Queen's Park (London, England)

LC control no.	nb2017008384
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Queen's Park (London, England) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	London (England). Queen's Park
Associated country	Great Britain England
Associated place	London (England) Brent (London, England) Westminster (London, England) Queen's Park Estate (London, England)
Special note	SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
Found in	Queens Park voice, spring 2016: p.8 (neighbourhood; ward; London) Wikipedia, viewed 28 April 2017 (Queen's Park, London; an area and civil parish of northwest London, located on the boundary between the London Borough of Brent and the City of Westminster; the neighbourhood lies between Kilburn and Kensal Green, and was developed from 1875 [as Queen's Park Estate, now a conservation area, City of Westminster] and named to honour Queen Victoria; the open space, a park of 30 acres (12 ha), opened in 1887, located to the north, also shares the name [Queen's Park, Brent]; the north of Queen's Park formed part of the parish of Willesden in the county of Middlesex; the southern section formed an exclave of the parish of Chelsea in the County of London until united with the parish of Paddington in 1900; in 1965 both parts of Queen's Park became part of Greater London: the northern section formed part of Brent and the southern section joined the City of Westminster; the two wards in the area called Queen's Park, one each in the boroughs of Brent and Westminster, are two distinct areas) Brent Council website, viewed 28 April 2017: its Councillors p. (Queens Park Ward [without apostrophe]) Westminster City Council website, viewed 28 April 2017: under Ward profiles (Queen's Park Ward [with apostrophe, but not consistently applied]; largely residential ward includes the Queens Park Estate, built from 1874; establishment of a Queen's Park civil parish and parish council was approved in June 2012)