Kingsbury - Definition

See also Kingsbury, Warwickshire

Kingsbury is a place in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London. Its name means "The King's Manor".

Nearest places

• Burnt Oak
• Colindale
• Edgware
• Hendon
• Kenton
• Neasden
• Queensbury
• Wembley

Nearest tube station

• Kingsbury tube station

History

• John Logie Baird's experimental transmissions from England to Berlin, Germany were transmitted from the stable block of Kingsbury Manor, now the Veterans Club in Roe Green Park.
• Oliver Goldsmith lived at Hyde Farm in Kingsbury from 1771 to 1774.
• David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield was buried at St. Andrew's churchyard in 1840.

External links

• Kingsbury heritage (http://www.brent-heritage.co.uk/Kingsbury.htm)
• Kingsbury history (http://www.route79.com/journal/archives/000093.html)