This website is run by FRIERN BARNET & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. To view our main website click on this link: www.friern-barnethistory.org.uk.
Other websites covering the London Borough of Barnet are:
BARNET LOCAL STUDIES & ARCHIVES
BARNET MUSEUM
THE FINCHLEY SOCIETY
HENDON & DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
FRIERN BARNET & WHETSTONE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
FRIENDS OF FRIARY PARK
MILL HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
Henry Hawkins
The Rev Henry Hawkins was the chaplain at the Colney Hatch Asylum and founded the mental health charity MACA (now called Together) http://www.together-uk.org/about-us/history/together-s-founder which has been dubbed the forerunner of today's social services.
He lived in Friern Barnet and died in 1904 and is buried in the church of St James.
Picture added on 18 June 2010 at 23:30
Friern Barnet
