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Origins of some West Ealing street names – part three
A bit of light reading for the summer holidays – the last of three articles by local historian David Shailes on the origins of some West Ealing street names: ‘The Wood family owned a large estate in Ealing and the family’s ancestral home was Culmington Manor, Craven Arms, Shropshire, hence Culmington Road. The family are…
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Origins of some West Ealing street names – part 2
It should come as no surprise that many of our names have royal connections, partly for patriotic reasons but also reflective of the fact that Duke of of Kent (1767 -1820) Edward Augustus, father of Queen Victoria lived at Castle Hill Lodge from 1801-12. A replacement house was built in 1845 and a small part…
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Origins of some West Ealing street names – part 1
A couple of weeks ago I said I’d post some of our local history pieces from past newsletters. Here is the first of three articles by David Shailes on the origins of some of our local street names: Origins of some local street names – part 1 When the streets of Ealing were originally…
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Victorian West Ealing’s market gardens and nurseries – a short history
Over the years we’ve published a wide range of articles on local history in our newsletters. I keep saying to myself that I must collect them together on our website and make them easily accessible as they are a bit hard to find. In the meantime, I thought I’d publish some of them on our…
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It’s about the apples and pears: more history of West Ealing street names
Local historian David Shailes continues his look at the history of West Ealing’s street names. It should come as no surprise that many of our names have royal connections, partly for patriotic reasons but also reflective of the fact that Duke of of Kent (1767 -1820) Edward Augustus, father of Queen Victoria lived at Castle…
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Local listing can help save West Ealing’s heritage
As part of conceiving Ealing’s Local Development Framework (LDF), Ealing Council has the opportunity to review its designated Local Listed buildings and open spaces. Local listing status does not guarantee protection from demolition or new development but it affords the lowest level of protection against it. (Much greater protection is provided by Conservation Area status…
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The history of Northfields station
Northfield Avenue in 1903 with a cart going south towards the bridge over the railway line In his second post on local history David Shailes gives a brief history of Northfields station. The stretch of line from Acton Town (then called Mill Hill Park) to Hounslow was opened in 1883 by the Hounslow and…
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Origins of some West Ealing street names
Local historian David Shailes writes that when the streets of Ealing were originally laid out the landowners and property developer got to choose the names, so the reasons for their choices are generally not recorded and are lost in the mist of time. Researching street names is interesting for lots of reasons as some have…
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Cinema comes back to Ealing but not as we know it…
Charlie Chaplin? Metropolis? Ivan the Terrible? They’re classic films and deservedly great -best of all you see them locally at Ealing town hall on a Friday night. Put City Lghts in your diary for Friday May 13th, Metropolis for May 20th and Ivan the Terrible for May 27th – 7pm Ealing Town Hall, £7.50. You…
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Wanton destruction of a piece of West Ealing’s social history
Eric Leach reports on the demolition of a local landmark. Here you can view the on-going demolition of St Helena’s Home, which overlooks Drayton Green. Built in 1896 the home was a refuge for fallen women, run by Protestant nuns, for over 50 years. The women, many of them single mothers and prostitutes, worked hard…