Harrow may refer to:
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Harrow, Victoria
Harrow is a town in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of West Wimmera local government area, 391 kilometres north west of the state capital Melbourne, overlooking the Glenelg River valley. At t ...
, Australia
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Harrow, Ontario
Harrow is a community located in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
History
First known as ''Munger's Corners'' after John Munger, the first postmaster, the town was renamed by John O'Connor in 1857 for the exclusive Harrow Sch ...
, Canada
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The Harrow, County Wexford
The Harrow () is a small rural village in County Wexford in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated east of Ferns
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and p ...
, a village in Ireland
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London Borough of Harrow
The London Borough of Harrow () is a London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London. It borders four other London boroughs Barnet to the east of ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road), Brent to the southeast, Ea ...
, England
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Harrow, London
Harrow () is a large town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. Lying about north-west of Charing Cross and south of Watford, the entire town including its localities had a popul ...
, a town in London
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Harrow (UK Parliament constituency)
Harrow was a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1885—1945 in Middlesex, a traditional county; it covered an area forming part of the north-west of today's Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP).
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Harrow on the Hill
Harrow on the Hill is a locality and historic village in the borough of Harrow in Greater London, England. The name refers to Harrow Hill, ,Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) and is located some half a mile south of the mod ...
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Harrow, Caithness
Harrow is a hamlet on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland. It lies just to the west of the Castle of Mey and northeast of the Loch of Mey.
Harrow Harbour, also called Philips Harbour, was built in the 19th Century by the Earl of Caithness f ...
, a hamlet in Scotland
Schools
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Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
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, independent school in Harrow, London, founded 1572
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Harrow College
Harrow College is a further education college in the London Borough of Harrow, England, with two campuses in Harrow and Harrow Weald.http://www.educationuk.org/pls/hot_bc/bc_profile.page_pls_profile_details?x=133784075207&y=0&a=0&z=869&p_prof_i ...
, college in Harrow, London, founded 1999
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Harrow High School
Harrow High School is a co-educational academy in the London Borough of Harrow and a specialist Sports College. It was previously called Gayton High School and Harrow County School for Boys. The school has a sixth form for post-16 studies part ...
, secondary school in Harrow, London
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Harrow International School Bangkok
Harrow International School Bangkok (, ) is a British international school in Don Mueang District, Bangkok, Thailand.
It was established and gained its license to operate in Thailand in 1998 in association with Harrow School, a boardi ...
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Harrow International School Beijing
Harrow International School Beijing (HISB) (), or Harrow Beijing (HBJ), is a private school located in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Harrow Beijing is a coeducational day school that initially taught pupils from age 11, unlike its namesake in th ...
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Harrow International School Hong Kong
Harrow International School of Hong Kong is a British international boarding and day, all-through school in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. When it opened on 3 September 2012, it became the first British boarding school in Hong Kong. It was also the th ...
Other uses
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Harrow (surname)
Harrow is a surname meaning a person who harrowed the land. Notable people with the surname include:
*Andy Harrow (born 1956), Scottish former football player
* Belinda Harrow (born 1971), New Zealand artist
* Jack Harrow (1888-1958), English foo ...
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Harrow (tool)
In agriculture, a harrow is a farm implement used for surface tillage. It is used after ploughing for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. The purpose of harrowing is to break up clods and to provide a soil structure, call ...
, an agricultural implement
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''Harrow'' (TV series), an Australian television series
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The Harrow
''The Harrow'' was an online magazine for fantasy and horror fiction, poetry, and reviews, launched in January 1998 by founder and editor-in-chief Dru Pagliassotti. The magazine has an all-volunteer editorial staff and reviewer pool and uses a d ...
'', a fantasy and horror magazine
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Harrow football
Harrow football is a code of football played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more bases (goals) than their opponent. Harrow Football is played predominantly with the feet, but players may use any part of t ...
, a football style played at Harrow School
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Harrow History Prize
The Harrow History Prize or the Townsend Warner Preparatory Schools History Prize is an annual history competition for children at British Preparatory school (UK), preparatory schools. It currently attracts around 800 entrants each year.
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, a prize for children at British preparatory schools
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Harrow RFC
Harrow RFC are an English rugby union club that are based in Stanmore in London. They currently play in London 3 North West - a league at tier 8 of the English rugby union system - following their relegation from London 2 North West at the end ...
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Harrow Road
The Harrow Road is an ancient route in North West London which runs from Paddington in a northwesterly direction towards Harrow. It is also the name given to the immediate surrounding area of Queens Park and Kensal Green, straddling the NW10 ...
, a road in London
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Battle of the Harrow
The Battle of the Harrow took place on 26 May 1798 and was the first clash of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in County Wexford. It was fought between government forces (specifically a unit of Wexford yeoman cavalry, the Camolin Cavalry) and Unite ...
, a battle of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
* Harrow, a playable character in ''
Warframe
''Warframe'' is a free-to-play action role-playing third-person shooter multiplayer online game developed and published by Digital Extremes. First released for Windows personal computers in March 2013, it was later ported to PlayStation 4 in No ...
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* Harrow, a size of
cricket bat
A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached to a flat-fronted willow-wood blade. It may also be used by a batter who is making ground ...
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''Harrow'' (novel), a 2021 novel by American writer
Joy Williams
See also
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Handley Page Harrow (disambiguation) The name Harrow was given to two aircraft manufactured by Handley Page:
*Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow
The Handley Page H.P.31 was a two-seat single-engined biplane built to a British specification for a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaiss ...
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The Harrow & the Harvest
''The Harrow & the Harvest'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. It was Welch's first album in eight years and was released on June 28, 2011. The album was nominated for Best Folk Album for the 54th Grammy Awa ...
'', a 2011 album by Gillian Welch
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Harrow Green
Harrow Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located between Lambs Lane and The Street and is just over a mile off the A134 between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury.
The ...
, Suffolk, England
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Harrow Weald
Harrow Weald is a suburban district in Greater London, England. Located about north of Harrow, Harrow Weald is formed from a leafy 1930s suburban development along with ancient woodland of Harrow Weald Common. It forms part of the London Boro ...
, part of the London Borough
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North Harrow
North Harrow is a suburban area of North West London, situated north-west of central Harrow within the London Borough of Harrow. Its residential roads have expanded from North Harrow tube station, a station on the Metropolitan line of the Lo ...
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South Harrow
South Harrow is the southern part of the town of Harrow, located south-west of Harrow-on-the-Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. Its development originally spread south and west from the hamlet of Roxeth in the urbanisation process and easi ...
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West Harrow
West Harrow is a locality directly to the west/southwest of Harrow town in the London Borough of Harrow, in the county of Greater London and historically in the county of Middlesex.
Location
As its name suggests, West Harrow is located on ...
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Harrow Hill, West Sussex
Harrow Hill is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England. It is on the South Downs about north of the village of Angmering and north-west of Worthing.
There is Neolithic British Isles, Neolithic flint mining, flint mine, and a Martin Dow ...
, an archaeological site in England
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