Christ Church Barnet, is a

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church in St Albans Road,

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History

The church was designed by

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and built between 1845 and 1852. It has been

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on the

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since November 1982. William Pennefather (1816-1873), the popular evangelist and author of several well-known hymns, was vicar here from 1852 to 1864, just after the village had been linked to central London by train. During those years the vicarage at Christ Church Barnet was a recognised centre of the

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.Christ Church Barnet.
Retrieved 17 October 2018.

Parish

The parish of Christ Church Barnet was founded in 1845 to serve the rapidly expanding population of

High Barnet Chipping Barnet or High Barnet is a suburban market town in north London, forming part of the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th-century settlement, and is located north-northwest of Charing C ...

as a daughter church to St Giles Church,

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, in the neighbouring

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. It is one of the most northerly parishes on the edge of the London Diocese following boundary changes in 1965 when the church was transferred to the

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area. Christ Church is not typical of a London parish since it is surrounded on two sides by parishes in the

. While on the one hand it is part of a typical commuter town, having access to links into and around London (being on the end of the

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and close to a number of arterial roads – M25, A1M, M1), the major part of the land use is rural, made up of fields and green space (with three working farms and three golf courses). The populated part of the parish is in the

Ward and has a population of 4,750, made up of more than 3,000 residences, most of which are owner occupied. The parish is served by the Spires shopping centre, a public library, a market and three schools: * Christ Church School * Foulds Primary School * Queen Elizabeth's School - a state funded boys grammar school

Graves

The church's cemetery is on the opposite (western) side of St Albans Road, a short distance to the north, and contains a number of war graves.BARNET (CHRIST CHURCH) BURIAL GROUND.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 August 2015. A memorial to former pupils of Barnet Boys School who died in the

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stands near the church. There is also a wall monument to deaths in the First World War, inside the church.

Gallery

File:Aerial photo of Christ Church Barnet.jpg, Aerial photo of Christ Church Barnet, Pennefather Memorial Hall, and Open Door Centre File:360 degree photos of Christ Church Barnet from the platform.jpg, 360 degree interior photo of Christ Church Barnet File:360 degree photos of the Chancel in Christ Church Barnet.jpg, 360 degree photo of the Chancel in Christ Church Barnet File:Christ Church, Barnet, Herts - Interior looking south - geograph.org.uk - 1584101.jpg, Interior, looking

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File:Christ Church, Barnet, Herts - East end - geograph.org.uk - 1584095.jpg, Interior, looking

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File:Christ Church, Barnet, Herts - geograph.org.uk - 1584053.jpg, The back of the external church building File:Christ Church, Barnet 03.JPG, The side of the external church building

References

External links

{{coord, 51.6587, -0.2044, display=title 19th-century Church of England church buildings Chipping Barnet Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Barnet Churches completed in 1852 Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England George Gilbert Scott buildings Grade II listed churches in the London Borough of Barnet