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GLADESMORE-HEATH, or Bentley-Heath, a place on the N border of Middlesex; 2 miles NNE of Barnet. Here was fought the battle of Barnet in 1471, in which Edward IV. defeated the Earl of Warwick; and here stands an obelisk commemorative of that event.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Middlesex Ancient County |
| Place names: | BENTLEY HEATH | GLADESMORE HEATH | GLADESMORE HEATH OR BENTLEY HEATH |
| Place: | Bentley Heath |
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