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This field, to the west of Holy Innocents' church, was part of the land purchased by J. Laing & Son in 1929 for their Springfield Estate. Many of the roads on the estate are named after places in the Lake District, because John Laing grew up in Cumbria.
The original plans for the estate show Coniston Gardens along the upper part of the field, and Eskdale Drive curving down from it across the lower half, to join Kingsbury Road near the church. However, Middlesex County Council wanted to replace its ageing "Board School" further down Kingsbury Road near The Hyde, and persuaded Laings to sell them part of the field for a modern junior school.
Coniston Gardens was completed by 1935, but Eskdale Drive was never built. Instead, the first pupils started at Oliver Goldsmith School (named after the 18th century author who had lived nearby for a time at Hyde House Farm) in the autumn of 1937. '
