Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Willesden

Willesden.-- par. (ry. stations Willesden Green and Willesden Junction), Middlesex, 7 miles NW. of St Paul's, London, 4383 ac. (81 water), pop. 27,453; the entire par. is a local government district, and contains parts of Kilburn, Kensal Green, Harlesden, &C.; until 1885 a small part of the par. was included in the parl. bor. of Chelsea.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Willesden AP/CP       Middlesex AncC
Place: Willesden

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