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

Template:Infobox London place 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

• Burnt Oak
• Colindale
• Edgware
• Hendon
• Kenton
• Neasden
• Queensbury
• Wembley

Nearest tube station

• Kingsbury tube station
• Wembley park station
• Neasden tube station

Local Parks

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

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