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Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately 13 miles (20.9 km) west north west of Charing Cross. The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the development of Ruislip Manor, on what was rural land.
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Toponymy
At the time of Edward the Confessor, the manors of Ruislip and Ickenham belonged to a Saxon named Wulfward White, a thane of the king who owned land in 11 counties. Ruislip parish included what are now Ruislip, Northwood, Eastcote, Ruislip Manor and South Ruislip. Wulfward lost much of his land during the Norman conquest of England; Arnulf de Hesdin took control of Ruislip – his ownership is recorded within the 1086 Domesday Book. Ruislip appears in Domesday Book as Rislepe, thought to mean '...
Early developments
The parish church, St Martin's, has been dated to the mid-13th century. An earlier church is believed to have been built during the Norman period, as a stone was found within the grounds with markings from that time. The name St. Martin is believed to have been given to the church by the monks of the Bec Abbey, after Martin of Tours, a saint in Normandy. Before 1245, references to the church only name it as "Ruislip church". The present church is said to have been built upon the insistence of...
Urban development
In 1812, Bishop Winnington Ingram School was established by the vestry of St Martin's church in Eastcote Road. The school had 111 pupils by 1845 but fell into a state of disrepair until its rebuilding in 1931. Ruislip came under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Policein 1845. By 1869, the police were renting a house in the High Street to serve as the local police station, the copyhold of which was purchased in 1873. A new station was built in The Oaks in 1961. In 1863, the White Bear publ...
Between 1911 and 1961, Ruislip-Northwood experienced a significant rise in population largely due to the extension of the railway. In 2011, the population of five wards which approximate to the Ruislip area was 58,217.
Primary schools in Ruislip include Bishop Winnington Ingram Church of England Primary School, Lady Bankes Infant School, Lady Bankes Junior School, Warrender Primary School, Whiteheath Infant School, and Whiteheath Junior School. Secondary schools include Bishop Ramsey School, and Ruislip High School.
Ruislip is represented by the Non-League football club Hillingdon Borough F.C., who plays at the Middlesex Stadium. The non-league club Wealdstone FC is based at the Grosvenor Vale Stadium, although the club is originally from Harrowand have been based in Ruislip since 2008. Grosvenor Vale Stadium also played host to Ruislip Manor F.C. between 1938...
London Underground
Stations in the area: 1. South Ruislip station (Central line and Chiltern Railways) 2. Ruislip station (Metropolitan line & Piccadilly line) 3. Ruislip Manor station (Metropolitan line & Piccadilly line) 4. Ruislip Gardens station (Central line) 5. West Ruislip station(Central line & Chiltern Railways)
Buses
London Busesserving Ruislip are:
Village square
The buildings at the north end of Ruislip High Street, Nos 1 to 15, the Duck House restaurant and the Swan public house, which has since been operated as Cafe Rouge, form the core of the original village and are Grade II listed. This area formed the village square, at the junction of the High Street, Bury Street and Eastcote Road. The village water pump was sunk in the centre of the square in 1864, to a depth of 105 feet (32 m) 9 inches (230 mm), though was moved to be beside the Manor Farm L...
Manor Farm
To the north of Ruislip High Street, the 22 acres (8.9 ha) Manor Farm site incorporates the remains of settlements dating back to the 9th century, as well as buildings including the Great Barn, dated by English Heritage as having been built around 1280. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by King's College, Cambridge, the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century. It has been designated as a local heritage site and was refurbished between 2007 and 2008 with funding fro...
Ruislip Lido
Ruislip Lido is a nineteenth century reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the Ruislip Lido Railway, a miniature 12" gauge railway with diesel and steam locomotives. The Lido was established as a reservoir to feed the Grand Union Canalby damming and flooding the lower part of the valley between Park Wood and Copse Wood, including the hamlet of Park Hearn. Work began in 1811; the consulting engineer John Rennie announced completion of the project t...
Optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996) was born in Ruislip.Mary Bankes (c. 1598–1661), Royalist figure of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, lived in Ruislip. Lady Bankes Infant and Junior School is named after her.Experimental musician Paul Burwell (1949–2007) was born in Ruislip.Conn Iggulden, author, attended Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary.Ruislip was the setting for the 1967 film Poor Cow. In one scene, a title card states "When Tom was in the money, the world was our oyster, and we chose Ruislip" before cutting to an aerial view of a large council estate. The now demolished Punch and Judy cafe on Ducks Hill Road was the location for Dave Allen's bank note under a car sketch. Alvin ...
Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately 13 miles (20.9 km) west north west of Charing Cross.
Ruislip Manor is a locality in Hillingdon, Greater London, England and has about 11,000 residents. Ruislip Manor is situated nearby to the locality Cavendish and the neighborhood Eastcote. Notable Places in the Area. Ruislip Manor tube station. Metro station. Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.
Explore more than 1,000 years of history in 8 different locations with our 40-minute audio-guided tour of Manor Farm, Ruislip. Whatever the length of your stay, our 21 short audio guides will...
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Enjoy an educational day out at the 22-acre medieval Manor Farm in Ruislip. Explore the Visitor Centre, located within an 18th century Tudor house, and discover the secrets of the past. It’s one of Hillingdon’s top heritage sites for a reason!
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