Harrow and Wealdstone (GB)

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This Page refers to the Postal districts historically of Harrow, Wealdstone, Harrow & Wealdstone and Harrow & Wembley

Wembley has its own page.

Harrow & Wealdstone

Harrow is a town formerly in Middlesex before its inclusion in Greater London in 1965. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the City of London. The historic centre of Harrow was atop the 408 feet (124 m) Harrow Hill. The modern town of Harrow grew out at the foot of the settlement, in what was historically called Greenhill. With the arrival of the Metropolitan Railway in the 19th century, the centre of Harrow moved to Greenhill[4] and it grew as the unofficial "capital" of the Metroland suburbia in the early 20th century;[5] Harrow-on-the-Hill station is on one of the railway corridors between London and the Chilterns. Meanwhile, Harrow & Wealdstone station is on the West Coast Main Line and is the eighth oldest railway station, having opened in 1837 one and a half mile north of the hill.

Wealdstone is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates most of Harrow's industrial and business designated land. Wealdstone was the location of the Kodak Harrow factory; it closed in 2016.The eponymous Weald Stone is a sarsen stone, positioned to mark the then boundary between the parishes of Harrow and Harrow Weald. It is located outside the Bombay Central restaurant, which was built as a public house (previously known as the Weald Stone Inn and prior to that, the Red Lion), outside 328 High Road, Harrow Weald.

Harrow Post office Timeline

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Office under Southall by 1793 Under London by 1840 Money Order Office 2 April 1840 Savings Bank 16 December 1861 Post Town 1 March 1867 Numeral C91 issued 1867 Numeral D75 issued 1868 Telegraph Office 1870. Code use HA	Open @ 14 College Road	Open @ 14 College Road

Postmarks

1960 Harrow to Sofia, Bulgaria: Slogan cancel of "ARE YOU ON THE NEW VOTERS LIST - CHECK NOW"

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Harrow 2007

Wealdstone

Sub-Offices of Wealdstone

Wealdstone Railway Station Office

Now part of the London underground network the station is known as Harrow & Wealdstone Station

In the 1850's the station opened up as Harrow Station as it was near to Harrow Hill and Wealdstone although closer than Harrow, which was a very small village.

By 1857 the station had been renamed to Wealdstone Station Office before finally being renamed as Harrow & Wealdstone Station in 1897. The station office did not renew its cancel and remained known as Wealdstone RSO until the office ceased.

Wealdstone RSO office cancel 1905

Harrow & Wembley

The Harrow & Wembley name was used on many slogan postmarks.

1969 Harrow & Wembley to Golden Sands Resort, Bulgaria. Slogan cancel: "DO IT YOURSELF, EXHIBITION at Olympia, London"