Barnet

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Barnet (Derivation: OE; land cleared by burning), formally Chipping Barnet, is a town on the Hertfordshire-Middlesex border within the London built-up area. Settlements containing that name date back to the Anglo-Saxon times. It was granted a charter in 1199 to hold a market and was known throughout the Middle Ages for its annual fair. Its growth was assisted by its position on the Great North Road from London, and it became a staging post for travellers.

Barnet was formerly the location for a large annual fair, popular with Londoners. The expression Barnet Fair, more usually shortened to Barnet, is a rhyming slang term for hair.

Nearby, at Hadley Green, is the site of a major battle in the Wars of the Roses. The Battle of Barnet (14 April 1471) in which forces led by Edward IV defeated a Lancastrian army and killed Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, ended Henry VI’s brief recovery of fortune and consolidated Edward’s control of the country.

Administration

Barnet lends its name to Barnet London Borough Council, which is responsible for local government in the town and surrounding areas. It forms part of the county for the purposes of lieutenancy of Greater London.