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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 517 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEMBLEY , 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, 10 m. W.N.W. of St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, on the See also:Metropolitan and See also:London & See also:North Western See also:railways. Pop. (1901) 4519. Wembley adjoins See also:Sudbury on the See also:east; the district is residential, but lacks natural attractions except in the See also:case of Wembley See also:Park, a pleasant wooded recreation ground, owned by a See also:company. Here a See also:tower was begun on the lines of the Eiffel Tower in See also:Paris, and projected to exceed it in height, reaching 1200 ft., but only a See also:short See also:stage was completed. The See also:manor of Wembley belonged to the priory of Kilburn until that See also:foundation was dissolved by See also:Henry VIII.

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