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Harrow, London history
Harrow, formerly known as Greenhill, was a small hamlet of farms at the foot of Harrow Hill. Circa 1852, the village had 8 houses, 17 cottages, and one inn, with 141 people. This area was part of the hundred of Gore in the historic county of Middlesex.
Urban development
By 1865, a series of roads had been built in Greenhill, including College, Roxborough, Kymberley, Clarendon, Byron and St Anns – but few houses. A parish church, St John’s Church, was built in 1866 on a farm and Greenhill became a separate parish in 1896. In 1899, the junction of Grove Hill and Lowlands Road is said to have been the scene of Britain’s first fatal car accident.
Battle of Britain
Many sources state that one of the earliest bombing raid from the Luftwaffe occurred in Harrow and Wealdstone on 22 August 1940. It caused damage to cinemas, houses and a bank, but with no fatalities. The very first air raid on the present day London area is believed to be the accidental bombing of Croydon Airport.
Post-war
The town was part of the Harrow Urban District, a district council within the county of Middlesex, from 1934 until 1965, which also included parts of Edgware, Hendon, Wembley and Pinner. The London Borough of Harrow was formed in 1965 as the only London borough unaffected by boundary changes. The borough’s Civic Centre was built in 1970–1972, opened 6 May 1973, on Station Road in Wealdstone.
21st century
In 2011, the one-way single lane section of Station Road was widened to allow two-way bus traffic. The 11 storey luxury apartments of Bradstowe House was completed in 2016 after long delays. Former office buildings on Lyon Road have been regenerated into new mixed use buildings.
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