The Way to Wembley ... from Kingsbury (4K)
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A London walk from Kingsbury
A London walk from Kingsbury to Wembley via Barn Hill / Uxendon Hill in the London Borough of Brent. Download the map and booklet here: https://thelostbyway.com/2021/05/bren...
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Brent Biennial Map by Joe Hales
The ancient manor of Kingsbury dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name means ‘King’s stronghold’. St. Andrew’s Old Church is medieval and its walls are said to contain Roman materials indicating much older occupation of the area. John Logie Baird made an early television broadcast to Germany from the stables of Kingsbury Manor.
1. Brent Biennial: Dawn Mellor, 499 Kingsbury Road
This mural celebrates the life of singer-songwriter George Michael who grew up and went to school in the area.
2. Kingsbury Station and Shopping Parade
Kingsbury Tube Station opened in 1932 and sits on a fine 1930s shopping parade.
3. Odeon Cinema from 1934-72 now an Aldi supermarket
4. Wealdstone Brook
This watercourse was once described as “one of the most perfect little streams anywhere, abounding in dace and roach swimming among the water lilies”. The name is derived from the sarsen stone near its course, ‘the weald stone’, which sits on a prehistoric trackway.
5. Preston Farm
The area around Preston Hill was rural right into the first decades of the 20th Century. Photos from the 1930’s show a rustic scene. The area had a number of farms that stretched across the hills with farmhouses that dated back to the Tudor period.
6. Barn Hill viewpoint
Also known as Uxendon Hill after the farm that occupied the area dating back to at least 1257 when it is recorded as Woxindon. Uxendon Hall, that stood in these fields, was where the Babington plotters were arrested in 1586 after their failed plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
7. View of Harrow Hill
Looking west over the valley of the Wealdstone Brook we see Harrow Hill which stands at 408 feet.
10. Wealdstone Brook, Carlton Avenue East
The brook is running behind the houses to the East. It ran through the grounds of the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park which drew an estimated 27 million visitors between 1924-5.
11. Wembley Park and Watkin’s Folly
Wembley is mentioned in a charter dated from 825 as Wamba Lea meaning a part of the forest cleared for pasture belonging to somebody called Wamba. It was still a rural district at the beginning of the 20th Century when Wembley Park was developed as a visitor attraction. Watkin’s Folly was an ambitious plan for an iron tower that was intended to dwarf the Eiffel Tower at 366m high. It was finally demolished in 1907 unfinished, standing at just 47m.
Music:
Ashkira - Place of Light (432 Hz) - 369
Into the Forest - Jakob Ahlbom
Fresh Fallen Snow - Chris Haugen
Maps:
Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence
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Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO
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Thanks to my supporters on Patreon Patreon: JohnRogers
Please subscribe for regular videos: http://bit.ly/1EJjIB8
Link to Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...
Brent Biennial Map by Joe Hales
The ancient manor of Kingsbury dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name means ‘King’s stronghold’. St. Andrew’s Old Church is medieval and its walls are said to contain Roman materials indicating much older occupation of the area. John Logie Baird made an early television broadcast to Germany from the stables of Kingsbury Manor.
1. Brent Biennial: Dawn Mellor, 499 Kingsbury Road
This mural celebrates the life of singer-songwriter George Michael who grew up and went to school in the area.
2. Kingsbury Station and Shopping Parade
Kingsbury Tube Station opened in 1932 and sits on a fine 1930s shopping parade.
3. Odeon Cinema from 1934-72 now an Aldi supermarket
4. Wealdstone Brook
This watercourse was once described as “one of the most perfect little streams anywhere, abounding in dace and roach swimming among the water lilies”. The name is derived from the sarsen stone near its course, ‘the weald stone’, which sits on a prehistoric trackway.
5. Preston Farm
The area around Preston Hill was rural right into the first decades of the 20th Century. Photos from the 1930’s show a rustic scene. The area had a number of farms that stretched across the hills with farmhouses that dated back to the Tudor period.
6. Barn Hill viewpoint
Also known as Uxendon Hill after the farm that occupied the area dating back to at least 1257 when it is recorded as Woxindon. Uxendon Hall, that stood in these fields, was where the Babington plotters were arrested in 1586 after their failed plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
7. View of Harrow Hill
Looking west over the valley of the Wealdstone Brook we see Harrow Hill which stands at 408 feet.
10. Wealdstone Brook, Carlton Avenue East
The brook is running behind the houses to the East. It ran through the grounds of the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park which drew an estimated 27 million visitors between 1924-5.
11. Wembley Park and Watkin’s Folly
Wembley is mentioned in a charter dated from 825 as Wamba Lea meaning a part of the forest cleared for pasture belonging to somebody called Wamba. It was still a rural district at the beginning of the 20th Century when Wembley Park was developed as a visitor attraction. Watkin’s Folly was an ambitious plan for an iron tower that was intended to dwarf the Eiffel Tower at 366m high. It was finally demolished in 1907 unfinished, standing at just 47m.
Music:
Ashkira - Place of Light (432 Hz) - 369
Into the Forest - Jakob Ahlbom
Fresh Fallen Snow - Chris Haugen
Maps:
Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence
_________________________________________________________________________________
Patreon Patreon: JohnRogers
My shop: https://teespring.com/stores/the-lost...
My Book: This Other London http://amzn.to/2zbFmTd
Audiobook & Kindle: http://amzn.to/2xLGb8s
Blog: The Lost Byway: http://thelostbyway.com/
Twitter: Twitter: fugueur
Instagram Instagram: thelostbyway
Make a donation to help support the channel https://paypal.me/JohnRogersLondon - many thanks!
Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO
My Walking kit (amazon affiliate link - I earn a small commission on purchases)
https://amzn.to/2Xky2UA
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