Brief history of Maida Hill – originally known as St Peter’s Park
Harrow Road is an ancient route running from Paddington to Harrow. Before 1800 what is now known as Maida Hill and Maida Vale was covered in fields, with grazing cattle. Through the meadows ran a stream called the River Westbourne.The opening of the Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) in 1801 led to the first villas…