Tudorbethan in Kingsbury
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Tudorbethan in Kingsbury
Image: © Marathon Taken: 1 Jul 2015
This is Metro-land and John Betjeman would doubtless have known this area. This style of housing is known as 'Tudorbethan'. In the 1930s the Metropolitan Estates Company informed prospective buyers in Kingsbury that "Peace and quiet prevail and the stretches of country around offer plenty of opportunity for invigorating exercise to those who are inclined to walking and cycling." One developer even called Kingsbury "the Queen of north-west London suburbs". By the end of the 1930s the station at Kingsbury and its flanking shops were swamped by a huge length of shopping arcades, and there were even two cinemas.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.582126
Longitude
-0.27439