Kensal Green: Buchanan Gardens, NW10
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Kensal Green: Buchanan Gardens, NW10
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 26 Sep 2010
A comparison of the old Ordnance Survey maps of this area shows that in 1896 this area was the Kensal Green Allotments with no housing development north of the railway. By 1915 these houses had been built, and most of those on the surrounding housing estate roads, had been too. A little further afield, to the east of where College Road is now, the old maps show the "National Athletics Grounds" complete with an oval running track and a pavilion. This feature is still shown on the 1920 map but has been lost by 1935 with the current day houses in Liddell, Whitmore and Leigh Gardens having been built over the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.534508
Longitude
-0.228898