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is a common English place-name meaning 'white church', and probably referring to a church built of stone. The name has fallen out of use and is preserved in Whitchurch Gardens and Whitchurch Lane.
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oversaw the finishing touches to the church when he replaced John James as the Duke's architect in 1715. The interior retains early eighteenth-century paintings by artists such as
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and restored in the 1990s to its original condition. In the churchyard is a tombstone to William Powell, supposedly "
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The parish was grouped for relief of the poor and sanitary provision into Hendon
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from 1894, and was abolished as a civil parish in 1934, becoming absorbed by
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519:(which was demolished in 1747). It is possible that 430:Little Stanmore was named to distinguish it from 1201: 450:Little Stanmore formed an ancient parish in the 427:The name 'Stanmore' means "pond made of stone". 784: 458:. It included the western part of the town of 655: 669: 662: 648: 1215:Districts of the London Borough of Harrow 586: 584: 488: 417: 613:Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names 484: 334:which is today the residential area of 41: 1202: 643: 610: 581: 1182: 887:St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill 604: 473:in 1875. 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Little Stanmore is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ189912
London borough
Harrow
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
HA8
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
UK Parliament
Harrow East
London Assembly
Brent and Harrow
UK
England

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