Joseph Neeld enclosed part of the Westbourne Common and Waste in 1821. This gave him a long, narrow estate just north of the present Marylands Road.

Sir John Neeld, his grandson, began to develop the estate which included Rundell, Goldney and Grittlestone Roads, all family names. Many of the names of other local roads derive from place names in Wiltshire, where they came from. There is another Neeld estate near Harrow with identical family names.

The Lucas map of 1869 shows that the edges of the canal and the area to the south had been developed, North of the canal, building on the Neeld estate had started at Chippenham Road and had reached Edenbrooke Road by this time. The Harrow Road start is still marked by the Neeld Arms public house, while the western limit, Fernhead Road, was once called Neeld Road.


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