Hodgson’s Farm

Hodgson's Farm stood nearly at today's meetingpoint of Chapter Road and Park Avenue.

Hay was the major crop on the farm, owned by a Robert Hodgson.

In this view, the farm and farmyard are seen from across a field at the very strat of the 20th century. Shortly afterwards it disappeared as the whole of Willesden Green was developed.

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The Green family

Added: 17 Jun 2018 08:43 GMT

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Post by The Green family: Rackham Street, W10

We lived at no 6 Rackham street until we were bombed out during the war.My father was Thomas Green and mother Hilda(Hall). It had a sweet shop and a Catholic church at the end of the road.

Susan Dunmore

Added: 29 May 2018 12:39 GMT

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Post by Susan Dunmore: Gas Light and Coke Company

my brother remembers going to the Gas Light and Coke Company in Ladbrooke Grove on a Saturday morning with empty coal sacks to buy bags of coke taking an pram.

pamela foster

Added: 27 May 2018 13:45 GMT

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Post by pamela foster: Kensal Rise Library

The library was closed several years ago as part of brent councils cutbacks, it is supposed to open soon run by volunteers.

Paul Shepherd

Added: 16 Jan 2018 15:21 GMT

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Post by Paul Shepherd: Chamberlayne Road, NW10

i lived in Rainham Rd in the 1960?s. my best friends were John McCollough and Rosalind Beevor. it was a good time to be there but local schools were not good and i got out before it went to a real slum. i gather it?s ok now.

Maria Russ

Added: 7 Dec 2017 09:46 GMT

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Post by Maria Russ: Middle Row Bus Garage

My mum worked as a Clippie out from Middle Row Bus Garage and was conductress to George Marsh Driver. They travel the City and out to Ruislip and Acton duiring the 1950’s and 1960’s. We moved to Langley and she joined Windsor Bus Garage and was on the Greenline buses after that. It was a real family of workers from Middle Row and it formed a part of my early years in London. I now live in New Zealand, but have happy memories of the early years of London Transport and Middle Row Garage.
Still have mum’s bus badge.

Happy times they were.

John Dye

Added: 1 Dec 2017 14:50 GMT

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Post by John Dye: Cool Oak Lane, NW9

I lived at Queensbury Road, Kingsbury during World War II and used to play regularly along the edge of the Welsh Harp. About halfway along Cool Oak Lane on the south side was a pond we used to call Froggy Pond. It was the only place I ever saw a water scorpion, Nepa cinerea.
At the end of the war, all the street air raid shelters were knocked down and the rubble was piled up on the ground south of the Cool Oak Lane bridge, on the Hendon side. I remember that this heap of rubble became infested with rats and I used to watch them from the bridge. I was told that an old house on the south side of Cool Oak Lane (Woodfield House?) was once owned by the wife of Horatio Nelson. I think it later became the nurseries for plants grown for the Hendon parks.

Julia elsdon

Added: 22 Nov 2017 18:19 GMT

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Post by Julia elsdon: Shirland Mews, W9

I didn’t come from Shirland Mews, but stayed there when my father was visiting friends, sometime in the mid to late forties. As I was only a very young child I don’t remember too much. I seem to think there were the old stables or garages with the living accommodation above. My Mother came from Malvern Road which I think was near Shirland Mews. I remember a little old shop which had a "milk cow outside". So I was told, it was attached to the front of the shop and you put some money in and the milk would be dispensed into your container. Not too sure if it was still in use then. Just wonder if anyone else remembers it.yz5

Irene Whitby..maiden name crighton

Added: 17 Nov 2017 22:50 GMT

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Post by Irene Whitby..maiden name crighton: Netherwood Street, NW6

I was born at 63netherwood street.need to know who else lived there.i think I moved out because of a fire but not sure

David Jones-Parry

Added: 3 Oct 2017 13:29 GMT

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Post by David Jones-Parry: Tavistock Crescent, W11

I was born n bred at 25 Mc Gregor Rd in 1938 and lived there until I joined the Royal Navy in 1957. It was a very interesting time what with air raid shelters,bombed houses,water tanks all sorts of areas for little boys to collect scrap and sell them on.no questions asked.A very happy boyhood ,from there we could visit most areas of London by bus and tube and we did.

Debbie hobbs

Added: 19 Sep 2017 09:08 GMT

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Post by Debbie hobbs : Raymede Street, W10

I SUPPLIED THE PICTURE ABOVE GIVEN TO TOM VAGUE TO PASS ON... ITS DATE IS C1906 ..IN THE DISTANCE IS RACKHAM STREET WITH ITS MISSION HALL, HEWER STREET TO THE RIGHT

David Jones-Parry

Added: 7 Sep 2017 12:13 GMT

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Post by David Jones-Parry: Mcgregor Road, W11

I lived at 25 Mc Gregor Rd from 1938 my birth until I joined the Royal Navy in 1957.Our house sided onto Ridgeways Laundry All Saints Rd. I had a happy boyhood living there

Brenda Jackson

Added: 13 Aug 2017 21:39 GMT

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Post by Brenda Jackson: Granville Road, NW6

My Gt Gt grandparents lived at 83 Pembroke Road before it became Granville Road, They were married in 1874, John Tarrant and Maryann Tarrant nee Williamson.
Her brother George Samuel Williamson lived at 95 Pembroke Road with his fwife Emily and children in the 1881 Census

Apparently the extended family also lived for many years in Alpha Place, Canterbury Road, Peel Road,

LDNnews

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LDNnews

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Police and councils have tested the eviction scheme in north London, Victoria Atkins saysFamilies of gang members who are living in council housing should have those homes taken away from them in order to deter the criminals, a government minister has said.Victoria Atkins, a Home Office minister, backed a scheme being trialled in north London that threatens whole families in council homes with eviction and offers leniency to gang members in some low-level cases, such as possession of cannabis. Related: Met police pose as delivery drivers to combat moped crime Continue reading...
Police and councils have tested the eviction scheme in north London, Victoria Atkins saysFamilies of gang members who are living in council housing should have those homes taken away from them in order to deter the criminals, a government minister has said.Victoria

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Tube delays after station fire alert
With England’s glorious victory over Tunisia and Captain Kane’s opportune double fresh in the mind, here are some things to consider to keep the good mood going.

http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/16300744.traffic-tube-and-weather-update/?ref=rss

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Barnet commuters to benefit from new double-decker buses
Commuters in Barnet will be able to travel on new double-decker buses.

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	VIEW THE WILLESDEN GREEN AREA IN THE 1750s The 1750 Rocque map is bounded by Sudbury (NW), Snaresbrook (NE), Eltham (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1750 map does not display.
	VIEW THE WILLESDEN GREEN AREA IN THE 1800s The 1800 mapping is bounded by Stanmore (NW), Woodford (NE), Bromley (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1800 map does not display.
	VIEW THE WILLESDEN GREEN AREA IN THE 1830s The 1830 mapping is bounded by West Hampstead (NW), Hackney (NE), Greenwich (SE) and Chelsea (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1830 map does not display.
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	VIEW THE WILLESDEN GREEN AREA IN THE 1900s The 1900 mapping covers all of the London area.

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Willesden Green

A good place for those from the 14th century with particularly bad eyesight.

From the 14th to 16th centuries, Willesden was a place of pilgrimage due to the presence of two ancient statues of the Virgin Mary at the Church of St Mary. One of these statues is thought to be a Black Madonna, which was insulted by the Lollards, taken to Thomas Cromwell's house and burnt in 1538 on a large bonfire of 'notable images. including those of Walsingham, Worcester and Ipswich. There was also a 'holy well' which was thought to possess miraculous qualities, particularly for blindness and other eye disorders.

The parish of Willesden remained predominantly rural up until after 1875. However, this changed with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway (later the Metropolitan Line) station of Willesden Green on 24 November 1879. By 1906 the population had grown to 140,000, a phenomenon of rapid growth that was to be repeated in the 1920s in neighbouring areas such as Harrow. The Metropolitan Line service was withdrawn in 1940, when the station was served by the Bakerloo Line, and later the Jubilee Line. Willesden Green station has now a grand 1920s facade.

World War I caused Willesden to change from a predominantly middle class suburb to a working class part of London. After the war, Willesden grew rapidly as numerous factories opened up with numerous flats and houses. The local council encouraged building to prevent large unemployment and decline.

To the present day, Willesden has been shaped by the patterns of migration which marks it out as one of the most diverse areas in the United Kingdom. City of London Corporation records show that the first black person recorded in Brent was Sarah Eco, who was christened in St. Mary’s Church in Willesden on 15 September 1723.

The 1901 United Kingdom census recorded that 42% of the population was born in London. In 1923, the specialist coach builder Freestone and Webb established their base in Willesden, producing bespoke cars on Rolls-Royce and Bentley chassis until 1956.

Willesden became a municipal borough in 1933, and it is at this time that the area became predominantly working class. A small Irish community had formed in Willesden by this time, which grew rapidly during the period of the Second World War. A small Jewish community of refugees from Europe also formed during the war, with 3.5% of the population in 1951 born in Germany, Poland, Russia or Austria. During the war, Willesden suffered large damage due to the heavy concentration of industry, such as munition factories, and railways in the area.

The period from 1960 saw migrants settling from the Caribbean and the Indian Subcontinent. Additionally, from 1963 it was the site of the Kuo Yuan, the first Chinese restaurant to serve Pekinese dishes in Britain. Since the 1960s, Willesden has been popular with young working holidaymakers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand, although this popularity has declined somewhat in favour of other areas since about 2003.

Willesden went into a period of decline during the 1970s and 1980s as much of the housing was inadequate due to overcrowding as industry was mixed with housing. The whole of central Willesden bar (the area by the Willesden Green station) was earmarked for redevelopment; however, this did not come to fruition. In the late 1980s, traders were given money to revamp the High Street to prevent it closing. It now has one of the best public libraries in the UK, Willesden Green Library Centre - an elegant building and open very long hours.

Now the area has seen another change in demographic becoming a middle class area due to its prime location and good transport links.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Bramley's Farm:   Willesden Farm was also known as Bramley's Farm locally.
Convent of Jesus and Mary RC Infant School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 7.
St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary School:   Academy sponsor led (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Junior School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 7 and 11.
Willesden Farm:   Willesden Farm was otherwise known as Bramley's Farm.
Willesden Green:   A good place for those from the 14th century with particularly bad eyesight.
Willesden Green Farm:   Willesden Green Farm, owned by All Souls College, Oxford, was south of the High Road, opposite Willesden Farm.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Acland Road, NW2 · Alverstone Road, NW2 · Balmoral Road, NW2 · Belton Road, NW2 · Bertie Road, NW10 · Blenheim Gardens, NW2 · Brenthurst Road, NW10 · Brondesbury Park, NW10 · Brondesbury Park, NW2 · Chambers Lane, NW10 · Chambers Lane, NW2 · Chandos Road, NW2 · Chanin Mews, NW2 · Chantry Crescent, NW10 · Chapel Close, NW10 · Chaplin Road, NW2 · Chapter Road, NW2 · Churchill Road, NW2 · Churchmead Road, NW10 · Cornwall Gardens, NW10 · Cranhurst Road, NW2 · Crome Road, NW10 · Dalmeyer Road, NW10 · Deacon Road, NW2 · Dean Road, NW10 · Denzil Road, NW10 · Elvis Road, NW2 · Gay Close, NW2 · Glebe Road, NW10 · Gowan Road, NW10 · Grange Road, NW10 · Griffin Close, NW10 · Grosvenor Gardens, NW2 · Grove Road, NW2 · Harcourt House, NW10 · Hawthorn Road, NW10 · Heathfield Park, NW2 · Helperby Road, NW10 · High Road, NW10 · High Road, NW2 · Honeyman Close, NW2 · Honeyman Close, NW6 · Huddlestone Road, NW2 · James Avenue, NW2 · Jeymer Avenue, NW2 · Kenneth Crescent, NW2 · Kenneth Cresent, NW2 · Kings Road, NW10 · Knapp Close, NW10 · Lechmere Road, NW2 · Lennon Road, NW2 · Linacre Road, NW10 · Linacre Road, NW2 · Litchfield Gardens, NW10 · Lydford Road, NW2 · Marley Walk, NW2 · Marlow Court, NW6 · Maybury Gardens, NW10 · Melrose Avenue, NW2 · Meredith Avenue, NW2 · Meyrick Road, NW10 · Osborne Road, NW2 · Park Avenue North, NW10 · Park Avenue, NW2 · Parkfield Road, NW10 · Peter Avenue, NW10 · Pound Lane, NW10 · Preston Place, NW2 · Queens Parade, NW2 · Regency Mews High Road, NW10 · Regency Mews, NW10 · Regency Street, NW10 · Riffel Road, NW2 · Rowan House, NW10 · Rowdon Avenue, NW10 · Rutland Park, NW2 · Saint Pauls Avenue, NW2 · Sandringham Road, NW2 · Selbie Avenue, NW10 · Severn Way, NW10 · Sidmouth Road, NW2 · St Andrews Road, NW10 · St Gabriels Road, NW2 · St Pauls Avenue, NW2 · St. Pauls Avenue, NW2 · Station Parade, NW2 · Staverton Road, NW2 · Sterling Close, NW10 · Strode Road, NW10 · Tower Road, NW10 · Tudor Mews, NW10 · Unity Close, NW10 · Villiers Road, NW10 · Villiers Road, NW2 · Wharton Close, NW10 · White Hart Lane, NW10 · Willesden Lane, NW2 · Windmill Court, NW2 · Windsor Road, NW2 ·

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	Land ownership in Willesden (1823) FREE DOWNLOAD Map of land ownership in the Willesden area in 1823 City of London Corporation
	John Rocque Map of Hampstead (1762). John Rocque (c. 1709–1762) was a surveyor, cartographer, engraver, map-seller and the son of Huguenot émigrés. Roque is now mainly remembered for his maps of London. This map dates from the second edition produced in 1762. London and his other maps brought him an appointment as cartographer to the Prince of Wales in 1751. His widow continued the business after his death. The map of Hampstead covers an area stretching from the edge in the northwest of present-day Dollis Hill to Islington in the southeast. John Rocque, The Strand, London
	Environs of London (1832) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured. Relief shown by hachures. A circle shows "Extent of the twopenny post delivery." Chapman and Hall, London
	London Underground Map (1921). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1921. London Transport
	The Environs of London (1865). FREE DOWNLOAD Prime meridian replaced with "Miles from the General Post Office." Relief shown by hachures. Map printed in black and white. Published By J. H. Colton. No. 172 William St. New York
	London Underground Map (1908). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1908. London Transport
	Ordnance Survey of the London region (1939) FREE DOWNLOAD Ordnance Survey colour map of the environs of London 1:10,560 scale Ordnance Survey. Crown Copyright 1939.
	Outer London (1901) FREE DOWNLOAD Outer London shown in red, City of London in yellow. Relief shown by hachures. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901)

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