Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARLESDEN

HARLESDEN, a hamlet in Willesden parish, Middlesex; adjacent to the forkings of the railway from London to Kilburn, to Watford, and to Brentford, 1 mile S of Millesden, and 1¼ WNW of Kensal-Green. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office, of the name of Harlesden-Green, under Willesden, London NW.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Willesden Parish       Middlesex Ancient County
Place names: HARLESDEN     |     HARLESDEN GREEN
Place: Harlesden

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