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Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London. It is centred 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at 152 metres (499 ft) high. The district, which developed from the ancient Middlesex parishes of Great and ...
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Stanmore tube station. / 51.61944; -0.30278. Stanmore is a...
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Stanmore Common. Coordinates: 51.63°N 0.33°W. Stanmore...
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Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London. It is centred 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at 152 metres (499 ft) high. The district, which developed from the ancient Middlesex parishes of Great and Little Stanmore, lies immediately west of Roman ...
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The Village of Great Stanmore, in the county of Middlesex, has had a rich history down the ages. The name Stanmore, is derived from the Old English stan means stony mere or pool. There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the mere is most likely to have been one of the Stanmore ponds, which still exist to the present day. Entries in ...
In 1879, naming of the railway station Stanmore rather than Annandale or Kingston embedded the name for the suburb. The station was opened for 'the convenience of the residents of the hamlet of Stanmore'. Stanmore's identity as a growing suburb, even one with rather indistinct boundaries, can be traced to the opening of the station.
