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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Barnet like this:
Barnet, market town (ry. stations High Barnet and New Barnet), Chipping Barnet par., Herts, and Monken Hadley and South Mimms pars., Middlesex, 11¼ miles N. of London by rail, 235 ac., pop. 4095; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Monday. Here a battle was fought (1471) during the Wars of the Roses.
Barnet is now part of BARNET District. Click here for graphs and data of how BARNET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barnet itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baildon, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/281
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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