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Willesden

Town of London and former civil parish

Placearea of London civil parishQ146702

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: London Borough of Brent(since 1965)
, Municipal Borough of Willesden(until 1965)

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Willesden is an area of north-west London, situated 5 miles (8 km) west north-west of Charing Cross. It is historically a parish in the county of Middlesex that was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Willesden in 1933; it has formed part of the London Borough of Brent in Greater London since 1965. Dollis Hill is also sometimes referred to as being part of Willesden.

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34 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Shares border with: Church End
Harlesden
OS grid reference: TQ227846
Historic county: Middlesex
Capital of: Municipal Borough of Willesden

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24 identifiers linking Willesden across the web's reference databases

51.5468, -0.2295OpenStreetMap ↗

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