BARNET (EAST), a parish in the hundred of CASHIO, or liberty of ST-ALBANS, county of HERTFORD, 10 miles (N.) from London, containing 507 in- habitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual' curacy of Chipping-Barnet annexed, in the archdeaconry of St. Albans, and diocese of London, rated in the' king's books at £22. 2. 8., and in the patronage of the. Crown. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a very ancient structure, and formerly belonged to the monastery of St. Albans. A National school is supported by subscription. The village is pleasantly situated near the market-town of Chipping-Barnet; the houses are neatly built, and the general appearance of the place pleasingly picturesque; the air is salubrious, but the supply of water is very scanty, and the quality, not very good. On a hill opposite to the church, called' Monk's Frith Garden, the abbots of St. Albans an- ciently had a villa; and in the neighbourhood are several mineral springs.