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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harlesden like this:
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.
Harlesden is now part of BRENT District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRENT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harlesden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harlesden, in Brent and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22957
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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