Roxbourne

Roxbourne
Roxbourne Park West boundary line.
Roxbourne Location within Greater London
Population	12,828 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ128873
London borough	Harrow
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROW
Postcode district	HA2
Post town	PINNER
Postcode district	HA5
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Harrow West
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
List of places UK England London 51°34′30″N 0°22′57″W / 51.574936°N 0.382424°W / 51.574936; -0.382424

Roxbourne was a hamlet in the London Borough of Harrow west of Rayners Lane in the north west of Greater London (Historically in the county of Middlesex). It includes the Yeading Brook and Roxbourne Park ^[2] which provides 26 hectares of open space including football and cricket facilities; the Roxbourne Rough Nature Reserve, enriched with wildlife; and the Roxbourne (miniature) Railway.^[3]

The first census in 1801 simply divided people into those employed in agriculture and those in trade or manufacturing, and the 1841 census, the first to gather detailed occupational data, imposed no real order on it at all. However, the first occupational classification, introduced in 1851, was clearly concerned with social status as well as with what people made: it began with the Queen, followed by government officials and then by 'the learned professions'.

• Roxbourne Middle School
• Roxbourne Infant School