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Wembley history
Toponomy
Wembley is derived from Old English proper name “Wemba” and the Old English “lea” for meadow or clearing. The name was first mentioned in the charter of 825 of Selvin.
The old manor
The village of Wembley grew up on the hill by the clearing with the Harrow Road south of it. In 1547 there were but six houses in Wembley, one of the wealthiest parts of Harrow. At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1543, the manor of Wembley fell to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain. There was a mill on Wembley Hill by 1673.
Railways, parish formed and development
In 1837, the London & Birmingham Railway (now part of the West Coast Main Line) was opened from London Euston through Wembley to Hemel Hempstead, and completed to Birmingham Curzon Street the following year. The changing names of the local station demonstrated the increasing importance of the ‘Wembley’ name. Since 1917, there have been six platforms at what is now Wembley Central station. The church of Saint John the Evangelist, Wembley was consecrated in 1846, in which year Wembley became a parish.
Empire Exhibition and the Stadium
What had been Wembley Park hosted the British Empire Exhibition of 1924–1925. Most of the rest of Wembley’s housing consists of inter-war semi-detached houses and terraces.
Post-war
During the 1960s, rebuilding of Wembley Central station, a block of flats, an open-plan shopping plaza, and a car park were constructed on a concrete raft over the railway. The retail centre of Wembley (the High Road and north end of Ealing Road) has suffered from chronic traffic congestion and from the opening of neighbouring purpose-built shopping centres.
Recent regenerations
The town’s regeneration is one of the major development projects in London in the early 21st century. A shopping plaza along High Road suffered slow decline by the 1980s and was poorly maintained. In a bid to reverse Wembley’s fortunes, in the mid-2000s plans were created and approved to completely regenerate the place, carried out by construction company St. Modwen.
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