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Wembley Stadium, 1947
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Forty Farm, Wembley Forty Farm was situated where the Sudbury to Kingsbury road crossed the Lidding at Forty Bridge. In the 14th or 15th centuries, people, including the Uxendon family from Uxendon Farm, moved south to form another small community at Forty Green. This settlement was known as Uxendon Forty, Wembley Forty or Preston Forty. The farm at Forty Green was at first called Pargrave’s and later South Forty Farm. London’s growing need for hay meant that Forty Farm had converted to hay farming by 1852 and indeed was noted for its horses. The construction of the Metropolitan Railway in 1880 effectively destroyed Forty Green, although South Forty Farm continued into the 20th century. In 1928 the farm became the headquarters of the Century Sports Ground. The ground was built over after 1931. Housing spread along Preston Road and Preston Hill in the three years that followed.
Old London postcard
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The Clarendon Gardens estate (1925)
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Wembley Park, around 1898 A map a day for the month of May. The name Wembley Park referred to an area that fell within the limits of a late 18th-century landscaped estate. Part of this estate became the location of development in the 1890s after being sold to Edward Watkin and the Metropolitan Railway. Wembley Park was next developed into a pleasure and events destination with a large fairground and the beginnings of a tower designed to rival the Eiffel Tower. Wembley was later a key area of the Metroland suburban development in the 1920s - the same decade saw the Empire Stadium built on the site of the tower and the British Empire Exhibition was held. This map was requested by a user last week and the area covered stretches from Wembley Central station (just off the map to the bottom left) to Blackbird Hill in the top right. The area was mostly pasture farmland though some arable fields are marked in yellow. Wembley Park continues to be a recreational centre today, being home to Wembley Stadium as well as Wembley Arena among others.
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The Clarendon Gardens estate (1925)
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