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Having good communications with London, Chiswick became a popular country retreat and part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick in 1932 and part of Greater London in 1965, when it merged into the London Borough of Hounslow .
In 1927 Chiswick was merged with Brentford to form the Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council. The Duke of Devonshire was now selling off his Chiswick land. In 1923 Chiswick Urban District Council acquired 200 plus acres of Dukes Meadows acres which the Council designated for public and private playing fields and open space.
1927 Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council formed. 1928 Grove House demolished. 1932 Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council becomes a municipal borough. 1933 Chiswick New Cemetery consecrated, Chiswick Bridge opens to take the new Great Chertsey Road (now the A316) across the Thames. 1939 Chiswick High Road lit by electricity
4 days ago · From the 1950s blocks rose along Chiswick High Road, industry tended to move away, and the old parish became still more residential, with many suburbs, including those around the early villages, retaining a character of their own. Chiswick suffered more than most areas from the growth in traffic to London: the building of new roads had an even ...
Having good communications with London, Chiswick became a popular country retreat and part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick in 1932 and part of Greater London in 1965, when it merged into the London Borough of Hounslow .
3 days ago · Chiswick, which had a local board of health from 1883 and became a U.D. in 1894, formed part of Brentford and Chiswick U.D. (later M.B.) from 1927 and contained 1,276 a. of the borough's 2,332 a. in 1951. From 1965, when Brentford and Chiswick joined Heston and Isleworth M.B. and Feltham U.D., Chiswick has formed the eastern extremity of ...
Brief History of Chiswick. An urn found at Turnham Green, containing Roman coins, and Roman brickwork found under the Sutton manor house, show that the area was settled during Roman times. Around 1,000 AD, Chiswick is first recorded, using its Old English name of Ceswican, which means Cheese Farm.
