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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bentley Heath like this:
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.
Bentley Heath is now part of HERTSMERE District. Click here for graphs and data of how HERTSMERE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bentley Heath itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bentley Heath, in Hertsmere and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24336
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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