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West Hendon history
West Hendon was formally known, from 1878 to 1890, as New Hendon, a small railway development on the Edgware Road. Before the 1830s there were three farms, Upper and Lower Guttershedge and Cockman’s in the Wood, and an inn, The Welsh Harp. Between 1835 and 1838, the Brent Reservoir was constructed by damming the Brent and the Silk brooks and flooding much of the farm. At its greatest extent, in 1853, it covered 400 acres but was dramatically reduced to 195 acres (789,000 m) in the 1890s.
War bombing and post-war period
Luftwaffe dropped a single SC2500 maximum heavy explosive bomb (equivalent to two V2 rockets) on 13 February 1941, killing 85 people, injuring hundreds, destroying 40 houses in an area west of the Edgware Road. The devastated area here was redeveloped by the 1970s. Hendon Mosque notably held the funeral for Nazia Hassan, a pioneer of Pakistani pop music in 2001.
Estate regeneration
The West Hendon Estate was built in the late 1960s, originally made up of 680 homes. Plans were made during the 2000s to regenerate the estate, which were approved in 2013. As of 2019, Marsh Drive is the only remaining original block yet to be demolished. The new development is collectively named Hendon Waterside.
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