Editing Wembley (section)

===The old manor===
The village of Wembley grew up on the hill by the clearing with the [[Harrow Road]] south of it. Much of the surrounding area remained wooded. In 1547 there were but six houses in Wembley. Though small, it was one of the wealthiest parts of Harrow. At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1543, the manor of Wembley fell to Richard Andrews and [[Sir Leonard Chamberlain|Leonard Chamberlain]], who sold it to Richard Page, {{abbreviation|Esq.|Esquire}}, of [[Harrow on the Hill]], the same year. There was a mill on Wembley Hill by 1673.

The Page family continued as lords of the manor of Wembley for several centuries and eventually commissioned [[Humphry Repton]] (1752–1818) the landscape gardener to design what is now [[Wembley Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol2/pp559-588|title=Harrow on the Hill &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp203-211|title=Harrow, including Pinner : Manors &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> Wembley Park thus derived its name from Repton's habit of referring to the areas he designed as "parks".

The former Barley Mow pub was recorded in 1722 thus was the earliest long-lasting pub of Wembley.<ref name=conservation>{{cite web|url=http://brent.gov.uk/media/16402730/wembley-high-street-conservation-area-appraisal.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314150202/https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/16402730/wembley-high-street-conservation-area-appraisal.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-14 |url-status=live |title=Appraisal |publisher=brent.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-10-05}}</ref>