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A History of the County of Middlesex
… the London Borough of Brent. Willesden was bounded on the north-east by the Roman Watling Street, later Edgware Road, on the north and west by the river Brent, and on the south-east by … from the 18th century. 10 The river Brent, running from north-east to south-west, flooded frequently. It was dammed …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… or in the church. In 1815 a vestry room was built on the north side of the church. By 1856 it had become too small and … local board of 15 members. South Kilburn had six members, North Kilburn, East Willesden and West Willesden three each. … into seven wards, each represented by three councillors: North, Mid, and South Kilburn, Willesden Green (including …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… prebends: East Twyford in the south-west, Neasden in the north-west, Oxgate in the northeast, Harlesden in the centre … central canted entrance bay rising the full height of the north front. A lower wing, presumably an addition, ran …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to disabled watermen of Wandsworth parish; 64 a. in north Neasden, bordering the Brent, were bought from the … 248 a., in 1665-6 and 1671, 21 and smaller estates in the north in 1675 22 and in Kilburn in 1679. 23 His complicated … (d. 1615) 83 and assessed on seven hearths in 1664, 84 lay north of the lane and was called Dollis Hill House in 1734 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Cong. 1914-25. 18 Methodists. Wes. chapel built c. 1847 on north side of Harrow Rd. (High St., Harlesden) and closed c. … moved 1928 to new site at junction of Neasden Lane and North Circular. Replaced 1937 by brown-brick chapel accommodating 400 on new site in Neasden Lane, north of North Circular Road. Damaged 1945 and reopened after …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hospital in Harlesden Road were grouped together under the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. The health … a generating station in Taylors Lane, which it sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. in 1904. 23 By … were opened at Olive Road, Cricklewood, in 1929 and on the North Circular Road at Neasden in 1931. 29 A public open-air …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to Cricklewood reflects the general movement of the Irish north from Kilburn. The drop in the attendance figures of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… engulfing south Kilburn in the 1850s and 1860s and north Kilburn in the 1870s and 1880s. Proceeding along Harrow … 24 At Stonebridge the parallel streets running north from Harrow Road reflected the narrow fields with their … opened up by the munitions factories and linked by the North Circular Road. The council, anxious to avoid the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… as a newly erected cottage in 1724, 45 which stood north of High Road at Church End, near the Vicarage, and was … pleasure gardens. 49 The Spotted Dog, High Road, north of Willesden Green, existed by 1762 and can probably be … The Empire, later called the Granada, had opened at the north end of Church Road by 1926. It closed c. 1962 and by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… covered 1,397 a. 72 (566 ha.) and extended c. 4 km. from north to south and c. 2 km. from west to east. The highest … northern parish boundary and in the centre of the parish north of Willey Hall. The land falls to the streams on the … Cotbrook Lane had been superseded by a new road on the north, turnpiked by 1827. The turnpike road ran partly on the …