{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Harrow, Headstone Manor Recreation Ground - geograph.org.uk - 77014.jpg | static_image_caption = Headstone Manor Recreation Ground in autumn | static_image_2_name = Harrow Weald, Courtenay Avenue - geograph.org.uk - 77029.jpg | static_image_2_caption = Courtenay Avenue<br />''Average housing stock in Headstone''<br />[[Harrow Weald Common]] is in the background | country = England | map_type = Greater London | region = London | population = 21,228 | population_ref = (2011 Census. Headstone North and South Wards)<ref>Combined population for the 2 Headstone Wards. 2011</ref> | official_name = Headstone | london_borough = Harrow | constituency_westminster = [[Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow West]] | post_town = HARROW | postcode_district = HA2, HA3 | postcode_area = HA | dial_code = 020 | coordinates = {{coord|51.6013|-0.36324|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = TQ138907 }} '''Headstone''' is a residential area north-west of [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], London, and immediately north of [[North Harrow]].{{#tag:ref|North Harrow, like many London suburbs such as [[East Dulwich]], is to the geographer a [[misnomer]]; however is north-west of the older [[Harrow-on-the-Hill]] and named after its station, which required a name; from Harrow-on-the-Hill there is a particularly straight road called The Ridgeway. It is thus centred west-northwest of [[Harrow, London|Harrow]].|group= n}} A green buffer exists between Headstone and North Harrow that consists of a moated manor site ([[Headstone Manor]]) and football and rugby pitches, making the area mostly separate from North Harrow. However, there are some points of flux and overlap. To the west the area abuts the large and predominantly agricultural [[pasture]] of Pinner Park.
==History== [[Headstone Manor]] is fourteenth century with many later additions and renovations: it is a significant place of interest in its own right. The manor had an unrivalled status, see [[manorialism]] until after the [[Reformation]] and formation of the [[British Empire]] and to an extent, usually for such a site, relatively close to London, even until the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] which sparked the [[Industrial Revolution]]. This has led to the barns having remained largely intact to the present.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1005558|accessdate=18 August 2012}} Headstone Manor – older, scheduled ancient monument listing in respect of its moated site. Two barns also have listed status – as has the building [[listed building|listed]] at Grade I – {{NHLE|num=1285855|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref>
The origin of the place name may be related to that of [[Wealdstone]], which is a neighbouring area situated directly north of [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] being the residential part north of its midpoint train station, [[Harrow & Wealdstone station|Harrow & Wealdstone]] – this area acts as a second tier commercial hub for the area, the main hub being the Harrow shopping precincts and centres closer to [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station]] just {{convert|0.5|mi}} south of Harrow & Wealdstone.
== Politics == Headstone is part of the [[Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow West]] constituency for elections to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].
Headstone is part of the [[Headstone (ward)|Headstone ward]] for elections to [[Harrow London Borough Council]].<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=The London Borough of Harrow (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/72/schedule/made |access-date=13 November 2021 |website=[[gov.uk]]}}</ref>
==Housing== {{LCC cottage estates}} There is a large LCC cottage estate built on {{convert|153|acre|ha}} south of the Uxbridge road housing 5,000 people.
Headstone South is predominantly made up of 1930s semi-detached housing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.harrow.gov.uk/documents/s152635/Ward%20boundary%20-%20Appendix%20B.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328152830/https://www2.harrow.gov.uk/documents/s152635/Ward%2520boundary%2520-%2520Appendix%2520B.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Amenities== [[File:Headstone, Church of St George - geograph.org.uk - 760342.jpg|thumb|left|St George's Church, Headstone]] [[Harrow Weald Common]] adjoins the northern border of the area, open for walking and mountain biking equally, this is on the northern boundary of Harrow Weald (marked by Uxbridge Road). On this common which rises steeply in the north to climb the hill of Weald Wood, towards the southwestern, Headstone, side is the [[Roger Bannister|Bannister]] Sports Centre, an athletics track and training ground.
Pinner Park features a miniature railway and a cricket ground with pavilion.
St George's [[Church of England|Anglican]] parish church, serving the area, was built by John Samuel Alder and consecrated in 1911.
==Transport== [[File:Headstone Lane - geograph.org.uk - 4425165.jpg|thumb|left|Buses on Headstone Lane]] The area benefits from frequent bus services towards the more commercialised Harrow, to [[Hatch End]] very close to the north, to [[Pinner]] south-westwards and [[Stanmore]], north-eastwards.
[[Headstone Lane railway station]] has three trains per hour in both directions. The station is on the line between [[Watford Junction railway station|Watford Junction]] and [[Euston railway station|London Euston]], providing a fast but stopping service to these destinations and a therefore less convenient service without changing once for destinations of [[Aylesbury]] and [[Milton Keynes]]; it marks the heart of the neighbourhood, parts of which around the manor recreation grounds merge seamlessly with the area to the south, [[North Harrow]].
{{Geographic location |title = '''Nearest Settlements''' |Centre = Headstone |North = <small>''above Harrow Weald Common''</small><br />[[Bushey]] |Northeast = [[Hanwell]] |East = [[Harrow Weald]] |Southeast = [[Wealdstone]] with [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] |South = [[North Harrow]] |Southwest = [[Pinner]] |West = <small>''across Pinner Park''</small> <br />[[Pinner Green]] |Northwest = [[Hatch End]] }}
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