Yeading ( ) is a settlement in

west London West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary. The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: Central London, N ...

, forming part of the

London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is a London borough in Greater London, England. It forms part of outer London and West London, being the westernmost London borough. It was formed in 1965 from the districts of Hayes and Harlington Urban Distr ...

, having been developed after the Second World War.

Etymology

Yeading is very early

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and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the people of Geddi".Catherine Kelter, ''Hayes: A Concise History'' (Hillingdon Borough Libraries, 1988), p. 9.

History

The earliest surviving documented allusion to Yeading dates from 757 AD, in which year

Æthelbald of Mercia Æthelbald (also spelled Ethelbald or Aethelbald; died 757) was the King of Mercia, in what is now the English Midlands from 716 until he was killed in 757. Æthelbald was the son of Alweo and thus a grandson of King Eowa. Æthelbald came to th ...

made a land grant which mentioned ''Geddinges'' (Yeading) and ''Fiscesburne'' (Crane or Yeading Brook). The first land grant including Yeading was made by

Offa Offa ( 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of ...

in 790 to

Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in sout ...

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: "in the place called on linga Haese ayesand Geddinges eadingaround the stream called Fiscesburna

rane or Yeading Brook Rane may refer to: People * Rane (surname), a list of people * Rane (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname Companies * The Rane Group of Companies, an Indian industrial conglomerate ** Rane (Madras), involved in the manu ...

"Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 13.

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settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of

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. Such details as the names of many Yeading manor holders remain unknown. Yeading Dock was one of many docks built along the

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in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The main industry in

and Yeading at this time was

brickmaking A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ...

, and the canal provided a reliable way of transporting larger numbers of bricks. Yeading's brickworkers could be known to keep pigs as a second source of income. A

bourgeois The bourgeoisie ( , ) are a class of business owners, merchants and wealthy people, in general, which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between the peasantry and Aristocracy (class), aristocracy. They are tradition ...

writer, one Elizabeth Hunt, wrote in 1861 that in "Yeading dirt, ignorance and darkness reign supreme."Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 39. In 1874, however, one James Thorne wrote that the inhabitants of Yeading were "always found civil".James Thorne, ''Handbook to the Environs of London, alphabetically arranged'' (London, 1876), pp. 334-6. Yeading was still not developed in the 1920s. Yeading Lane was often flooded, and access beyond Yeading to

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seems to have been by

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only before the

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. During the War, a properly constructed road was built linking the

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station at

with the L.N.E.R. line at

. Yeading was still mainly a

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.Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 59. After the

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, a large

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estate was erected in Yeading. By 1956, Yeading's Tilbury Square was still without gas and electricity, and oil stoves and open fires were still used; the public house ''The Willow Tree'', reputedly some 400 years old (demolished in 2009), was lit by three cylinders of

calor gas Calor is a brand of bottled butane and propane which is available in Britain and Ireland. It comes in cylinders, which have a special gas regulator. The company was formed in 1935, and is one of the UK's largest suppliers of liquefied petrole ...

.Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), pp. 72-3. The Yeading Lane estate underwent largescale development in the late 1960s and '70s.

Education

Schools in Yeading include: *

Barnhill Community High School Barnhill Community High School, sometimes shortened to Barnhill, is a coeducational secondary school located in the Yeading area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. In 2012 the school converted to an academy. Its predecessor, Barnhill ...

* Yeading Infant and Nursery School * Yeading Junior School *

Brookside Primary School Brookside may refer to: Geography Canada * Brookside, Edmonton * Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador * Brookside, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Brookside, Berkshire, England *Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England United States * Broo ...

Belmore Primary School Belmore may refer to: People * Bertha Belmore (1882–1953), British stage and film actress * Lionel Belmore (1867–1953), English actor and film director * Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), inter-disciplinary Anishinaabekwe artist * Belmore Browne ...

Demographics

The largest ethnic group in the Hillingdon ward of Yeading in the 2011 Census was

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with 28.3%. This was followed by

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(20.3%), Other Asians (11.5%) and

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(8.1%). 56.3% of people living in Yeading were born in England according to the 2011 census. Other popular places of birth included

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(10.6%),

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

(3.2%),

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

(2.8%) and

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

(2.6%). The most popular religious affiliation in Yeading is

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at 37.1%. Other common religious include

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(18.3%),

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

(14.1%),

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

(11.8%), and those of no religion (11.3%).

Transport and locale

Buses

Yeading has the following bus routes travelling through it: 90, 120, 140, 282, 696, 697, E6, E9, SL8, and N7, N140.

Library

Yeading Library
Yeading Lane, UB4 0EW.

Churches

12 Edmunds Close, UB4 0HA
St Nicholas
106 Raynton Drive, UB4 8BG
St Raphael
Catholic Church, Morrison Road, UB4 9JP
Grange Park Baptists
217 Lansbury Drive, UB4 8RS

Sport and recreation

Football team Hayes & Yeading United F.C. was assembled from the former

Hayes F.C. Hayes Football Club was an English association football club based in Hayes, Middlesex. In 2007 the club merged with Yeading to form Hayes & Yeading United. History left, Botwell Mission, in 1910/11 Hayes were formed in 1909 by Eileen Shack ...

and

Yeading F.C. Yeading F.C. were an English football club from Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London. In 2007 they merged with Hayes to form Hayes & Yeading United. Club history Their roots trace to a youth club formed in Yeading in 1960. ...

Yeading's

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s and greens provide plenty of opportunity for children to play. There are three Local Nature Reserves,

Yeading Brook Meadows Yeading Brook Meadows is a 17 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is owned by Hillingdon Council and managed by the London Wildlife Trust (LWT). In the north it adjoins Ten Acre Wood across the Gol ...

Ten Acre Wood Ten Acre Wood is a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, which is owned by Hillingdon Council and managed by the London Wildlife Trust (LWT). It is also part of the Yeading Brook Meadows Site of Metropolitan ...

and

Gutteridge Wood and Meadows Gutteridge Wood and Meadows is a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, which is owned by Hillingdon Council and managed by the London Wildlife Trust (LWT). It is also part of the Yeading Brook Meadows Site of ...

. A

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station, 91.8 Hayes FM, serves Yeading.

Yeading on screen

's erstwhile ground, known as the Warren, was used to film scenes from the

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film ''

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'' (2002). Yeading's commercial manager Bill Perryman was given a part in the film. *

's former ground was also used to film scenes from the

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film '' Mean Machine'' (2001). * Location footage for British soap opera ''

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'' (1997–2005) was mostly shot in West London; the Lock and its surrounding areas were filmed at Willowtree Marina. In fact, the very first public transmission of Channel 5 was the first episode of Family Affairs, showing Willowtree Marina.

Nearest places

Ealing Ealing () is a district in west London (sub-region), west London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. It is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Pl ...

Greenford Greenford () is a large town in the London Borough of Ealing in West London, Greater London, London, England, lying west from Charing Cross. It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants. Greenford is served by Greenford station, Greenford Stati ...

Hanwell Hanwell () is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. It is about west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. It is the westernmost location of the London post town. Hanwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. St ...

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Southall Southall () is a large suburban town in West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...

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References

External links

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