Harrow History
The new Northwick Estate began to take shape in 1924 with the construction of 500-foot circle, the site of a private club with roads branching out from it. The club has since become a Masonic centre.
Most of the roads such as Pebworth Road, Norval Road, Blockley Rad, Littleton Road, Paxford Road, Ebrington Road, Draycott Avenue, Ilmington Road, etc were named after villages and farms on Captain Churchill’s Cotswold Estate, Northwick Park, Blockley in Gloucestershire.
Every semi-detached housing unit on the estate was built in a different style to the immediate neighbouring pair, each dwelling costing up to about £1,400 freehold
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Above picture is Pebworth Road on the top and Sudbury Court Estate at the bottom divided by Watford Road
Harrow School bathing place adjacent to the Watford Road, 1937
The Ducker was built around 1866 by and for Harrow School. The footbridge gave pupils a safe crossing over the Watford Road, to the pool. It was passed into the care of the local council in the 1970’s
In 1905, Harrow School Trust acquired 192 acres (0.8 km²) of Sheepcote Farm to prevent development near the school. This became a golf course in 1907. In 1936, Wembley Council bought this land and, in the 1950s, closed the Northwick Park Golf Club. In 1959, Harrow Technical College (today part of the University of Westminster) was built on the site. Northwick Park Hospital followed in the 1970s.
The owner of the rest of the land, Captain Spencer-Churchill, intended to develop it as a high-class estate, Northwick Park. The focal point of this new development was to be a tennis and social club.
Source: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/, https://www.brent.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/brent-museum-and-archives
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