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Yiewsley

Cowley Peachy Junction, Grand Union Canal, Yiewsley - geograph.org.uk - 90224.jpg
Grand Union Canal just North of Yiewsley


Yiewsley is located in Greater London

Yiewsley

Yiewsley



Location within Greater London

Population 12,979 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid reference TQ0608880405
• Charing Cross
 17.29 mi (27.83 km) E
London borough
  • Hillingdon
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
  • London
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WEST DRAYTON
Postcode district UB7
Dialling code 01895
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London

EU Parliament London
UK Parliament
  • Uxbridge and South Ruislip
London Assembly
  • Ealing and Hillingdon


List of places

UK

England

London


51°30′45″N 0°28′21″W / 51.512619°N 0.47261°W / 51.512619; -0.47261Coordinates: 51°30′45″N 0°28′21″W / 51.512619°N 0.47261°W / 51.512619; -0.47261

Yiewsley (/ˈjuːzli/) is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Its name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wifeleslēah: "Wifel's woodland clearing". Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middlesex.[2] The population was recorded as 11,767 in 2008, by the Office for National Statistics.[3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Geography


  • 3 Culture


  • 4 Healthcare


  • 5 Transport


  • 6 Notable people


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Yiewsley is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. The place-name probably derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wifeleslēah: "Wifel's woodland clearing".


There is little recorded about Yiewsley until the late 18th century, when the Grand Junction Canal was cut. A branch of the canal known as Otter Dock was cut between Yiewsley and West Drayton in the years 1876-1879 in order to service Yiewsley's brickworks. Brick-making and agriculture were the main industries in Yiewsley during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and the expansion of the brickworks resulted in a large growth in population. Five million bricks moulded and fired in the Hillingdon Brickfields every year were transported by canal to a yard near South Wharf Basin, Paddington. The last brick-field closed in 1935 following strikes and the Great Depression, and around this time Otter Dock was filled in.[4]


The arrival of the Great Western Railway and the building of West Drayton railway station in 1838 resulted in new houses being built and a sharp increase in both population and trade. A branch line to Uxbridge was completed in 1856. This ran until closed as part of the Beeching plan in 1964 (although passenger services had been discontinued in 1962).


As the population grew, a new church, St Matthew's,[5] was dedicated on 6 July 1859, and enlarged in 1898. Yiewsley remained a parish of Hillingdon until 1896.



Geography


The nearest places to Yiewsley are Hayes, Harlington, Cowley, Harmondsworth, Sipson, and West Drayton.



Culture


The area has some important local neighbourhood groups, including the Town Centre Action Group and the UB7 Projects Development Group.



Healthcare


Hillingdon Primary Care Trust is based in Yiewsley.[6]



Transport


The nearest railway stations are Hayes and Harlington, Iver and West Drayton.



Notable people




  • Ronnie Wood, guitarist in rock bands the Rolling Stones and The Faces, grew up in Yiewsley, attending St Stephen's Infant School and St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

  • Musician Kim Gardner (1948–2001), of power rock trio Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, grew up in Yiewsley


  • Special effects man Wally Gentleman (1926–2001), whose credits include 2001: A Space Odyssey and Universe, was born in Yiewsley



References





  1. ^ "Hillingdon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 October 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Yiewsley Ch/CP through time - Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


  3. ^ "A focus on Yiewsley" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.


  4. ^ "Welcome to Yiewsley - Website Archive (last updated 2007)". Yiewsley.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


  5. ^ "Home - St Matthew's Yiewsley". Stmatthewsyiewsley.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


  6. ^ "NHS Hillingdon". Hillingdon Primary Care Trust. Retrieved 8 June 2011.




External links







  • Yiewsley website

  • Southlands Arts Centre website









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