Barnet

Barnet, a town in the south of Hertfordshire, mostly on a hill-top, 11 miles to the NW. of London. Pop. (1891) 5410. Formerly a place of importance on the great northern coach-road, it has still large cattle-fairs. Here in 1471 was fought the famous battle of Barnet, between the Yorkists and Lancastrians, in which, after a desperate struggle, the latter were routed, and their leader, Warwick, 'the king-maker,' killed, by which event Edward IV. was firmly established on the throne. An obelisk (1740) marks the spot.