Harrow

Harrow

51° 35′ 01″ N 0° 20′ 47″ W / 51.5836, -0.3464

Harrow est une ville de la banlieue nord-ouest de Londres à 12 miles (16 km) du centre de la capitale britannique.

La ville est surtout célèbre pour la public school qu'elle abrite : la Harrow School.

Son nom viendrait du vieil anglais hearg (temple païen)[1],[2].


Elle est jumelée avec la ville de Douai en France.


References

  1. Room, Adrian: “Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles”, Bloomsbury, 1988. ISBN 0 7475 0170 X
  2. Briggs, Keith "Harrow", Journal of the English Place-name Society, volume 42 (2010), 43-64

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