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Barnsbury
Barnsbury (Greater London)
Barnsbury

Barnsbury shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ305845
London borough Islington
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district N1, N7
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Islington South and Finsbury
London Assembly North East
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°32′39″N 0°07′02″W / 51.5442, -0.1171

Barnsbury is an area of north London in the London Borough of Islington, in the N1 and N7 postal districts. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The London Borough of Islington ( is a London borough in North and Inner London. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system The London postal district is the area in England, currently of 241 square miles to which mail addressed to the LONDON Post town is delivered UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The N (Northern postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of north London, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The London Fire Brigade ( LFB) is the statutory The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients London is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Islington South and Finsbury is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections each returning one member North East is a Constituency of the London Assembly. It is represented by Jennette Arnold who was directly elected at the 2004 London Assembly A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places in London, England See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes The London Borough of Islington ( is a London borough in North and Inner London. The N (Northern postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of north London, The N (Northern postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area, is the part of the London postal district covering much of north London, UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric.

Thornhill Square, Barnsbury. One of several grand Barnsbury squares. (February 2006)
Thornhill Square, Barnsbury. One of several grand Barnsbury squares. (February 2006)

The name is a corruption of villa de Iseldon Berners (1274),[1] being so called after the Berners family, who gained ownership of the lands after the Norman Conquest and were powerful medieval manorial lords, owning a large part of Islington. The area of Barnsbury was predominantly rural until the late 18th century.

By the end of the 18th century, however, Barnsbury, like other parts of Islington, was being regarded as attractive part-rural suburbs by the comparatively wealthy wanting to move out of the cramped City of London and industrial Clerkenwell. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. The area is close to the City, and had strong local trade in its position as the first staging post for travellers making the journey from London to the north, and with considerable agricultural traffic and cattle driving to the nearby Smithfield cattle market in the City. Smithfield is the name of several places In the UK Smithfield Cumbria Smithfield London (sometimes referred to as West Smithfield

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  1. ^ Mills, D. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. Highbury is an area in the London Borough of Islington. It lies between the following places Finsbury Park, north of Highbury Holloway is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Islington and follows for the most part the line of the Holloway Road ( A1 road) Camden Town is the district of London, England around Camden High Street, in the London Borough of Camden. Kings Cross is an area of London partly in the London Borough of Camden and partly in the London Borough of Islington. Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, between King's Cross St Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground station in the London Borough of Islington in North Holloway Road is a station on the London Underground. It is on the Piccadilly Line between Caledonian Road and Arsenal stations and in Caledonian Road and Barnsbury railway station is in the London Borough of Islington in North London. , Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2000)
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