College Park, London
College Park is a small mainly residential neighbourhood in Kensal Green, to the north of the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London and is near Kensal Green station and Willesden Junction station, Willesden Junction station. It borders the London Borough of Brent to the north and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east. It is part of College Park & Old Oak wards of the United Kingdom. The housing stock in College Park is largely bay-fronted Victorian terraced houses built in the late 1800s. Kenmont Primary School is at its centre and within the neighbourhood is The Mayhew Animal Home. History Early History The land on which College Park stands originally belonged to All Souls' College, Oxford. This explains the etymology of many local place names (e.g. All Souls' Avenue, College Road, All Souls Cemetery). All Souls' College owned the vast majority of land in "old Kensal Green", extending northwards in two prongs towards Willesden Green and Harlesden Gree ...
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Hammersmith (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hammersmith is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. It is currently represented by Andy Slaughter, a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, who has represented the seat since its recreation in 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010. For the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer, it is considered a borough constituency, and as with all constituencies, elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system. Boundaries 1885–1918 1885–1918: The parishes of St Peter and St Paul, Hammersmith. The parliamentary borough of Hammersmith was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and consisted of the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Hammersmith (in Middlesex only until 1889 when it fell w ...
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