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Butler Road, HA1

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Place Name Henry Montagu Butler (July 2, 1833 – January 14, 1918) served, like his father, as the headmaster of…

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Stiven Crescent, HA2

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Place Name The colourful GP Edward William Flemyng Stiven was a Scot who grew up in India. He came to Harrow…

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Drury Road, HA1

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Place Name Joseph Drury (February 11, 1750 – January 9, 1834) was headmaster of Harrow School between 1785 and 1805, and…

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Corfe Avenue, HA2

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Place Name Remembering the English Civil War and Lady Mary Bankes’s heroic defence of her home, Corfe Castle, in Dorset, against…

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Eastcote Road, HA2

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Place Name Leads on to Eastcote Lane. The name goes back to 1248 when it was first recorded as Est-cotte,…

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Byron Hill Road, HA1

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Place Name Takes its name from Byron House, which itself was named after George Gordon Byron (January 22, 1788 –…

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Sheridan Gardens, HA3

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Place Name Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) is best known as a playwright, poet,…

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Wakeling Lane, HA0

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Place Name William Henry Wakeling of 2 Park Parade, Harrow Road, Wembley, was a master builder, who with James White…

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York Avenue, HA7

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Place Name Edward Christopher York (who died in 1885) bought the manor house and 189 acres of Headstone Farm, which…

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Sudbury Court Road, HA1

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Place Name Named after the local area which means southern manor, possibly a reference to Harrow itself. In the late…

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