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Barnet

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Barnet (bär`nət), outer borough (1991 pop. 283,000) of Greater London, SE England. Although mainly residential, manufactures there include automobile and aircraft parts, electrical components, and beverages. At the battle of Barnet (1471) during the Wars of the Roses, Edward IV of the House of York defeated the Lancastrian Richard Neville, earl of Warwick. Neville died in the fighting.
Barnet
a borough of N Greater London: scene of a Yorkist victory (1471) in the Wars of the Roses. Pop.: 324 400 (2003 est.). Area: 89 sq. km (34 sq. miles)


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And as they advanced towards Barnet a tumultuous murmuring grew stronger.
It happened very oddly that I was standing at the inn gate, and a woman that had stood there before, and which was the porter's wife belonging to the Barnet stage-coach, having observed me, asked if I waited for any of the coaches.
He encamped at Barnet, that is to say, within four leagues of the capital, cherished by the parliament, which thought it beheld in him a protector, and awaited by the people, who were anxious to see him reveal himself, that they might judge him.
 
 
 
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