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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 268 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENDON , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Harrow See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Middlesex, See also:England, on the See also:river Brent, 8 m. N.W. of St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, See also:London, served by the Midland railway. Pop. (1891), 15,843; (1901), 22,450. The See also:nucleus of the township lies on high ground to the See also:east of the Edgware road, which crosses the Welsh See also:Harp See also:reservoir of See also:Regent's See also:Canal, a favourite fishing and See also:skating resort. The See also:church of St See also:Mary is mainly Perpendicular, and contains a See also:Norman See also:font and monuments of the 18th See also:century. To the See also:north of the See also:village, which has extended greatly as a residential suburb of the See also:metropolis, is See also:Mill See also:Hill, with a See also:Roman See also:Catholic Missionary See also:College, opened in 1871, with branches at Rosendaal, See also:Holland and See also:Brixen, See also:Austria, and a preparatory school at Freshfield near See also:Liverpool; and a large See also:grammar school founded by Nonconformists in 1807. The See also:manor belonged at an See also:early date to the See also:abbot of See also:Westminster.

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