Queens Park (London) (or Queen's Park?)

[ABB125]

According to Wikipedia, Queens Park opened in 1879; however, the adjacent Queen's Park (from which the station's name is derived) opened in 1887. How can the station be named after something which didn't exist until 8 years after it opened?
Is there anywhere I can find out about the history of the station? For example, why didn't it open when the line was originally built etc.
Finally, is there a correct answer as to whether the station name should contain an apostrophe? National Rail says no apostrophe, TfL and the station name boards have an apostrophe, and the park also has an apostrophe in its name.

Thanks

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

i believe the area is called Queens Park named after Victoria and was developed from 1875, so presumably they didnt open a station here because there wasnt anything there until 1875.

 

[30907]

i believe the area is called Queens Park named after Victoria and was developed from 1875, so presumably they didnt open a station here because there wasnt anything there until 1875.

A developer would build the houses first but the park (which they no doubt promised residents) would come later - similar things happen today

The apostrophe was in timetables in BR days - NR tends to omit them.

 

[swt_passenger]

i believe the area is called Queens Park named after Victoria and was developed from 1875, so presumably they didnt open a station here because there wasnt anything there until 1875.

Googling suggests before the development of the present park, it had been a much larger agricultural show ground. Apparently by 1879 it was attended by Queen Victoria, the station may have been named in time for the agricultural show‘s opening that year. Then the later opening date of 1887 effectively marks the change from a showground, (in private ownership?), to a public park for leisure.

Queen’s Park was created for the International Exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1879. In that same year the London and North Western Railway opened Queen’s Park station on the main line from London to Birmingham.

Queen's Park | Hidden London

Queen’s Park, on the borders of of Brent and Westminster, is a largely built-over park in West Kilburn – with some of London’s trendiest little terraces.

hidden-london.com

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Believe the (30 acre) park that was opened in 1887 as part of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations was originally referred to as 'Kilburn Recreation Ground'.

The station itself was opened in early June 1879 as 'Queen's Park (West Kilburn)' just in time for the Royal Agricultural Show held at Kilburn at the end of the same month, as detailed in the above post by @swt_passenger. The Agricultural Showground at Kilburn (of which the 30 acre Queen's Park was part) was much bigger (100 acres?) so the rest of this area is presumably what's since been built over.

 

[Taunton]

Apostrophes are commonly regarded as optional. In Chelsea you can find streetnames for King's Road (possessive for one king), Kings' Road (possessive for multiple kings) and Kings Road (neither). All put up by the same council along the same road.

 

[PeterC]

Apostrophes are commonly regarded as optional. In Chelsea you can find streetnames for King's Road (possessive for one king), Kings' Road (possessive for multiple kings) and Kings Road (neither). All put up by the same council along the same road.

Which immediateny brings Quatermass to mind.

 

[ABB125]

Thanks all for your answers.

 

[contrex]

Apostrophes are commonly regarded as optional. In Chelsea you can find streetnames for King's Road (possessive for one king), Kings' Road (possessive for multiple kings) and Kings Road (neither). All put up by the same council along the same road.

Bristol has somewhere called St Paul's, St Pauls' and St Pauls on signs and parish boundary posts. I live nearby in St Werburghs which gets a similar treatment.

 

[MotCO]

The difficult one is St. James - is it St. James' or St. James's?

 

[leytongabriel]

The difficult one is St. James - is it St. James' or St. James's?

There's also the one in Walthamstow. I believe the station is St James Street, the road is currently St James's Street and the bus stop confounds the two with St James's Street Station!