Harrow & Wealdstone to Kenton walk

Southbound along the Bakerloo Line from Harrow & Wealdstone to Kenton.

THE HARROW AND WEALDSTONE MUG

Since the 1980s, Harrow and Wealdstone has been the northern terminus of the Bakerloo line.

The station was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway as ’Harrow’ on 20 July 1837. At the time the station was built, the area was rural and the nearest large settlement was at Harrow on the Hill about one and a half miles to the south.

Wealdstone was then a collection of houses at the north end of what is now Wealdstone High Street, about one mile north of the station.

Pour a lovely cup of tea into the Harrow & Wealdstone 11oz ceramic mug. Glossy white finish. Dishwasher and microwave safe. Click on the image to go to the Shopify page

THE KENTON MUG

Kenton hamlet was first recorded as ’Keninton’ in 1232 with the name deriving from the personal name of the Saxon ’Coena’ and the Old English ’tun’ (a farm).

Before the 20th century, the settlement was concentrated around in what was Kenton Lane (the easternmost part of which remains as Old Kenton Lane).

Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912. Kenton’s centre moved towards the Wealdstone direction after the opening of Kenton station – Kenton had grown into a suburb by the 1920s.

Thomas Francis Nash owned building companies built numerous private housing estates in Kenton. F & C Costin was another local building company that built much of Kenton between the wars. Local estate agents still use the term ’Nash-built’ or ’Costin-built’ to describe properties built by them in Kenton. Also active in building was the London County Council which built the Kenmore Park cottage estate between the wars.

Celebrate the fact that the Bakerloo Line stretches all the way to Kenton with the Kenton 11oz ceramic mug. Like all the others in the collection, enjoy the glossy white finish and take comfort that it’s dishwasher and microwave safe. Click on the image to go to the Shopify page