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Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

Toponymy

The area was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Stanmere'', the name deriving from the Old English ''stan'', 'stony' and ''mere'', 'a pool'. There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the ''mere'' may have been one of the ponds which still exist. By 1574 the area had become known as '''Great Stanmore''' to distinguish it from Little Stanmore. Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

History

Stanmore Village railway station was open for train services between 1890 and 1952. Stanmore tube station opened in 1932.

Stanmore had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma machine messages in World War Two were housed.

Andrew Drummond (banker), the founder of the Drummond bank in Charing Cross purchased the Stanmore estate in 1729 .H Bolitho and D Peel, The Drummonds of Charing Cross (London: George, Allen & Unwin, 1967)

Stanmore was also home to RAF Bentley Priory from where the Battle of Britain was controlled, also formerly to RAF Stanmore Park, HQ of Balloon Command. RAF Stanmore Park closed in 1997 and is now a housing estate and RAF Bentley Priory closed in 2009.

Parish Church
The first Parish Church was the 14th century St Mary's, built on the site of a wooden Saxon church which was itself probably built on the site of a Roman compitum shrine.http://www.stjohnsstanmore.org.uk/content.php?folder_id=9

This building was replaced by a new one built on the current site consecrated in 1632 and dedicated to St John the Evangelist. Its ruin still stands near the present church which was consecrated in 1850. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen's last public appearance was to lay the foundation stone of the new church. She gave the font and when the church was completed after her death, the east window was dedicated to her memory. Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

Modern Stanmore

The suburb is characterised by numerous small restaurants and cafés, several public houses, many unique shops like a natural health store and boutique-style clothing stores. The centre of Stanmore is dominated by the presence of a large Sainsbury's supermarket and also a large Lidl supermarket. There are also popular eateries such as Prezzo and Caffè Nero situated in the centre of the town. Stanmore's extensive residential areas are leafy and predominantly affluent, with many residents commuting daily to jobs in central London and City of London.

Stanmore Park is located at the foot of Stanmore Hill and right next to the local library. This is just one of the two outdoor leisure fields, the other being Whitchurch Playing Fields adjacent to Whitchurch Middle School and opposite to Stanburn First and Middle School. The playing field hosts many Sunday league football matches on the vast acres of turf which are marked into individual football pitches with respective goal frames.

Situated on the border of Stanmore and Bushey is Stanmore Cricket Club, one of the oldest in the Middlesex county championship league celebrating 150 years in 2003 and is still successful at the present. The club has nurtured two famous cricketers who have played Tests for England in the last two decades; Angus Fraser and Mark Ramprakash.

Stanmore is home to Park High School, Stanmore, Stanmore College (a government further education establishment) and a local library run by the London Borough of Harrow. North London Collegiate, one of the top public schools is in Stanmore. The suburb also hosts the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - known as RNOH - which is famed for its spinal unit. Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

Ethnicity and religion

Stanmore has overwhelmingly affluent Christian, Shia Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Jewish and Catholic communities, including its local Synagogue, Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue on London Road (which has the largest membership of any single synagogue in Europe),[http://www.sacps.org.uk/ Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue Website] an Islamic Centre, KSIMC Of London (Hujjat)[http://www.hujjat.org hujjat.org] and new Hindu Temple[http://www.swaminarayansatsang.com swaminarayansatsang.org] on Wood Lane. Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

Notable natives and residents

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*Performer and musician Beardyman (Darren Foreman) grew up in Stanmore, as did his brother, musical comedian Jay Foreman (comedian)
*Performer and comedian Matt Lucas was born in Stanmore on 5 March 1974. He attended Aylward First & Middle School, and the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
*Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom, lived at RAF Bentley Priory from 1848 until her death there.
*George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — Robert Peel Prime Minister (in office December 1852 – February 1855); was raised and is buried in Stanmore.
*W.S. Gilbert — English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; buried in Stanmore.
*Robert Hollond and Ellen Hollond lived here from 1847. He was a balloonist and MP, she founded London's first Day care.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26906 Great Stanmore: Introduction', A History of the County of Middlesex]: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 88-96. URL: Date accessed: 12 May 2009.
*Clement Attlee — United Kingdom Labour Party Prime Minister in the first post-war government; lived in a large villa "Heywood", which was later demolished and replaced by a small block of flats.
*Brit-rocker Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad), was born in Stanmore.
*Football coach Dave Bassett, was born in Stanmore.
*Drummer Peter Van Hooke was raised in Stanmore.
*Actress Linda Hayden, was born in Stanmore.
*Author/screenwriter Anthony Horowitz, was born in Stanmore.
*Actor Cyril Shaps lived in Stanmore.
*Actress Patricia Medina, second wife of Joseph Cotten, lived in Stanmore.
*Actor Roger Moore, famous for his role as James Bond and in ''The Saint (TV series)'', lived in Stanmore.
*Footballer Theo Walcott, current Arsenal and England player, was born in Stanmore in 1989.[http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players/W/Theo-Walcott] His family still live there.[http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Exclusive-Theo-Walcott-forgets-his-keys-after-England-hat-trick-heroics-article33485.html]
*Labour MP Keith Vaz currently lives in Stanmore.
*Olly Mann, co-host of cult podcast, ''Answer Me This!''.http://ollymann.wordpress.com/about/
*Nigel Rothband, Chief Operating Officer of BEN and former manager of the Great Britain Maccabiah cricket team currently lives in Stanmore.
*James Bord, professional poker player Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

Transport

Nearby places
* Belmont, Harrow
* Wealdstone
* Edgware
* Bushey
* Watford

Tube/Trains
* Stanmore tube station

Main bus routes
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|London Buses route 324
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|London Buses route 340
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|London Buses route H12
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|London Buses route N98
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|} Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

External links

* [http://www.stanmore.ac.uk/ Stanmore College web site]
* [http://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital web site] Stanmore is a suburban area of the London Borough of Harrow, in northwest London. It is situated northwest of Charing Cross. The area is home to Stanmore Hill, one of the List of highest points in London, high.

References

Category:Areas of London
Category:Districts of Harrow
Category:Districts of London listed in the Domesday Book
Category:Post towns in the HA postcode area

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