Memorial

Battle Of Barnet Obelisk

Source: Copyright Simon Warner

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Current Location

Junction of Great North Road and Hadley Highstone, Battle Of Barnet Obelisk, Great North Road, Monken Hadley, Barnet, Greater London, EN5 4QQ, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 24660 97878

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 24375
Description: Four-sided obelisk on square base. Ordnance Survey benchmark on base. Also known as the "High Stone"
Inscription: Side 1: HERE was / fought the / Famous BATTLE / Between EDWARD / the 4th and the / EARL of WARWICK / April the 14th / ANNO / 1471. / in which the EARL / was Defeated / And Slain. SIDE 2: TO HATFIELD VII MILES 3/4 SIDE 3: FROM ST ALBANS VIII MILES 3/4 SIDE 4: THIS WAS ERECTED 1740

Commemoration

War: Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: title, place and date of death

History

Sponsor Type: private
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Erected by Sir Jeremy Sambrooke (d.1754) of Gobions.
Maintenance History: Moved from its original position on the edge of the battlefield. (Warren p.5).

Ceremonies

Unveiled

1740

UNKNOWN

Conservation

Components

Obelisk

Height: 3658mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1078808

Further Information

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN by SMURTHWAITE, D pp.113-114 Source: Image Library
Buildings of England series by Various Hertfordshire 2nd ed (1977) pp.113, 251.
Herts & Cambs Reporter & Royston Crow - Friday 20 July 1906 Herts Count Council took over the monument and its maintenance