Wembley, London

Wembley is an area in Northwest London and is part of the London Borough of Brent, forming part of Greater London. The name Wembley is taken from the old English for meadow or clearing. It formed a separate civil parish in 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1937.

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.550501000000
Longitude: -0.304840900000

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Timeline of Events Associated with Wembley, London

Date	Event			Manage
2 Apr 1924	British Empire Exhibition opens On 23 April 1924, the British Empire Exhibition opened. The exhibition was located in Wembley, a suburb north of London and ran from 23 April to 1 November 1924. It reopened for a second season between 9 May and 31 October 1925. Image: “Wembley By Night” in Donald Maxwell, Wembley in Colour (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1924), 101. Collection of the author. Articles Anne Clendinning, “On The British Empire Exhibition, 1924-25″ Related Articles Aviva Briefel, "On the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition" Anne Helmreich, “On the Opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, 1854″ Audrey Jaffe, "On the Great Exhibition"

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2 Apr 1924

British Empire Exhibition opens

On 23 April 1924, the British Empire Exhibition opened. The exhibition was located in Wembley, a suburb north of London and ran from 23 April to 1 November 1924. It reopened for a second season between 9 May and 31 October 1925. Image: “Wembley By Night” in Donald Maxwell, Wembley in Colour (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1924), 101. Collection of the author.