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Stanmore is the location of the former [[RAF Bentley Priory]] station – base of the [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter Command]] during both world wars – along with its accommodating [[Bentley Priory]] mansion, notably the last residence of [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]]. Some members of the [[Bernays family]] were also based here, including [[Adolphus Bernays]] and his son and grandson who were both rectors of [[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|St John's church]]; the [[Bernays Institute]] and Bernays Gardens are public amenities in the centre of the old village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/bernays-memorial-institute-stanmore.html|title = The Bernays Memorial Institute, Stanmore}}</ref>
The district increasingly developed into a [[London]] suburb during the 20th century, and in the latter half housed the [[AA plc|Automobile Association]]'s regional headquarters. Today it is a [[commuter town]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fawcettmead.co.uk/lettings/details.php?id=43354502346ZZXB|title = Fawcett Mead | Available Units}}</ref> with a [[Stanmore tube station|
== Toponymy ==
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== History ==
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[[File:Bentley Priory c 1800.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bentley Priory]] (c.1800)]]
===Rome===
An obelisk on Brockley Hill, in the grounds of the [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]], marks the reputed site of a battle between [[Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar's]] Roman legions and the local [[Catuvellauni]] tribe, under [[Cassivellaunus]]. This battle is said to have taken place during [[Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain|Caesar's raid in force]] on Britain, in
===Origins of the Manors and Parishes of Stanmore===
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During [[World War II]], Stanmore played an important role. Stanmore had an outstation from the [[Bletchley Park]] codebreaking establishment, where some of the [[Bombe]]s used to decode German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] messages were housed. Bentley Priory was taken over by the [[RAF]], and in 1940 the [[Battle of Britain]] was controlled from [[RAF Bentley Priory]]. RAF Bentley Priory closed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stanmore – Hidden London|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/stanmore/|website=hidden-london.com|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
In the 1950s the Automobile
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== Demography ==
[[File:Stanmore church - geograph.org.uk - 6636900.jpg|thumb|[[St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore|St John the Evangelist church]]]]
The population of the London Borough of Harrow ward (Stanmore Park) was 11,229 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688810&c=Stanmore+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6328124&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477301657137&enc=1|title=Harrow Ward population 2011|access-date=24 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics
Stanmore has Christian, [[Muslim]], [[Hindu]], Jain, and [[Jewish]] communities, including its local synagogue, [[Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue]] on London Road (which has one of the largest memberships of any single synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the UK behind Borehamwood),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacps.org.uk/ |title=Stanmore Synagogue Home Page |publisher=Sacps.org.uk |date=1999-01-12 |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> an Islamic centre, KSIMC of London (Hujjat)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hujjat.org |title=Hujjat.org |publisher=Hujjat.org |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> and a new Hindu temple<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swaminarayansatsang.com |title=Portal of Swaminarayan |publisher=Swaminarayan Satsang |date=2013-01-19 |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> on Wood Lane.
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*[[Clement Attlee]], [[United Kingdom Labour Party|Labour]] Prime Minister in the first post-war government, lived in a large villa "Heywood", later replaced by [[mid-rise]] apartments.
*[[Chaz Jankel]], singer and multi-instrumentalist, was born in Stanmore.<ref name="theblockheads.com">{{cite web|title=Chaz Jankel|date=14 May 2001 |url=http://www.theblockheads.com/page/biog/chaz|publisher=theblockheads.com}}</ref>
*[[Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Delamere]], heiress, born in Stanmore.
*[[Dave Bassett]], football coach, was born in Stanmore.
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