Barnet
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The town was the site of the Battle of Barnet in 1471, where Yorkist troops led by King Edward IV killed the rebellious "Kingmaker" Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. The town lies at the northern end of the Northern Line, and the association football team Barnet F.C. play there. It was formerly the site of a well-known fair, hence the Cockney rhyming slang "Barnet" for "hair". Barnet College also has one of its main sites in High Barnet and is spread out through the London Borough of Barnet.
Barnet is the highest point on the old Great North Road between the City of London and York, which sounds impressive, but is a mere 130 metres above mean sea level. The tower of St John the Baptist Church claims to be the highest point between itself and the Ural Mountains to the east.
Education
Secondary/Further Education institutions
Sport and recreation
Chipping Barnet has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.
Famous citizens
- Reginald Maudling local MP 1950 - 1979
- Sir Sydney Chapman local MP 1979 - 2005
- Samuel Pepys
- David Livingstone
- Spike Milligan
- Humphrey Lyttelton
- Simon Cowell
Town twinning
See also
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