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High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It lay on the border of the traditional counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
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. The town lies at the northern end of the Northern Line, and the association football team Barnet F.C.Barnet Football Club are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference. In March 2004 they were in one of the play off positions. The club has been in existence since 1888 and has always boasted a loyal fan base. Affectionaly kno play there. It was formerly the site of a well-known fairFor other uses of the word fair see Fair (disambiguation Fair is the name for the gathering together of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or fairground entertainment., hence the cockneyA Cockney in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. According to one old tradition, the definition is limited to those born within earshot (generally taken to be three miles) of the Bow bells, i. the bells rhyming slang "Barnet" for "hair".
Barnet is the highest point on the old Great North Road between the City of LondonThe City of London often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile (from its area) (but never referred to simply as London forms the historic and financial centre of Greater London. Although the City was for centuries synonymous with London, the and YorkThis article is about the English city. For other meanings, see York (disambiguation). York is a city in the north of England built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In 1991 the city had a population of 123,126. Its geographic coordinates are, which sounds impressive, but is a mere 130 metres above mean sea level. The tower of St John the Baptist Church claims to be the highest point between itself and the Ural MountainsThe Ural Mountains ( Russian: also known simply as the Urals are a mountain range that run roughly north and south through western Russia. The Urals extend 2500 km from the Kazakh steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of the Arctic to the east.