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Middlesex, viz.On the north, Enfield; on the south
and south-east, Southgate; on the south-west, Friern
Barnet.
The District Council was formed in April 1894, to
succeed the old Local Board.
The district comprises the parishes of East Barnet,
Barnet Vale, and Monken Hadley, the total area being
2,636 acres. As its name implies it lies on the sides
of a valley extending from Hadley in the north to
Brunswick Park in the south. The principal portion
of the district is divided by the main line of the Great
Northern Railway from Kings Cross to the north,
while it is also bounded on the east and west
respectively by the main roads leading from London
northwards through Southgate and Barnet.
The general character of the District is residential;
the area on the west of the railway has been conveniently
planned, and consists principally of good class detached
and semi-detached villa residences, the altitude varying
from 200 to 400 feet above ordnance datum. The
district forms a portion of a much wider area, noted for
the healthfulness of its climate, and popularly known in
and around the metropolis as the " Northern Heights."
On the east of the railway are situate the older
portions of the district, including the village of East