Kingsbury

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There is also a Kingsbury in Warwickshire, and a Kingsbury in the U.S. state of New York. There is also a Kingsbury music group from Orlando, Florida. www.kingsburymusic.net

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

Contents

1 Nearest places
2 Nearest tube station
3 Local Parks
4 History
5 External links

Nearest places

Nearest tube station

Local Parks

Barn Hill Open Space
Fryent Country Park
Kingsbury Green Recreation Ground
Roe Green Park
Silver Jubilee Park''

Kingsbury Circle, a major road junction

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]
[Kingsbury history]
[Highfort Court, Buck Lane]. Designed in the style of a fortified castle by local architect E. G. Trobridge

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