10 Facts About Northwood London

1.

Hamlet of Northwood London grew up along the north side of the Rickmansworth-Pinner road which passes across the north-east of the parish.

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2.

Northwood London elevated and separated from the rest of the parish by a belt of woodland, took until the 19th century to form a village — 350 acres in the manor of St Catherine's were inclosed under the first Middlesex Inclosure Act in 1769 privatizing land which lay west of Ducks Hill Road, including West Wood which was common ground.

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3.

Land survey of Northwood London conducted in 1565 by King's College, Cambridge, the new lords of the manor of Ruislip, recorded ten houses and several farms.

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4.

Northwood London had hoped these would be owned by the staff of the larger houses.

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5.

In 1904, the Emmanuel Church opened in Northwood London Hills, designed by Sir Frank Elgood, a local architect.

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6.

Northwood London is home to Northwood London Headquarters, in the grounds of Eastbury Park, the estate purchased by David Carnegie in 1857.

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7.

Northwood London Hills has intermixed in its area the only social housing estates beyond one street of the area; much of its private housing stock was built during the 1930s by the Belton Estates company led by Harry Peachey while Harry Neal was responsible for building the shopping parade in Joel Street.

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8.

Northwood London School of Theology is an English interdenominational evangelical theological college.

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9.

Northwood London was part of the ancient parish of Ruislip and became part of the Ruislip-Northwood London Urban District in 1904.

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10.

Northwood London has three elected local Councillors: Cllr Scott Seaman-Digby, Cllr Richard Lewis and Cllr Carol Melvin .

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