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	Willesden, London Borough of Brent
		Willesden is situated in the middle of Brent, surrounded by Neasden, Church End, Cricklewood and Kilburn.
		Willesden and Willesden Junction stations opened by the London and North Western Railway in the 19th century were far away from Willesden Green and had little effect on it.
		Willesden's war effort is marked by a memorial in Willesden New Cemetery, commemorating 72 dead who had no relatives to claim them.
	www.brent-heritage.co.uk /willesden.htm (758 words)

	Diocese of London - Willesden Episcopal Area
		Willesden is the special responsibility of the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Rev Peter Broadbent, supported by the Archdeacon of Northolt, the
		A high priority is placed upon continuing to address issues Christians living in the Willesden Area face in their places of work.
		Above all, one of the main challenges facing the Church in the Willesden Area is to help parishes to find new ways to share their faith in post-modern London.
	www.london.anglican.org /WillesdenArea (321 words)

	Willesden: Settlement and growth \| British History Online
		Willesden Green was the largest of the hamlets, a group of houses around the spacious green in the centre of the parish and its extension, East Green.
		Within Willesden its hinterland was formed by the demesne lands of Bounds and Brondesbury manors and by the area later called Kilburn Park, which may have formed part of the lands of Kilburn abbey in the Middle Ages.
		97) The population of the Willesden part of the parish of St. John, Kensal Green, rose from 675, housed in 125 houses, in 1861 to 2,138, housed in 264 houses, in 1871.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22601 (17621 words)

	Willesden Information
		Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent.
		To the present day, Willesden has been shaped by the patterns of migration which marks it out as one of the most diverse areas in the United Kingdom.
		In Willesden was a static inverter plant of HVDC Kingsnorth.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Willesden (440 words)

	Willesden Workhouse and Poor Law Union
		The parish of Willesden originally belonged to the Hendon Poor Law Union which had been formed in 1835.
		In 1914, the workhouse was renamed Willesden Institution, and then in 1921 became Park Royal Hospital.
		On 1st April 1930, the workhouse came under the control of Middlesex County Council and was renamed the Central Middlesex County Hospital.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Willesden/Willesden.shtml (600 words)

	Willesden Local History Society
		Although Willesden has a half share in part of Roman Watling Street on its eastern border, until the coming of the North Circular Road in the 1920's/30's, Harrow Road was the borough's main highway.
		O.Claude Robson is not well known as a founder of modern Willesden, but from the time the newly formed Willesden Local Board appointed him their surveyor in 1875, until he retired in 1918, he carried out an enormous amount of work for the district.
		He shows that it was Thomas Bilney's sermon at Willesden in 1527 that led to the prominence given to the shrine and its pilgrimage in the writings of More and Tyndale and to its continued citation alongside Walsingham, Worcester, and Ipswich as late as 1563.
	www.london-northwest.com /sites/wlhs/books.htm (2581 words)

	Railway Technology - Willesden Infrastructure Renewal Project on the West Coast Main Line, United Kingdom
		The project has made it easier for trains using the West London Line to access the West Coast slow lines by diving under the main lines rather than being held by signals waiting for a path to the slow lines.
		The transformation of what are known as the up and down Willesden relief lines from freight only, to bi-directional passenger train usage also, will enable this to happen.
		Willesden Junction is at the heart of the rail network in north west London.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/willesden (738 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Willesden Infrastructure Renewal Project on the West Coast Main Line, United Kingdom
		The transformation of what are known as the up and down Willesden relief lines from freight only to bi-directional passenger train usage also, will enable this to happen.
		Signalling control for the 10 mile area has been switched from Willesden power signalbox, which has now been closed, to the new Wembley signalling centre.
		Willesden Junction is at the heart of the rail network in North West London.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/willesden (721 words)

	LondonTown.com \| Willesden Lane Guide \| Willesden Lane London, NW6, England, UK \| London Streets by Street
		Willesden Lane is located in the borough of Brent
		The nearest underground station to Willesden Lane is 'Kilburn Tube' which is about 11 minutes to the North East.
		Willesden Green Tube, Walm Lane, (19 mins to the North West)
	www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/willesden_lane_462.html (125 words)

	Willesden: Education \| British History Online
		25) Willesden National school was still considered adequate to meet the educational needs of all the district in 1846, (fn.
		Willesden U.D.C. agreed in 1909 to contribute to the enlargement of Brondesbury and Kilburn high school for girls (opened 1892) (fn.
		In 1893 Willesden local committee for technical education organized classes in Willesden town hall and in 1896 Middlesex C. bought the St. Lawrence institute in Priory Park Road, Kilburn, and placed it at the disposal of the local committee which opened it as Willesden Polytechnic.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22616 (4378 words)

	Description of the First Voyage of the Willesden
		On October 8, 1911, the Willesden, under the command of Captain C.E. Cox sailed from Gibraltar with a load of over 1800 souls, 25 of the 27 deaths were children.
		Only one stop was made on the whole voyage and that was at Puenta Arenas, where the Willesden coaled to bring her to Honolulu and no sight of land anymore.
		When the Willesden arrived, she was immediately tied up on the quarantine wharf.
	www.islandroutes.com /ships/willesden1.shtml (482 words)

	Willesden - Definition, explanation
		Willesden is a area in North London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent.
		One of these statues is thought to be a Black Madonna, which was burnt in 1538.
		The town was featured in the popular novel and TV series White Teeth in 2000.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/w/wi/willesden.php (569 words)

	WILLESDEN - Online Information article about WILLESDEN
		It has increased greatly as a residential district, mainly of the working classes.
		MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat.
		Lady of Willesden) was in the 15th century an See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WAT_WIL/WILLESDEN.html (369 words)

	Willesden Observer
		The building - which was home to Willesden County Grammar School before becoming the comprehensive in 1965 - is due to be knocked down by next year as part of the development of a specialist sports college Capital City Academy.
		Their campaign has been supported by the alumni of Willesden Grammar and Willesden High, who are known as Old Uffingtonians after the road on which the school stands.
		Willesden High School was designed by Middlesex County Council's architect William Thomas Curtis and built at a cost of £33,000.
	members.aol.com /olduffsschool/articles.htm (654 words)

	willesden shed class 24
		It is possible that Willesden might have received more Class 24's at an earlier date had not the Southern Region asked for the loan of a number of locomotives during 1959.
		A Willesden Type 2 was used to assist contractors in the lifting of the Banbury - Verney Jct line, in the third week of March D7502 was used on this duty.
		Willesden's fleet at year end was 5183 - 5186, 5213 - 5223, 5271, 7529 - 7539, 7660 - 7662, 7666 - 7669.
	www.derbysulzers.com /willesden.html (5539 words)

	Zadie Smith to judge 2007 Willesden Herald competition \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		The competition, run by a group blog from the streets of Willesden in north west London, is now in its second year.
		She is judging the competition for the second year running, choosing a winner from an anonymous shortlist.
		Apart from the honour of being picked out by Smith, the winner will receive a "very rare" mug, their work will be published on the Willesden Herald and they will have the option to have their story read as part of the Radio Free Willesden podcast series.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,,1926128,00.html (294 words)

	London My Willesden
		Willesden James Arthur Grieve Born 18 Nov 1915
		i went to willesden high school,doyle gardens and im tying to find willesden high school to try and get my old school report, but i cant seam to find the place on the map.
		Hi I recieved a very professional looking glossy pamphlet from Hepaton care, I ordered their goods for your liver in January thought I wasnt going to get them but recieved it this morning dont know if what is inside of the sachets is any good there adress is suit 208 76 Roundwood road, Willesden,London,NW10 9UH.
	www.movethat.co.uk /London/My/Willesden (1958 words)

	The London Bus Page - 26/03/04 - Willesden's Routemasters Bow Out
		But on the last day there were still twenty-eight Routemasters available for service out of the 58 that Willesden garage were able to field before the end came - not least because of the 'just in case' factor surrounding the burning bendy bus disaster of the past few days.
		This bus was chosen as it was Willesden's representative in Golden Jubilee livery in 2002, and was swapped onto this working after having been AC507 during the day.
		Willesden's RMLs were then driven away for store at North Wembley pending collection by their new owners.
	www.londonbuspage.com /040326.htm (1626 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Corporation of London records show that the first fl person recorded in Brent was Sarah Eco, who was christened in St. Mary's church in Willesden on September 15th 1723.
		Willesden forms part of the Brent East parliamentary constituency and is home to the local MP, Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather.
		Peter Davison, best known as Doctor Who, starred in The Last Detective (from 2002) which is filmed and set in and around Willesden.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Willesden (504 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
		It tells the true story of Lisa Jura, who in 1938 was a promising 14-year-old pianist living happily in Vienna with her close-knit Jewish family and dreaming of following the musical footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Strauss.
		I thought THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE was just as powerful in its own way, probably because of its very personal scale; it brings home the way the Nazi horrors affected one teenage girl.
		By the way, the author of THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE is Mona Golabek, Lisa Jura's daughter.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0446527815.asp (607 words)

	Consecration of London parishes
		From humble beginnings with 12 parishioners in 1885 the parish began to flourish and in 1931, a new large beautiful romanesque church was built not only as a parochial church but also as a 'National Shrine for the Catholics of England'.
		Some 60,000 pilgrims flocked to the ancient shrine in that year and once again Our Lady graced Willesden with her presence and many favours were received by the faithful according to manuscript accounts.
		The Blessed Virgin of Willesden continues to call her children to prayer from her shrine on her 'hill of springs’ overlooking the City of London.
	www.christendom-awake.org /pages/calkins/london-consecration.htm (1187 words)

	USC Events Calendar - The Children of Willesden Lane
		Golabek’s mother, Lisa Jura, was 14 when she was one of 10,000 Jewish children sent to England by train by fearful parents at the dawn of the war.
		She lived at the Willesden Lane hostel and worked in a garment factory.
		In 1995 she released the critically acclaimed recording “Babar the Elephant and Mother Goose Suite” with the New Zealand Symphony and narration by Meryl Streep.
	www.usc.edu /calendar/events/17703.html (246 words)

	The Willesden Herald
		Thanks to our generous sponsors, including Willesden Writers' Workshop, the London Borough of Brent Arts and Libraries Service, the Willesden Herald, and Pretend Genius Press, this competition is free to enter.
		The text is also online at the Guardian newspaper website, if you would like to read along and listen at the same time (follow the bouncing ball), here.
		Except for permission to include in the Willesden Herald online or other media editions, contributors retain copyright and all other rights on their letters and submissions.
	willesdenherald.blogspot.com (2335 words)

	Willesden Local History Society
		The founder members had two main objectives: to ensure that the two thousand years of Willesden's history was not lost when the then new administrative Borough of Brent was born, and to seek out and record historical facts, because a community's future health is enhanced by a good knowledge of its past.
		WLHS meets monthly from September to June, when lectures, usually with a Willesden flavour, are presented.
		He will be making reference to some of the old Willesden families like the Nicolls.
	www.willesden-local-history.co.uk /index.htm (553 words)

	Resource: Teaching The Children of Willesden Lane
		The Children of Willesden Lane provides an entry point for students to think about and discuss difficult issues.
		Before her students read The Children of Willesden Lane, a sixth-grade social studies teacher in Memphis introduces them to the concept of the “Universe of Obligation.” Students compare how they feel about people who are near the center of their universe—family and friends—with those who lie farther out.
		A high school English teacher in Pennsylvania uses poetry to connect The Children of Willesden Lane to themes he is exploring in his creative writing class, including the human condition, and what it feels like to be an outsider.
	www.learner.org /resources/series206.html (583 words)

	Willesden Local History Society
		The founder members had two main objectives: to ensure that the two thousand years of Willesden's history was not lost when the then new administrative Borough of Brent was born, and to seek out and record historical facts, because a community's future health is enhanced by a good knowledge of its past.
		WLHS meets monthly from September to June, when lectures, usually with a Willesden flavour, are presented.
		Meet outside Willesden Junction Station to leave at 7:30pm sharp.
	www.willesden-local-history.co.uk (553 words)

	Willesden Sports Centre Re-development
		The signing of this exciting project now paves the way for the developers to start on-site before the end of March 2005.
		The new Willesden Sports Centre will complement the neighbouring Capital City Academy, which has specialist sports college status.
		The preliminary stages of the re-development of Willesden Sports Centre saw Brent Council’s involvement in a series of consultation meetings with the public as it was the desire of Brent Council to involve residents and users in the redevelopment process.
	www.brent.gov.uk /sports.nsf/24878f4b00d4f0f68025663c006c7944/62c47bad639aae2180256dac0055b39c!OpenDocument (349 words)

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