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:''See also Stanmore, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.''
'Stanmore' is a place in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km) north west of Charing Cross.
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 ''Stanmore the Great'' to distinguish it from Little Stanmore.
Stanmore 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 messages in World War Two were housed.
The suburb is characterised by numerous small restaurants and cafés, several public houses, and a handful of boutique-style clothing stores. The centre of Stanmore is dominated by the presence of a large Sainsbury's supermarket. Stanmore's extensive residential areas are leafy and predominantly affluent, with many residents commuting daily to jobs in central London and the City.
Stanmore is home to Stanmore College (a government further education establishment) and a local library. The suburb also hosts the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - known as RNOH - which is famed for its spinal unit.
Stanmore has a thriving Jewish community as well as affluent Indian society, including its local synagogue on London Road and now a new Hindu Temple on Wood Lane.
★ Peelite Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (in office December, 1852 – February, 1855) was raised and is buried in Stanmore.
★ English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; W.S. Gilbert, is buried in Stanmore.
★ Stanmore is also the birth-place of peroxide Brit-rocker Billy Idol, football coach Dave Bassett, Nikolai Levey(Coldplay producer), Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott and author Anthony Horowitz
★ Tajpal Lall, Bollywood's superstar also lives in Stanmore.
★ Belmont
★ Wealdstone
★ Edgware
★ Kenton
★ Bushey
★ Pinner
★ Stanmore tube station
The following London bus routes serve Stanmore (correct at 07 August 2007):
★ H12 Stanmore to South Harrow (via Hatch End and Pinner)
★ 142 Brent Cross to Watford Junction (via Edgware)
★ 340 Edgware to Harrow Bus Station
★ Night Bus N98 Stanmore to Holborn (via Willesden and Marble Arch)
★ Stanmore College web site
★ Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital web site
'Stanmore' is a place in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km) north west of Charing Cross.
| Contents |
| History |
| Modern Stanmore |
| Notable people associated with Stanmore |
| Transport |
| Nearby places |
| Nearest tube station |
| Main Bus routes |
| External links |
History
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 ''Stanmore the Great'' to distinguish it from Little Stanmore.
Stanmore 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 messages in World War Two were housed.
Modern Stanmore
The suburb is characterised by numerous small restaurants and cafés, several public houses, and a handful of boutique-style clothing stores. The centre of Stanmore is dominated by the presence of a large Sainsbury's supermarket. Stanmore's extensive residential areas are leafy and predominantly affluent, with many residents commuting daily to jobs in central London and the City.
Stanmore is home to Stanmore College (a government further education establishment) and a local library. The suburb also hosts the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - known as RNOH - which is famed for its spinal unit.
Stanmore has a thriving Jewish community as well as affluent Indian society, including its local synagogue on London Road and now a new Hindu Temple on Wood Lane.
Notable people associated with Stanmore
★ Peelite Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (in office December, 1852 – February, 1855) was raised and is buried in Stanmore.
★ English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; W.S. Gilbert, is buried in Stanmore.
★ Stanmore is also the birth-place of peroxide Brit-rocker Billy Idol, football coach Dave Bassett, Nikolai Levey(Coldplay producer), Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott and author Anthony Horowitz
★ Tajpal Lall, Bollywood's superstar also lives in Stanmore.
Transport
Nearby places
★ Belmont
★ Wealdstone
★ Edgware
★ Kenton
★ Bushey
★ Pinner
Nearest tube station
★ Stanmore tube station
Main Bus routes
The following London bus routes serve Stanmore (correct at 07 August 2007):
★ H12 Stanmore to South Harrow (via Hatch End and Pinner)
★ 142 Brent Cross to Watford Junction (via Edgware)
★ 340 Edgware to Harrow Bus Station
★ Night Bus N98 Stanmore to Holborn (via Willesden and Marble Arch)
External links
★ Stanmore College web site
★ Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital web site
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