34-553: Kingsbury may refer to: Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Kingsbury, London , a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent Kingsbury tube station , London Underground station Kingsbury, Warwickshire , a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England Kingsbury Episcopi , village and civil parish in Somerset, England Kingsbury Regis ,
68-823: A city in Guadalupe County Kingsbury Auxiliary Airfield , an airport in San Joaquin County, California Kingsbury Brook , a tributary of Huntington Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Kingsbury County, South Dakota Kingsbury Creek , a stream in St. Louis County, Minnesota Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area , a protected area in LaPorte County, Indiana Kingsbury Grade , a state highway in Douglas County, Nevada Kingsbury Hall ,
102-587: A fish pond, and a farm, and adjoins Barn Hill to the south. The centre of Kingsbury Green which is today around the Kingsbury Road/Church Lane crossing was historically the centre of Kingsbury in the 15th century, built 1 mile north from the former settlement at Blackbird Hill. To its south, Church Lane leads to the St Andrew's parish church, built in 1933. In Slough Lane and Buck Lane there exist 1920s timbered houses designed by Ernest Trowbridge . On
136-846: A hamlet in Milborne Port, Somerset, England Kingsbury Reservoir , old name for the Brent Reservoir in London Hundred of Kingsbury , a historical Hundred in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England Kingsbury, former name of Tyburn , a ward in Birmingham, England Australia [ edit ] Kingsbury, Victoria , a suburb in Melbourne Kingsbury Tourist Drive , a scenic drive in Western Australia Canada [ edit ] Kingsbury, Quebec ,
170-605: A list of people with the name) Albert Kingsbury , inventor of the hydrodynamic Kingsbury thrust bearing Aubrey Kingsbury , American soccer goalkeeper Other [ edit ] USS Kingsbury (APA-177) Kingsbury Aviation Kingsbury Commitment A 1913 AT&T agreement authored by Nathan Kingsbury with the United States government See also [ edit ] Kingsbury School (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Kingsbury Kingsburg (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
204-643: A performing-arts center at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Kingsbury House , a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts Kingsbury Place , a private place neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri Kingsbury Plantation, Maine , a plantation in Piscataquis County Kingsbury Run , an area on the southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio People [ edit ] Kingsbury (band) , an American indie rock band Kingsbury (surname) (including
238-490: A quiet suburb between Fryent Country Park to the west and the Brent Reservoir to the east, along with a Jubilee line tube station and accompanying shopping district on the western side. The postal district is NW9 which it shares with Colindale and West Hendon . The name Kingsbury means "The King's fortification". Kingsbury was an ancient parish of a fairly modest 6.9 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi) in
272-813: A village municipality in the Estrie region Sri Lanka [ edit ] The Kingsbury , a hotel in Colombo United States [ edit ] Kingsbury, Indiana , a town in Washington Township, LaPorte County Kingsbury, Nevada , a census-designated place in Douglas County Kingsbury, New York , a town in Washington County Kingsbury, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Meigs County Kingsbury, Texas ,
306-558: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kingsbury, London Kingsbury is a district of northwest London in the London Borough of Brent . Its ancient scope stretches to include various distinct areas that were once small villages until the inter-war period. Kingsbury was in 2001 a ward and in 2011 was identifiable with the Fryent and Barnhill wards approximately. Today it forms
340-560: The Hundred of Gore and county of Middlesex . Following local government redrawing of electoral wards Kingsbury corresponds to the Fryent and Barnhill wards and in all of its various older guises, a minority or all of the Queensbury ward. The early English kings had parted with their manor of Kingsbury long before the Conquest . An estate called Tunworth, in the northern part of Kingsbury parish,
374-681: The U.S. East Coast , arriving Norfolk, Virginia , 3 March. She decommissioned at Portsmouth, Virginia , 19 April. Turned over to custody of the United States Maritime Commission 23 April, her name was struck from the Naval Register 1 May and placed in the Maritime Defense Reserve Fleet , James River, Virginia . She was scrapped in 1983. Kingsbury received one battle star for World War II service. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
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#1732852687543408-944: The United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1983. Kingsbury was launched 16 November 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon , under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Leonard Buckler; and commissioned 6 December 1944. After shakedown along the California coast, Kingsbury departed San Pedro, California , 9 February 1945. Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok , she arrived Iwo Jima 14 March, embarked battle-weary U.S. Marines , and returned to Pearl Harbor 5 April via Guam and Eniwetok . Sailing for Seattle, Washington , 22 May, she arrived 29 May and embarked 1,507 soldiers before departing 15 June for Iwo Jima . Arriving 7 July, she debarked her passengers and then departed 10 July with 262 military passengers for Pearl Harbor where she arrived
442-530: The United Synagogue is first recorded in Kingsbury in 1939. In 1942 Eden Lodge at Kingsbury Green was registered for worship, becoming Kingsbury district synagogue in 1954. In 1894, the area of the medieval ancient parish of Kingsbury was included in the urban district of Wembley . However, as Kingsbury had only three councillors on the urban district council to Wembley's nine, Kingsbury's councillors felt
476-459: The Welsh Harp to its east and has a road crossing the reservoir towards West Hendon . This part in the south retains traces of the district's quiet, wooded appearance. The Roe Green Garden Village is located to the east of Roe Green Park . In 1968 the area became a conservation area and it retains the atmosphere of a historic village green. The garden suburb estate was originally built during
510-499: The 21st. Supporting U.S. occupation operations in Japan , Kingsbury cleared Pearl Harbor 1 September and steamed via Saipan for Sasebo , Japan, where she arrived 22 September to debark occupation troops of the 5th Marine Division . From 25 September to 14 October she made a circular run between Japan and the Philippines to transport additional occupation troops: then she returned to
544-534: The Barnhill Conservation Group. Blackbird Hill is the ancient centre of Kingsbury which is today the very southern end of the district, separating west–east Wembley Park and Neasden . Today it is an important road that connects various suburbs in and around Kingsbury and Wembley to the North Circular Road . Little remains of the medieval village: the southern part was redeveloped into shops in
578-524: The First World War for workers at the nearby Aircraft Manufacturing Company . The rest of the area was opened up by the early 1930s. The area is next to a previous medieval village called Roe Green, at the junctions of Stag Lane, Hay Lane and Bacon Lane, of which little remains. The Kingsbury Manor in Roe Green Park, built in 1899, is today Grade II listed. Roe Green Park is community maintained by
612-678: The Fryent ward's largest ethnic group was Indian at 21%. Whites as a whole form 34% (20% Black Caribbean, 14% Other, 6% Black African). 11% was Other Asian. 41% were Christian, 21% Muslim and 20% Hindu. The Welsh Harp ward, which covers southern areas of Kingsbury Green, was 17% White Other, 17% Indian, and 16% White British. The first two series of BBC children's drama Grange Hill were filmed at Kingsbury High School . Video of "Round Here ", about George Michael 's childhood, features Roe Green Park, Roe Green Primary School and other local landmarks. Much of Kingsbury lies between 148 feet (45 m) and 200 feet (60 m) above sea level. A part at
646-693: The Kingsbury Urban District was abolished and merged once more in Wembley Urban District. The urban district became a municipal borough in 1937 and in 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Brent. Kingsbury tube station on the Jubilee line is located in the western part of the district. This part of the road with an urban atmosphere contains supermarkets, banks, Arabic and Indian food and vegetable shops, and other businesses for
680-518: The Philippines 26 October for Operation Magic Carpet duty. With 2,077 homebound troops embarked, she departed Tacloban , Leyte , 30 October and reached San Francisco 17 November. Between 2 December and 9 January 1946 Kingsbury made another trip to and from the Far East , carrying 935 replacement troops to Manila and returned 2,058 veterans to the U.S. West Coast . Kingsbury sailed 11 February for
714-536: The Silver Jubilee Park. Next to the park is a large mandir complex including offices that opened in 2014 and combines Indian architecture with eco friendly technology. The community of the mandir moved over from a previous site located in Golders Green . Kingsbury has large Asian and Irish communities. The local crime rate is average to below-average compared to London overall. The 2011 census showed that
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#1732852687543748-601: The United Kingdom to Berlin , Germany were transmitted from the stable block of Kingsbury Manor; this later housed the Veterans Club, and is now a children's nursery. From 1923 to 1979 Kingsbury Road was the location of the Vanden Plas specialist motor body works, body makers for Bentley and later part of Austin , BMC , and British Leyland . The site is now Kingsbury Trading Estate. A congregation of Jews affiliated to
782-480: The country park and its southern section is Salmon Street. Church Lane (and Tudor Gardens) is the other main road. The A5 Edgware Road lies closely to the east and the A406 North Circular Road is also nearby to the south-east. London Buses serving Kingsbury are: Stations in the area are: USS Kingsbury USS Kingsbury (APA/LPA-177) was a Haskell -class attack transport in service with
816-601: The east side of the green is the Kingsbury Trading Estate, which formerly housed a United Dairies depot. This area was once an aerodrome run by the Barningham brothers under their company Kingsbury Aviation , until the 1920s. Afterwards the site was taken by Vanden Plas . The Kingsbury Works site continued manufacturing vehicles until it closed in 1979. On the west side of the green lies Kingsbury Synagogue . Fryent (between Kingsbury Green and Blackbird Hill) meets
850-699: The existing parish church, built in 1884, dedicated to the Holy Innocents, and adjacent to the more historic Old St Andrew's church , became too small. It was replaced during the 1930s. The current church, completed to designs by Samuel Daukes in 1847, had originally been constructed in Wells Street in central London but after its use declined it was deconstructed, transported and rebuilt (by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts , directed by architect William Adam Forsyth) in its entirety in Kingsbury in 1933–34. John Logie Baird 's experimental television transmissions from
884-415: The foot of Fryent Country Park peaks at 213 feet (65 m) and the northern tip of Silver Jubilee Park peaks at an elevation of 233 feet (71 m). Roe Green Garden Village is particularly steep; the area here peaks at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m) near the crossing of Buck Lane and Wakemans Hill Avenue. Kingsbury Road A4006 is the largest road within the district. Fryent Way A4140 cuts through
918-517: The inter-war period, while the former farmhouse was demolished in the 1950s to make way for a public house, The Blackbird, later renamed Blarney Stone, which itself was demolished in 2011. The building of the old St Andrew's Church still exists on Old Church Lane. Because of its location it is often referred to as being in Wembley Park or Neasden. Holy Innocents church is located on Kingsbury Road, next to Oliver Goldsmith Primary School and opposite
952-411: The needs of the area were not well-served. In 1900 Kingsbury became a separate urban district with six councillors. The new council was immediately involved in controversy and in 1906 it failed to make a rate or meet its financial commitments. Following an inquiry initiated by ratepayers, the councillors numbered nine, not halting fiscal accusations directed towards the initial three councillors. In 1934
986-454: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kingsbury . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingsbury&oldid=1233580317 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1020-470: The station's vicinity and a new population centre for Kingsbury. The Kingsbury Odeon cinema opened in 1934 and existed until 1972 - today it is an Aldi supermarket. A public house called the Prince of Wales existed in front of the roundabout, which was demolished and replaced by a Tesco supermarket and flats in 2008. A major part of the district is the large Fryent Country Park which contains fields, woods,
1054-520: The surrounding community. There is also a council-run library here. At its western end is Kingsbury Circle, a roundabout where roads leading to Wembley Park , Kenton & Harrow , and Queensbury & Stanmore along with Kingsbury Road meet.The surrounding area has places to dine. This area remained agricultural until the Metropolitan Railway extension to Stanmore opening the station in 1932. This effectively caused further development in
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1088-584: Was granted by Edwy to his thegn Lyfing in 957. By 1066 it probably formed part of the manor of Kingsbury, which was then held by Wlward White, a thegn of the Confessor , and passed from him to Ernulf of Hesdin who died in 1097 and his lands passed to the family of Walter of Salisbury. Thereafter the overlordship of Kingsbury descended with Edgware manor. By 1086 on the Domesday survey of property, Ernulf's manor in Kingsbury had been subinfeudated to Albold as Lord. It
1122-532: Was not mentioned again until 1317, when, under the name of the manor of Kingsbury, it belonged to Baldwin Poleyn of Tebworth . Kingsbury developed little in housing and population in the 19th century, remaining a polyfocal village . In this age, Oliver Goldsmith , writer and playwright, lived at Hyde Farm, Kingsbury (1771–1774); the third Lord Mansfield was buried at St. Andrew 's churchyard in 1840. Although it lay close to London, development started slowly, and it
1156-588: Was not until after the First World War that the district became built up. An aircraft industry was established in the part of Kingsbury adjacent to Hendon aerodrome during the war, while the road network was improved to cater for the British Empire Exhibition in nearby Wembley in 1924. The number of inhabited houses in the civil parish increased from just 140 in 1901 to 3,937 in 1931. By 1951 this had risen to 11,776. Between 1921 and 1931 Kingsbury's population increased by 796%. Population growth meant
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