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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 ...
May 4, 2016 · Robinson, whose wartime home was at Lavender Cottage in Stanmore, was attached to No. 39 Home Defence Squadron, a night-flying squadron based out of Essex. It was whilst out on one of these flights in September 1916, over Hertfordshire, that Robinson came upon a German air ship in the night sky. Robinson gave chase, only to lose it amidst the ...
Charles Drury Edward Fortnum. of the Fortnum & Masons grocery dynasty bought 'Hill House' on Stanmore Hill in 1852 with his wife Fanny Matilda Keats. He was a distinguished art collector and a Trustee of the British Museum.
Elena Birkbeck (m. 1872) William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 1849 – 1 May 1917) was a British-Australian businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). The D’Arcy Concession was signed in 1901 and allowed D'Arcy to explore, obtain, and market oil, natural gas, asphalt, and ozokerite in ...
Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer, and impresario, best known for managing musicians such as Cream, Andy Gibb, and the Bee Gees; theatrical productions such as Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar; and film productions, including Grease and Saturday ...
Built in the 1840s, Stanmore Hall is a Grade II* listed [27] building built as a gothic castle. Located on Wood Lane near the top of Stanmore Hill, Stanmore Hall was developed by Matthew John Rhodes and was owned by balloonist Robert Hollond and his wife Ellen Hollond, who lived for the rest of
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The Manor of Great Stanmore is located just 11 miles north-west of central London, and sits on the crown of the ancient county of Middlesex, land of the Middle Saxons in the Hundred of Gore. The name Stanmore has had many variants through the ages, from the Domesday spelling of Stanmere, to Standmore, Stanmer, The More, and several explanations of the name have been advanced.
