Stanmore
Stanmore shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ1691
London borough	Harrow
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STANMORE
Postcode district	HA7
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
European Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Harrow East
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
List of places: UK • England • London

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Stanmore is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km) north west of Charing Cross. The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer north-west London. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

History

The area was recorded in the Domesday Book as Stanmere, the name deriving from the Old English stan, 'stony' and mere, 'a pool'. There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the mere may have been one of the ponds which still exist. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

By 1574 the area had become known as Stanmore the Great to distinguish it from Little Stanmore. Year 1574 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...

Stanmore Village railway station was open for train services between 1890 and 1952. Stanmore tube station opened in 1932. Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stanmore had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were housed. During World War II, codebreakers at Bletchley Park decrypted and interpreted messages from a large number of Axis code and cipher systems, including the German Enigma machine. ... The Bombe replicated the action of several Enigma machines wired together. ... For a discussion of how Enigma-derived intelligence was put to use, see Ultra (WWII intelligence). ...

Stanmore is also home to RAF Bentley Priory where the Battle of Britain was controlled from, also RAF Stanmore HQ of Balloon Command. RAF Bentley Priory is a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow. ...

Modern Stanmore

The suburb is characterised by numerous small restaurants and cafés, several public houses, and a handful of boutique-style clothing stores. The centre of Stanmore is dominated by the presence of a large Sainsbury's supermarket. Stanmore's extensive residential areas are leafy and predominantly affluent, with many residents commuting daily to jobs in central London and the City. This article is about the supermarket business. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see The City (disambiguation). ...

Stanmore is home to Stanmore College (a government further education establishment) and a local library. The suburb also hosts the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - known as RNOH - which is famed for its spinal unit. Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... // Introduction The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) provides a comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care, ranging from the most acute spinal injury or complex bone tumour to orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain sufferers. ...

Stanmore has affluent Indian, Jewish and Catholic communities, including its local synagogue on London Road and a mosque as well as new Hindu Temple on Wood Lane. Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue in London Road, Stanmore, boasts the largest community of any single synagogue in the whole of Europe, around three to four thousand. ...

Notable people associated with Stanmore

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• Performer and Comedian Matt Lucas was born in Stanmore on 5th March 1974, and was brought up there in his younger years. He also attended Aylward First & Middle School.
• Queen Adelaide (1792 - 1849), queen consort of William IV, lived at Bentley Priory from 1848 until her death there.
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — Peelite Prime Minister (in office December 1852 – February 1855); raised and is buried in Stanmore.
• W.S. Gilbert — English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; buried in Stanmore.
• Clement Attlee — Labour Prime Minister in the first post-war government; lived in a large villa "Heygate", which was later demolished and replaced by a small block of flats
• Stanmore is also the birth-place of peroxide Brit-rocker Billy Idol, football coach Dave Bassett, Nikolai Levey (Coldplay producer), Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott, actress Linda Hayden and author Anthony Horowitz.
• Actor Cyril Shaps lived in Stanmore.

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Transport

Nearby places

• Belmont
• Wealdstone
• Edgware
• Kenton
• Bushey
• Pinner

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Nearest tube station

• Stanmore tube station

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Main Bus routes

The following London bus routes serve Stanmore (correct at 07 August 2007): An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

• H12 Stanmore to South Harrow (via Hatch End and Pinner)
• 142 Brent Cross to Watford Junction (via Edgware)
• 340 Edgware to Harrow Bus Station
• Night Bus N98 Stanmore to Holborn (via Willesden and Marble Arch)

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External links

• Stanmore College web site
• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital web site

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