Editing Stanmore

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{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| region                   = London
| official_name            = Stanmore
| static_image_name        = Old Pump at Little Common Pond - geograph.org.uk - 2409941.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Pump at one of the [[Roman Britain|Roman]]-era ponds at Little Common, which gave Stanmore its name
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| os_grid_reference        = TQ1691
| london_borough           = Harrow
| population               = 23,700
| population_ref           = (Stanmore Park and Canons wards 2011)
| post_town                = STANMORE
| postcode_district        = HA7
| postcode_area            = HA
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow East]]
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'''Stanmore''' is part of the [[London Borough of Harrow]] in [[Greater London]]. It is centred {{convert|11|mi|km}} northwest of [[Charing Cross]], lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the [[List of highest points in London|highest points of London]], at {{convert|152|m|ft}} high. The district, which developed from the ancient [[Middlesex]] parishes of Great and [[Little Stanmore]], lies immediately west of Roman [[Watling Street]] (the A5 road) and forms the eastern part of the modern [[London Borough of Harrow]].

Stanmore is the location of the former [[RAF Bentley Priory]] station – base of the [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter Command]] during both world wars – along with its accommodating [[Bentley Priory]] mansion, notably the last residence of [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]]. Some members of the [[Bernays family]] were also based here, including [[Adolphus Bernays]] and his son and grandson who were both rectors of [[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|St John's church]]; the [[Bernays Institute]] and Bernays Gardens are public amenities in the centre of the old village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/bernays-memorial-institute-stanmore.html|title = The Bernays Memorial Institute, Stanmore}}</ref>

The district increasingly developed into a [[London]] suburb during the 20th century, and in the latter half housed the [[AA plc|Automobile Association]]'s regional headquarters. Today it is a [[commuter town]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fawcettmead.co.uk/lettings/details.php?id=43354502346ZZXB|title = Fawcett Mead &#124; Available Units}}</ref> with a [[Stanmore tube station|tube station]] that is the northern terminus of the [[Jubilee line]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/secret/this-train-terminates-at-stanmore|title = Ever Been to Stanmore, at the End of the Jubilee Line? Here's Why It's Worth Your While|date = 26 July 2017}}</ref> and large green spaces.

== Toponymy ==
The place earliest documented use of the name comes from a charter of 793, when land in Stanmore was granted to [[St Albans Cathedral|St Albans Abbey]].<ref>Oxford Concise Origin of English Place Names, Eilert Ekwall, 4th edition 1960, reprinted 1990</ref> The Domesday book of 1086 records the two manors of Stanmore as ''Stanmere'', the name deriving from the [[Old English]] ''stan'', 'stony' and ''mere'', 'a pool'.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Great%20and%20Little%20Stanmore| title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofmidd00goverich/page/104/mode/2up?q=Stanmore|title = The place names of Middlesex (Inclucing those parts of the county of London formerly contained within the boundaries of the old county)|year = 1922}}</ref> There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the ''mere'', which gave the manors their name, may have been one of the ponds which still exist. One possible candidate is a pond on Stanmore Common still sometimes known as Caesars Pond after a battle believed to have taken place in the vicinity in 54BC.<ref name="The London Encyclopaedia p811">The London Encyclopaedia, Weinreb and Hibbert, 1983 p811</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Broadway Cottages Harrow 1358610 20230821 0004.jpg|thumb|left|Cottrell Cottages, The Broadway (16th century)]]
[[File:Bentley Priory c 1800.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bentley Priory]] (c.1800)]]

===Rome===
An obelisk on Brockley Hill, in the grounds of the [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]], marks the reputed site of a battle between [[Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar's]] Roman legions and the local [[Catuvellauni]] tribe, under [[Cassivellaunus]]. This battle is said to have taken place during [[Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain|Caesar's raid in force]] on Britain, in 54BC.<ref>Website of Stanmore tourist board https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/the-stanmore-obelisk.html</ref> Britain was conquered after [[Roman conquest of Britain|Claudius invaded in 43AD]]; sometime after this the Romans established a local settlement called [[Sulloniacis]].

===Origins of the Manors and Parishes of Stanmore===
A manor called Stanmore is first recorded in 793 AD, and the Domesday book of 1086 describes pre-existing manors (estates) of Great and Little Stanmore as having changed ownership in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest.<ref name="The London Encyclopaedia p811"/> These estates were subsequently served by the [[civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parishes]] of Great and Little Stanmore.

===Pre-urban===
Until the late 19th century, Stanmore was a small rural community. In the [[Middle Ages]], a monastic community of cell of [[Canons Regular|Augustinian Canons]] was established at [[Bentley Priory]]. It was dissolved in 1536 during the [[dissolution of the monasteries]].<ref name="manors">[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22466&strquery=bentley ''Victoria County History'', Middlesex, Harrow including Pinner, Manors, 1971]</ref> One of the really old surviving buildings are the Cottrell cottages built c. 1565. It suggests that the medieval population centre in Stanmore was around the present day Broadway, before the developments among Stanmore Hill in the late 18th.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dipnd.uk/compot/Harrow/Vol%205/18%20the%20broadway.htm| title = The Broadway}}</ref>

===Stately homes===
Between 1713 and 1724, the [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos|1st Duke of Chandos]] built [[Cannons (house)|Cannons]] house in Little Stanmore. Shortly after, in 1729 [[Andrew Drummond (banker)|Andrew Drummond]], the founder of the [[Drummonds Bank]] and [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] sympathiser, purchased [[Stanmore House]] and the Stanmore Park estate as his country residence.<ref>H Bolitho and D Peel, The Drummonds of Charing Cross (London: George, Allen & Unwin, 1967)</ref><ref name="drummond">{{cite web|title=Andrew Drummond, Stanmore Resident and founder of The London bank Messrs Drummond|url=http://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/andrew_drummond.html |website=stanmoretouristboard.org.uk|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211124522/http://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/andrew_drummond.html|archive-date=11 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A new mansion was built for Andrew Drummond at Stanmore Park in 1763: it was designed in neo Palladian style by [[John Vardy]] and [[William Chambers (architect)|Sir William Chambers]]. [[Zoffany]] painted the Drummond family in the grounds.  The Drummonds leased Stanmore House to the [[Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford|Countess of Aylesford]] (in 1815) and later to Lord Castlereagh. The Marquess of Abercorn acquired the estate, along with Bentley Priory, in 1839. In 1848, Stanmore House was sold again to [[George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton]]. The house was later used as a boys' preparatory school. It was demolished in 1938 and the site was taken over by the [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] as the headquarters of Balloon Command.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baggs |first1=A P; Bolton, Diane K; Scarff, Eileen P; Tyack, G C |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5, Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp96-99 |website=British History Online |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> The history of the area is reflected in street names, such as Lady Aylesford Avenue and Abercorn Road. RAF Stanmore Park closed in 1997 and is now a housing estate.

[[File:Gilbert-library-working-1891.jpg|thumb|Opera librettist [[W. S. Gilbert]] in the library at [[Grim's Dyke]] (1891)]]
The wealthy businessman James Duberley commissioned [[Sir John Soane]] to design a large mansion house north of the original Bentley Priory in 1775. This house was added to throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by various owners. It was significantly extended in 1788, again by Sir John Soane, for [[John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn]]. The Priory was the final home of the [[Dowager Queen Adelaide]], queen consort of [[William IV]], before her death there in 1849. In 1882 Bentley Priory was acquired by the hotel millionaire [[Frederick Gordon (hotelier)|Frederick Gordon]], who turned it into a country house hotel for wealthy guests.<ref name="drummond"/><ref name="manors"/>

The [[libretto|opera librettist]] [[W. S. Gilbert]] (of the [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] duo) lived at [[Grim's Dyke]], a country house located between Stanmore and [[Harrow Weald]]. In 1911, Gilbert drowned in the pond at Grim's Dyke. He was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium|Golders Green]] and his ashes buried at the churchyard of St. John's Church, Stanmore.<ref name=DNB>Stedman, Jane W. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33400 "Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck (1836–1911)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004, online edition, May 2008, accessed 10 January 2010 {{ODNBsub}}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
[[File:Stanmore Village railway station.jpg|thumb|[[Stanmore Village railway station]]]]
The railways first reached Stanmore in 1890 when Frederick Gordon opened the [[Stanmore branch line]] to improve access to Bentley, in the hope of attracting more affluent customers. Great Stanmore Parish Council stipulated that Gordon's new station building should be of the highest quality, and so [[Stanmore Village railway station|Stanmore station]] (later renamed ''Stanmore Village'') was designed to resemble a small English church, complete with a spire and [[gargoyle]]s. Trains were run by the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNWR). Gordon also purchased land near the station and laid out a wide avenue—named ''Gordon Avenue''—lined with new superior houses, in the hope of attracting wealthy Londoners to come to live in the country and commute into the city on his new railway. Despite his efforts, Gordon's business ventures at Stanmore were not successful, and in 1899 he sold the railway to the LNWR.<ref name="stb-stanmore">{{cite web|title=The Harrow and Stanmore railway|url=http://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/the-harrow-and-stanmore-railway/the-stanmore-branch-line.html|website=stanmoretouristboard.org.uk|publisher=The Stanmore Tourist Board|access-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207094027/http://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/the-harrow-and-stanmore-railway/the-stanmore-branch-line.html|archive-date=7 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Gordon died in 1904 at his Hotel Metropole in [[Cannes]]. His body was brought back to Stanmore and buried in the family grave at the church of [[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|St. John's Church]].<ref name="stb-stanmore"/>

[[File:Manor Stanmore.jpg|thumb|left|The manor house on Old Church Lane built in 1930, separate from an older manor house nearby]]
In the early years of the 20th century, as the population of London grew, Stanmore was affected by increasing [[urbanization|urbanisation]] and the small rural village was rapidly becoming a suburb of London. In December 1932 the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR) opened a new electric railway with a station at {{stl|LUL|Stanmore}} (now the [[London Underground]] station on the [[Jubilee line]]). This rapid, direct route into London presented strong competition for Gordon's old railway (by now run by the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] (LMS)), especially as branch line passengers had to change trains at {{rws|Harrow & Wealdstone}} for London services. After years of decline, Stanmore Village station was closed by [[British Rail]]ways in 1952.<ref name="stb-stanmore"/>

===The war and afterwards===
[[File:RAF Stanmore Park aerial 1945.png|thumb|left|Aerial shot of [[RAF Stanmore Park]] (1945)]]
During [[World War II]], Stanmore played an important role. Stanmore had an outstation from the [[Bletchley Park]] codebreaking establishment, where some of the [[Bombe]]s used to decode German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] messages were housed. Bentley Priory was taken over by the [[RAF]], and in 1940 the [[Battle of Britain]] was controlled from [[RAF Bentley Priory]]. RAF Bentley Priory closed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stanmore – Hidden London|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/stanmore/|website=hidden-london.com|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>

In the 1950s the Automobile Association built and opened a four-storey office building on The Broadway which eventually became the AA regional headquarters for London and the South East. A major employer in Stanmore, the centre once handled up to 3,000 calls a day. In 1986 the AA moved a few hundred yards to a new building on The Broadway. The abandoned building eventually became derelict and a target for vandalism, graffiti and the dumping of rubbish.<ref name="HQ">{{Citation
| title = End of line for HQ that answered drivers' pleas
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 26 August 1993
| page   = 12
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19930826/074/0012
}}</ref> There were plans to build a shopping centre at the site, but they did not go ahead, leaving the building abandoned for several years with its windows broken<ref>{{Citation
| title = Marks says No to place in shopping mall
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 13 August 1992
| page   = 3
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19920813/012/0003
}}</ref> before it was demolished in 1993.<ref name="HQ"/> The site lay empty for several years before [[Sainsbury's]] secured its development of a supermarket here, opening at the end of 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6509803.supermarkets-will-go-ahead-residents-told/|title=Supermarkets will go ahead residents told|date=9 May 1998 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/58537.second-supermarket-a-surprise-to-stanmore/|title = Second Supermarket a Surprise to Stanmore| date=January 2000 }}</ref>

[[File:Bernays Memorial Hall, The Broadway, Stanmore - geograph.org.uk - 4170106.jpg|thumb|Bernays Institute, a parish hall erected by Rev. Leopold Bernays]]
[[Bernays Institute|Bernays Memorial Institute]] survived demolition<ref>{{Citation
| title = Town centre plans save hall
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 5 March 1992
| page   = 14
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19920305/102/0014
}}</ref> and was restored during a period of 18 years until 2009. However, the AA call operating centre closed in 1997 when it moved its base to [[Basingstoke]], and in January 1999 it was announced that the breakdown centre would close with the loss of 140 jobs, ending the firm's long association with Stanmore.<ref>{{Citation
| title = 140 jobs go as AA moves out
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 21 January 1999
| page   = 1
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19990121/006/0001
}}</ref> After being sold by the AA the building was used by [[Carpetright]] and as offices.

=== Parish church ===
{{Main|St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore}}
[[File:St John's Church, Stanmore - geograph.org.uk - 356290.jpg|thumb|[[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|The Church of St John the Evangelist]] (1850), seen through the ruin of the 1632 building]]
The first [[parish church]] was the 14th-century St Mary's, built on the site of a wooden [[Saxon]] church, which itself may have been built on the site of a Roman [[compitalia|compitum shrine]].<ref name="SHoS">{{cite web|url=http://www.mellis.me.uk/stjohn.htm|title=Notes about the Churches of Great Stanmore|last=Ellis|first=Mike|date=1996-12-26|work=Short History of Stanmore|publisher=Mike Ellis|access-date=15 January 2010|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719185512/http://www.mellis.me.uk/stjohn.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SJtE">[http://www.stjohnsstanmore.org.uk/content.php?folder_id=9]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209130116/http://www.stjohnsstanmore.org.uk/content.php?folder_id=9|date=9 February 2012}}</ref> It has now completely disappeared; one tomb survives in a back garden.<ref name="SHoS" /><ref name="Victoria County History">{{cite web|title=Great Stanmore: Church|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp105-107|website=British History Online|publisher=[[Victoria County History]]|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref>

This building was replaced by [[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|a new one]] built in the current churchyard, consecrated in 1632 and dedicated to [[St John the Evangelist|St. John the Evangelist]].<ref name="SHoS" /><ref name="SJtE" /> Built of brick and consecrated by [[William Laud|Archbishop Laud]], it is one of the relatively small number of churches built in Britain between the medieval period and the eighteenth century.<ref name="SHoS" /> By the nineteenth century, this church had become considered outdated and unsafe. After its replacement, its roof was pulled off and it became a ruin.

A new church was constructed in the [[Gothic Revival]] style from 1849 to 1850. [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]]'s last public appearance was to lay the foundation stone of the new church. She gave the font and when the church was completed after her death, the east window was dedicated to her memory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26912 |title=Great Stanmore: Church |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1976 |work=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham |access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>

===Stanmore Hall===
Built in the 1840s, Stanmore Hall is a [[Grade II* listed]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101194606-stanmore-hall-stanmore-park-ward|title=Stanmore Hall, Harrow, Harrow}}</ref> building built as a gothic castle. Located on Wood Lane near the top of Stanmore Hill, Stanmore Hall was developed by Matthew John Rhodes and was owned by balloonist [[Robert Hollond]] and his wife [[Ellen Hollond]], who lived for the rest of their lives at the residence. The interiors were redesigned by [[William Morris]] later that century. [[William Knox D'Arcy]] resided at the Hall, where he died in 1917. One of the pioneers of the oil exploration business, D'Arcy's funeral was attended by dignitaries and celebrities, carrying his coffin from the hall through the village to St John the Evangelist for service.<ref name="stanmoretouristboard.org.uk">{{cite web| url = https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/stanmore_hall.html| title = Stanmore Tourist Board {{!}} Stanmore Hall Wood Lane {{!}} Visit Stanmore}}</ref>

After D'Arcy's death Stanmore Hall was sold and no longer used as a family home. During the Second World War it was used by [[Allied Expeditionary Air Force]], and after the war until 1971 it was a nurse's home for the [[Royal National Orthopedic Hospital]].<ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atktMkuOvPwC&pg=PA176|title = British Horror Film Locations|isbn = 9780786451937|last1 = Pykett|first1 = Derek|date = 10 January 2014| publisher=McFarland }}</ref>

Stanmore Hall has been used as a filming location, such as the British films ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]'', ''[[Nothing but the Night]]'', 1960s series ''[[The Avengers (TV programme)|The Avengers]]'' and later ITV's ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]''.<ref name="stanmoretouristboard.org.uk"/><ref name="books.google.co.uk"/>

Following neglect, the structure of the building deteriorated, and it received damage by a fire in 1979. Eventually in 1998 the Hall was converted into separate luxury dwellings by a developer.<ref name="stanmoretouristboard.org.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff73a60d03e7f57eaa0ab|title = National House Building Council v Relicpride Ltd & Ors &#124; &#91;2009&#93; EWHC 1260 (TCC) &#124; England and Wales High Court (Technology & Construction Court) &#124; Judgment &#124; Law &#124; CaseMine}}</ref>

== Modern Stanmore ==
[[File:Stanmore Broadway.jpg|thumb|left|A view of Stanmore Broadway]]
[[File:Shops Stanmore2.jpg|thumb|left|A view of London Road near Canons Corner]]
Many of Stanmore's residents commute to jobs in central London, contributing to the affluent character of the area.

===Shopping and hospitality===
Central Stanmore includes a range of shops, pubs and restaurants from small independent businesses to large chains.

===Open spaces===
[[File:The former Vine public house, Stanmore - geograph.org.uk - 6229294.jpg|thumb|Former Vine public house, Stanmore Hill]]
[[File:Stanmore Country Park London View 2.jpg|thumb|[[Stanmore Country Park, London|Stanmore Country Park]]]]
Stanmore Park is at the foot of Stanmore Hill and right next to the local library. [[Bentley Priory Nature Reserve]], [[Stanmore Common]] and [[Stanmore Country Park, London|Stanmore Country Park]] are larger parks and nature reserves. Travel and excursion to these places and other attractions such as the Bernays Gardens are promoted by the Stanmore Tourist Board.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/| title = Stanmore Tourist Board {{!}} Visit Stanmore}}</ref>

Further south is Stanmore Marsh. These {{convert|4|ha|acre}} of wetlands with grassland and woodland ran dry before a restoration project was completed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thames21.org.uk/2017/06/huge-new-green-space-harrow-stanmore-marsh-wetlands-officially-opens-restoration/|title = Restored Stanmore Marsh Wetlands to be officially opened by Mayor of Harrow|date = 19 June 2017}}</ref> Here a tributary of the Stanburn Brook becomes the Edgware Brook when it leaves the marsh travelling east towards Edgware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londongardenstrust.org/conservation/inventory/site-record/?ID=HRW050|title=Inventory Site Record}}</ref>

===Sports clubs===
On the border with Bushey is Stanmore Cricket Club, one of the oldest in the Middlesex county championship league, which celebrated 150 years in 2003. The club has nurtured two famous cricketers who have played tests for England in the last two decades: [[Angus Fraser]] and [[Mark Ramprakash]].

===Schools===
Stanmore is home to [[Avanti Schools Trust|Avanti House]] Primary and Secondary Schools, St John's Church of England School, [[Park High School, Stanmore|Park High School]], [[Bentley Wood High School]], [[Stanmore College]] and the [[North London Collegiate School]].

===Health===
The suburb also hosts the [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]] – known as RNOH – which is famed for its spinal unit and paediatric/young adult hip unit.

===Housing===
<gallery widths=180>
File:Little Common.jpg|Housing in Little Common
File:Morecambe Gardens1994.jpg|Housing in Morecambe Gardens
</gallery>

== Demography ==
[[File:Stanmore church - geograph.org.uk - 6636900.jpg|thumb|[[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|St John the Evangelist church]]]]
The population of the London Borough of Harrow ward (Stanmore Park) was 11,229 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688810&c=Stanmore+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6328124&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477301657137&enc=1|title=Harrow Ward population 2011|access-date=24 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024161336/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688810&c=Stanmore+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6328124&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477301657137&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Canons ward which covers Stanmore railway station and eastern areas had a population of 12,471 at the same census.<ref name="UKCensusDataCanons">{{cite web|title=Canons|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/canons-e05000286|website=UK Census Data|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>

Stanmore has Christian, [[Muslim]], [[Hindu]], Jain, and [[Jewish]] communities, including its local synagogue, [[Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue]] on London Road (which has one of the largest memberships of any single synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the UK behind Borehamwood),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacps.org.uk/ |title=Stanmore Synagogue Home Page |publisher=Sacps.org.uk |date=1999-01-12 |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> an Islamic centre, KSIMC of London (Hujjat)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hujjat.org |title=Hujjat.org |publisher=Hujjat.org |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> and a new Hindu temple<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swaminarayansatsang.com |title=Portal of Swaminarayan |publisher=Swaminarayan Satsang |date=2013-01-19 |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> on Wood Lane.

The 2011 census showed that in Stanmore Park ward, 56% of the population was white (47% British, 7% Other, 2% Irish) and 20% Indian. 31% was Christian, 22% Jewish, 15% Hindu and 11% Muslim.<ref name="UKCensusDataStanmorePark">{{cite web|title=Stanmore Park|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/stanmore-park-e05000303|website=UK Census Data|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> Canons ward (covering eastern areas) was 52% white (40% British, 10% Other, 2% Irish) and 24% Indian. 26% was Christian, 25% Jewish, 18% Hindu and 11% Muslim.<ref name="UKCensusDataCanons" />

== Notable residents ==
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[[File:W-s-gilbert-grave.jpg|thumb|right|160px|The grave of [[W. S. Gilbert]] at Stanmore]]
*[[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]] (1792–1849), [[queen consort]] of [[William IV]], lived at [[RAF Bentley Priory|Bentley Priory]], Stanmore from 1848 until her death.
*[[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]], [[Robert Peel|Peelite]] [[Prime Minister]] (in office December 1852 – February 1855) was raised and is buried in Stanmore
*[[Frederick Gordon (hotelier)|Frederick Gordon]], hotel millionaire and builder of the first Stanmore railway
*[[W. S. Gilbert]], English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; lived at [[Grim's Dyke]] and died in the lake there. His ashes are buried in Stanmore.
*[[Robert Hollond|Robert]] and [[Ellen Hollond]] lived here. He was a balloonist and MP, and she founded London's first [[Day care|créche]].<ref name=bh>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26906 Great Stanmore: Introduction', A History of the County of Middlesex]: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 88–96. URL: Date accessed: 12 May 2009.</ref>
*[[Clement Attlee]], [[United Kingdom Labour Party|Labour]] Prime Minister in the first post-war government, lived in a large villa "Heywood", later replaced by [[mid-rise]] apartments.
*[[Chaz Jankel]], singer and multi-instrumentalist, was born in Stanmore.<ref name="theblockheads.com">{{cite web|title=Chaz Jankel|date=14 May 2001 |url=http://www.theblockheads.com/page/biog/chaz|publisher=theblockheads.com}}</ref>
*[[Billy Idol]], rock musician, was born in Stanmore.
*[[Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Delamere]], heiress, born in Stanmore.
*[[Dave Bassett]], football coach, was born in Stanmore.
*[[Clive Anderson]], radio and television presenter, was born in Stanmore.
*[[Peter Van Hooke]], drummer, grew up in Stanmore.
*[[Linda Hayden (actress)|Linda Hayden]], actress, was born in Stanmore.
*[[Anthony Horowitz]], screenwriter and author, was born in Stanmore.
*[[Cyril Shaps]], actor, lived in Stanmore.
*[[Laurie Johnson]], bandleader and composer, lived in Stanmore between 1962 and 2015.
*[[Roger Moore]], actor, famous for his role as [[Simon Templar]] in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' and later as [[James Bond]] lived in Stanmore.
*[[Patricia Medina]], actress, lived in Stanmore.<ref>{{cite book|last=Medina Cotten|first=Patricia|title=Laid back in Hollywood: Remembering|year=1998|publisher=Belle Publishing|location=Los Angeles|isbn=0-9649635-2-3|pages=1–2 }}</ref><!-- possibly stretching the bounds of a noteworthy feature of Stanmore-->
*[[Richard Greene]], actor, most notable for his role as Robin Hood, lived in Stanmore when he was married to Patricia Medina.
*[[Theo Walcott]], footballer, was born in Stanmore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players/W/Theo-Walcott |title=Theo Walcott |publisher=TheFA.com |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref>
*[[William Knox D'Arcy]] lived at Stanmore Hall and died there.
*[[Keith Vaz]], MP, ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) and his family lived in Stanmore (2005–2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/keith-vaz-how-mp-90k-8782028|title = How Keith Vaz on a £90k-a-year MP salary built up a £4million property portfolio|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 6 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[Olly Mann]], co-host of cult podcast ''[[Answer Me This!]]'', grew up in Stanmore.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.ollymann.com/new-page |website=Olly Mann |access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[James Bord]], professional poker player
*[[Bacary Sagna]], footballer, lived in Stanmore until 2014 while at [[Arsenal FC]].
*[[Jay Foreman (comedian)|Jay Foreman]], musical comedian, grew up in Stanmore.
*[[Beardyman]] (Darren Foreman), performer and musician, grew up in Stanmore.
*[[Matt Lucas]], performer and comedian, was born in Central London but grew up in Stanmore.
*[[Alexis Sánchez]], footballer, lived in Stanmore while playing for [[Arsenal Football Club|Arsenal F.C]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
*[[Nikki Grahame]], television personality and model, lived in Stanmore.
*[[Dolly Alderton]], author, grew up in Stanmore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extract {{!}} Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton |url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/everything-i-know-about-love-9780241982105/extracts/2722-everything-i-know-about-love |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.penguin.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

== Transport ==
===Road===
[[File:Honeypot Lane3.jpg|thumb|A view of Honeypot Lane (dual carriageway), an ancient Roman-era track<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dipnd.uk/compot/Harrow/Vol%205/33%20honeypot.htm| title = Honeypot Lane}}</ref>]]
[[File:Brockley Hill.jpg|thumb|Brockley Hill, road towards RNOH and Elstree]]
The A410 (London Road/The Broadway/Church Road/Uxbridge Road) runs east–west across Stanmore. To the west it goes towards [[Harrow Weald]] and [[Hatch End]]. To the east it meets the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] (Brockley Hill and Stonegrove) at Canons Corner roundabout providing a connection to the [[M1 motorway]] and Central London. A short distance east of that is a junction for the [[A41 road|A41]] trunk road. Marsh Lane and Honeypot Lane travel south towards [[Queensbury, London|Queensbury]] while Stanmore Hill/The Common travels towards [[Bushey Heath]] and on to [[Watford]].

=== Nearby places ===
[[File:Clamp Hill sign gone 2010.jpg|thumb|An historic directional sign in Clamp Hill in Stanmore – dismantled in 2010]]
* [[Elstree]]
* [[Borehamwood]]
* [[Edgware]]
* [[Bushey]]
* [[Watford]]
* [[Harrow Weald]]
* [[Belmont, Harrow|Belmont]]

=== Tube/Trains ===
[[File:Stanmore tube station MMB 03 1996 Stock.jpg|thumb|[[Stanmore tube station]], terminus of the [[Jubilee line]]]]
[[Stanmore tube station|Stanmore]] is the northern terminus of the [[Jubilee line]], giving the area direct [[London Underground]] access to Central London. The [[Stanmore branch line]] to [[Harrow & Wealdstone station]] closed in 1964.

=== Bus routes ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="width:10%;"| '''Route'''
| style="width:30%;"| '''Start'''
| style="width:30%;"| '''End'''
| style="width:20%;"| '''Operator'''
|-
|[[London Buses route 142|142]]
|[[Brent Cross bus station|Brent Cross]]
|[[Watford Junction]]
|[[London Sovereign]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 324|324]]
|[[Elstree]]
|[[Brent Cross]] [[Tesco]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 340|340]]
|[[Edgware bus station|Edgware]]
|[[Harrow bus station|Harrow]]
|[[Arriva London]]
|-
|[[London Buses route H12|H12]]
|Stanmore
|[[South Harrow]]
|[[London Sovereign]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 79|79]]
|Edgware
|[[Alperton]] [[Sainsbury's]]
|[[London Sovereign]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 107|107]]
|Edgware
|[[New Barnet]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 186|186]]
|Brent Cross
|[[Northwick Park Hospital]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route H18|H18]]/[[London Buses route H19|H19]]
|Harrow
|Harrow
|[[London Sovereign]]
|-
|[[London Buses route N98|N98]] (Night)
|Stanmore
|[[Holborn]]
|[[Metroline]]
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.stanmore.ac.uk/ Stanmore College website]
* [http://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital website]

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