DIRr.CTORY.] MIDDLESEX. WILLESDEN'. 469

1885. The .church of St . .A.ndrew, formerly belonging KENSA.L GREEN forms a ward in the Urban District to the parish of Kings bury, is a small but very ancient of Willesden. lmildi11g, standing apparently within the area of an en- St. John's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July 4, .campment., perhaps of British origin; it consists of 1845, from detached parts of Chelsea and parts of .cha•cel 81ld nave and a western tower of wood with Hammersmith, Kensington, Paddin,;on and Willesden •hort spire, containing 3 bells, and vas restored in parishes. The church is- in the Harrow road. The 1888 ancl again in 1906 at a cost of about [,400: there register dates from the year . Tlie livin~ is a :are some traces of Saxon work. with Roman bricks and vicarage, net yearly value [,386, with residence, in the other rare features: the windows are Perpendicular: gift of the Bishop of London, and held since r8g1 by ltere are monuments to John Bul, ob. 1621; and to the Rev. Richard Thornber M.A. of Keble College, Thomas Scudamore, ob. 1626, both attendants of Queen . Oxford. • "Elizftbeth and James I. and one brass to John Shephard, Th t" f th cl · t" 1 · h • 11b. 1520, his two wives and eighteen children: William, e popu1 a 10dn . 0 e ec es1as Ica pans m 190 1 . ( ) . was 19 523 an 1n 1911 13 7::7 of which 8,342 were "thud earl of Mansfie1d d. 18 Feb. 1840 , w1th other~ . ' ' ' ' _, ' of the family, are buried in the churchyard: there are m the county of London. 120 sittings. The register for the new district dates S~. Martin's, KENS.!L RISE, is an ecclesiastical 'from the yea::- 1885, the earlier entries were made in pa_nsh, formed July ~6, 1901~ fro?l St. John's, from the Kinu-sburv register. The living is a vicarage. net Wdlesden, Hammersmith and Kensmgton. The church, yearly value '[350, with residence, in the gift of the situateNeasden There is a Presbyterian Church of England at College lane, was built in 1906, at a cost of £450, and is largely Park, Kensal Green, erected in 1887, and seating 620 used as an institute and for club meetings &c. St. persons ; a Baptist chapel at Kensal Rise, erected in llaphael's chapel of ease to Willesden parish church is r8g6, with 900 sittings, and another at Kensal Green, -an iron structure, erected in 1910 to seat 200 persorts. and a W esleyan Methodist chapel at Ken sal Rise. "Dollis Hill House, while held by the 6th Earl of Aber­ -deen, was on many occasions the residence of the late The population in 1911 was 9,989. "Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone :VI.P. Chaulke Hill is the STONEBRIDGE, which adjoins Harlesden on the residence of Philip Lyttelton Gell M.A., J .P. The north-west, was constituted an ecclesiastical parish in Brent reservoir of the Regent's canal, which extends to 189z, out of St. Mary's, Willesden, and All Souls, Har• this bamlet, is upwards of 8 miles in circuit, covers lesden. The church of St. Michael and All Angels, ·350 acres and is 35 feet in depth at the head, the erectl'd in r8gt at a cost of [t.1,ooo, is of red brick -deepest part. Here are extensive locomotive, carriagt> with stone dressings in the Early English style, and -and general engineering works belonging to the Metro- consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles and north -politan Railway Company and Great Central Railway porch: the church will seat 750 persons. The register ~ompany. In 1905 an electric power· station was dates from the year 1892. The living is a vicarage, net 1!rected for the Ml'tropolitan railway. There is a Wes- yearly value [4oo, with residence, in the gift of the 1eyan Methodist Mission chapel. Bishop of London, and held since 1907 by the Rev. Skl"rrick Green and Dollis Hill are hamlets in the Alfred Edward Humphreys M.A. and late fellow of cteighboarhood. Trinity College, Cambridge, and hon. canon of Norwich. The popu~ation of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was Stonebridge Park consists of several good residences. 1,040, and in 19II, 2,074, of which 111 vrere in the The population of ~he ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was -county of London. 9•157, and in 19II, q,639.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOC.-\L INSTITUTIONS &c. •

Pest & M. 0. Offices :-t*Willesden Green (Walm Post Office Telephone Call Offices, 201 Church road, lane).- - Lyons, sub-postmaster (letters through Willesden; Public Library, High road, Willesden (Jricklewood). t*ll27 High roa-d.-Williamsons Ltd. Green & 4 & 238 High st. & 23 Station rd. Harlesden sub-postmasters. 1185 College road.-Fred Wilson, Government Telephone Exchange, St. Gabriel's road, .aub-postmaster. IICraven Park (71 Craven Park road). Willesden (Willesden Green) -.Henry Clifford, sub-postmaster. 191 High road.­ "Walter Barnwell, sub-postmaster. 1!109 & 111 Church URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. road.-Williams Bros. Limited, 1mb-postmaster. Offices, Dyne road, Kilburn. Grange road. Mrs. H. Gibbs, sub-postmistress. Meeting day, 4th tues. in each month at 6.30 p.m. 1*11344 High road.-Herbert John Whincup, sub-post­ .master. tiiOkehampton r()8d (corner of Chamberlayne Members. road).-Nicholas Rolfe, sub-postmaster. t*liBrondes­ All retire in April, 1916. bury (327 High road, Kilburn) (Letters through the ·Chairman, George H. Hiscocks. Xilburn office ).-Augustus Ferdinand Sasse, sub-post­ Vice-Chairman, James Comber. -master. IIHarlesden (39 Acton lane).-Charles Bat- Church End Ward. -atone, sub-postmaster. Harlesden (242 High street, John Edward Conlon -near Rucklidge avenue).-:Miss ~I. G. Honey, sub-post- I William Alfred Hill -mistress. t*IIHarlesden (58 High street, near Town William Henry Dobbs -clock).-Timothy Smith, sub-postmaster. t*IIKensal South Kilburn Ward. Green, College Park (1oo6 Harrow road).-George Charles Hicks Bolton I William Arthur Saville l!obbs, sub-postmaster. Kensal Green (22 Kenmont Percival Bond tt>r. College Park).-Edward Field, sub-postmaster. ti!Neasden (7 Kingsbury road).-Miss Emily Frossell, Mid Kilburn Ward. sub-postmistress. IINeasden Lane (4 London terrace, James John Bate I George Henry Hiscocks Neasden lane).-Charles Adolphus Edmonds, sub­ .irthur Ernest Doran -postmaster. ti!Queen's Park (56 Chamberlayne road). North Kilburn Ward. -John Breton, sub-postmaster. tiiStonebridge Park John Andrews I Charles Pinkham J.P '(78 Hill side). Arthur Boshier, sub-po;;tmaster. Thomas George Matthews 1Stonebridge Park (38 Bruce road).-Frank Edmonds, sub-postmaster. 11 Io The Parade, Dudden Hill.­ Brondesbury Park Ward. Archibald G . .Abbott, sub-postmaster. Nearl'st tele­ Surrey Davison Bumstead I William Clarence Rapkin graph money order & telegraph office for C.eli.-l'ry is Edwin Thomas Butteriss at 58 High street, Harll'sden Kensal Rise Ward.