Barnet, EN4

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located 10 miles (17 km) north north-west of Charing Cross. High Barnet tube station is at the northern end of the Northern Line.

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.
It is the site of an ancient and well-known horse fair, hence the Cockney rhyming slang of "Barnet" for "hair". The fair goes back to 1588 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the Manor of Barnet the right to hold a twice yearly fair.
Chipping Barnet parish formed part of the Barnet Urban District of Hertfordshire from 1894. It was abolished in 1965 and its former area was transferred to Greater London. In 1801 the parish had a population of 1,258 and covered an area of 1,440 acres. By 1901 the parish was reduced to 380 acres and had a population of 2,893. In 1951 the population was 7,062.

Education:
Barnet College also has one of its main sites in High Barnet and is spread out through the London Borough of Barnet.
Secondary and further:
Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys
East Barnet School
Barnet College
Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls
The Ravenscroft School
Friern Barnet School

Barnet FC are the local football team, flitting between league and non-league football. They play at the Underhill Stadium. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers is the a local athletics club. Chipping Barnet has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.

High Barnet is home to one Odeon cinema, the Barnet museum, the traditional annual Barnet Fair, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park. High Barnet is a popular location for Restaurants and Public houses but as yet has never opened a nightclub. The Public houses in High Barnet include: The Misty Moon, The Dandylion , The Kings Head, The Monken Holt, Ye Olde Mitre Inn, and The Red Lion.


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