local Government Act 1888 adjusted the county boundaries in 1889, so that the entire district was in Hertfordshire; forming part of a long, thin protrusion into Middlesex surrounded by that county on two sides, to the north and south.
The Local Government Act 1894 divided the urban district into three civil parishes:
- Chipping Barnet
- Hadley (from the part of Monken Hadley parish in Barnet UD)
- South Mimms Urban (from the part of South Mimms parish in the UD)
In 1905 and 1914 respectively the parishes of Arkley and Totteridge were added, from Barnet Rural District. Rowley parish was added in 1935, created from areas previously in the parishes of Elstree, Ridge and Shenley in the Elstree Rural District.
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