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The London Borough of Ealing was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, covering the combined area of the former boroughs of Ealing, Acton and Southall. The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs.
Ealing Broadway became a major shopping centre. 1901 was a great year for Ealing. It saw the opening of Walpole Park, the first electric trams running along the Uxbridge Road, and the incorporation of Ealing. Ealing was the first borough in Middlesex to receive a charter and to have a mayor. Ealing became known as the Queen of the suburbs.
The town of Ealing became a desirable residential centre. Acton and Southall became hives of large-scale industry. In 1926, Hanwell, Greenford and Perivale became incorporated into Ealing. Northolt later joining in 1928. Acton and Southall became boroughs in their own right in 1921 and 1936.
By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country. [5] [6] As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and part of Greater London in 1965. It is now a ...
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Ealing derives its name from Gillingas, meaning the people of Gilla, who may have been an Anglo-Saxon settler. Over the centuries, the name has changed, and has been known as Yealing, Zelling and Eling, until Ealing became the standard spelling in the 19th Century. The Church of St Mary’s dates back to at least the early 12th Century. The parish of...
Greenford is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The population numbered about 130 people, and the manor was owned by Westminster Abbey. For a long time it was a small farming village centred on a church, Holy Cross. However, in 1857, a dye factory was set up by William Perkin on land near to the Black Horse pub. This produced a purple dye...
Hanwell’s name is thought to have come from the words hana, meaning a cockerel, and weille, meaning a stream. Hanwell was an ancient village, dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries. Hanwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book as consisting of farmland and meadowland. There was also a mill. Most of the villagers were peasants or ‘villains’, working ...
Northolt was called Northala when it was first mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book. The name Northolt was first used at the end of the 16th Century. It is called Northolt to distinguish it from Southolt (as Southall used to be known). There was a settlement here in Saxon times. After the Norman Conquest it was given to Geoffrey de Mandeville, on...
The name of Perivale was first used in 1508, when it was spelt Pyryvale. The word seems to be a compound of perie (pear tree) and vale. It was one of the smallest parishes in Middlesex, with only 633 acres and a population of fewer than 100. In the 14th Century, there was some farming here, some woodland and a windmill. The church of St Mary’s Peri...
The first mention of this area in written records comes from the will of a priest called Werhard, in 830AD, who bequeathed land in Norwood. Southolt, or Southall as it came to be known, was originally a small hamlet in the larger parish of Norwood. The parish of Southall came into being in 1864 and soon took over from Norwood. Southall was not spec...
5 days ago · In 1894 Ealing became a U.D.C. and in 1901 the first municipal borough in Middlesex, with 6 aldermen and 18 councillors representing 6 wards: Drayton, Castlebar, and Mount Park north of Uxbridge Road, Lammas, Manor, and Grange to the south.
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Ealing was subsequently incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1901, governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Ealing", generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council. [5]
