Harrow on the Hill
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Coordinates: 51°33′56″N 0°19′58″W / 51.565496°N 0.332716°W
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  Harrow on the Hill shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| London borough | Harrow |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROW |
| Postcode district | HA1 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| London Assembly | Brent and Harrow |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Harrow on the Hill is an area of north west London, England and part of the London Borough of Harrow.[1] The name refers to a large local hill of 408 feet.[2]
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[edit] Etymology
The earliest recorded use of the name is found in 1398 as Harrowe atte Hille. Etymology before then derives from Harrow, which is first recorded in 767 as Gumeninga hergae. A suggested meaning is heathen temple of a tribe called the Gumeningas. The hill has historically been used as a place of pagan worship.[2] It is alternatively explained to mean the church upon the hill.[3]
[edit] History
Harrow on the Hill formed an ancient parish and later civil parish in the Gore hundred of Middlesex.[4] In 1831 it had a population of 3,861 and occupied an area of 9,870 acres (39.9 km2). There were significant boundary changes in 1894, when the bulk of the parish was removed to create the parishes of Harrow Weald, Wealdstone and Wembley.[4] By 1931 it occupied a reduced area of 2,129 acres (8.62 km2) and had a population of 26,380. It formed the Harrow on the Hill Urban District of Middlesex from 1894 and was abolished by a County Review Order in 1934,[5] with the bulk of the area forming part of a new civil parish and urban district of Harrow. In 1954 the urban district was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Harrow and in 1965 it was transferred to Greater London to form the London Borough of Harrow.
[edit] Demography
The population of the Harrow on the Hill ward of the London Borough of Harrow was 9,578 in 1991 and 10,632 in 2001. It occupies an area of 357 hectares and in 2001 had a population density of 29.74 persons per hectare. There were 4,539 households in the district in 2001.[6] The ward's boundaries encompass the majority of the hill and also Roxeth, Sudbury Hill and parts of West Harrow.
[edit] Religion
Harrow on the Hill is also an ecclesiastical parish. The church on top of the hill is the Church of St Mary, Harrow on the Hill. It was consecrated by St Anselm in 1094.[7] The area is home to, four Catholic schools and three Church of England schools, including the world-famous independent school, Harrow School.
[edit] Transport
Harrow-on-the-Hill station, although named after the settlement, is located some distance to the north.
[edit] Street accident fatality
A roadside plaque unveiled on 25 February 1969 stated that the first recorded motor accident in Great Britain to have involved the death of the car driver had taken place at Harrow on the Hill on a road called Grove Hill seventy year earlier, on 25 February 1899.[8] The plaque made no mention of the name of the dead motorist, but it did name the civic dignitory who had unveiled it: his name was given as Alderman Charles Stenhouse.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Harrow London Borough Council - Harrow on the Hill Village Conservation Area
- ^ a b Mills, A., Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
- ^ Harrow on the Hill, The Environs of London: volume 2: County of Middlesex, (1795). Date accessed: 01 January 2008.
- ^ a b Vision of Britain - Harrow on the Hill parish (historic map)
- ^ Vision of Britain - Harrow on the Hill UD
- ^ Harrow London Borough Council - 2001 Census: Harrow on the Hill ward
- ^ Church of St Mary, Harrow on the Hill
- ^ a b "Pillars and Posts". Autocar vol 137 (nbr 3985): pages 12. date 14 September 1972.
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