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Londonderry

Londonderry is located in the northernmost part of the City of Penrith with the Driftway forming the boundary with the Hawkesbury City Council area. On its eastern side the Northern Road divides Londonderry from Berkshire Park while suburbs Cranebrook and Agnes Banks are its boundaries on its southern and western sides. Londonderry is a rural area with much of it still being crown land. Because of its closeness to Richmond and distance from Penrith, the suburb has always had stronger links with Richmond than with Penrith. Londonderry village in the centre of the suburb is a vital community connection point for local residents in the area. With its spacious environment this suburb hosts several state government agencies, some of national and international importance.

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In 1831 Thomas Kendall named his 30 acre grant Londonderry. The Kendall family were early settlers in the Castlereagh area and, it is quite possible, that Thomas was the same Thomas Kendall who worked as a convict labourer under William Cox, in the building of the road over the Blue Mountains in 1814. If this was the case, he was still working for Harriet Purcell at Castlereagh as a conditionally pardoned labourer in 1828. In 1829, this Thomas Kendall received a permit to depasture livestock, and shortly after received a land grant.
1831 Thomas Kendall granted 30 acres which he named Londonderry
193419 FebruaryLondonderry Road School opened at the back of Robert Nutt's store
193724 AugustLeslie Roberts gave 2 1/2 acres of land for the present primary school
1964 Londonderry Trotting and Racing Club refused to change the name of the racecourse from Richmond Racecourse
1969NovemberRichmond Racecourse proposed as the official name
200025 MarchAuction of land within Richmond Park estate
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