Hillingdon
Hillingdon | |
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Hillingdon Court Park | |
Location within Greater London | |
OS grid reference | TQ071827 |
• Charing Cross | 14.2 mi (22.9 km) E |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | UXBRIDGE |
Postcode district | UB8, UB10 |
Dialling code | 020 01895 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Hillingdon is an area of
Much of Hillingdon has lasting, albeit minor, administrative effect as the current Hillingdon East
History
Toponymy
The name Hillingdon appears in the Domesday Book (1086) as Hillendone, possibly meaning "hill of a man named Hille".[4] The name could also mean 'hill of a woman named Hilda'.[5]
Local government
Hillingdon was an
Urban development
The
Parliamentary constituency
Hillingdon is a traditional
Education
Primary schools in Hillingdon include Oak Farm Juniors, St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, St Helen's College, Hillingdon Primary and Ryefield Primary.[citation needed]
Secondary schools, ACS Hillingdon, Bishopshalt School, Oak Wood School, Vyners School and Swakeleys School for Girls.
Moorcroft School in Colham Green is a special school, run by the Eden Academy Trust.[8] It was formerly located at Moorcroft Park on Harlington Road, the old Moorcroft House hospital site.[9]
Transport
Hillingdon tube station is served by the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines of the London Underground.
The Oxford Tube and Oxford X90 services between Oxford and central London also serve Hillingdon.
Bus route
Bus route A10 connects Uxbridge to Heathrow Central Bus Station.[11]
Landmarks
Church of St John the Baptist
The church of St John the Baptist stands at the top of Hillingdon Hill, at its junction with Royal Lane. It was built in 1629, replacing an earlier building deemed to have become unsafe.
On 8 November 1940, a bomb fell on the south side of the church, damaging many of the windows on the south and east sides of the church. The windows were repaired after the war.
Hillingdon Court
Hillingdon Court was built in 1858 by
Notable people
- Actor Michael Anderson Jr., was born in Hillingdon
- Writer A. M. Burrage (1889–1956) was born in Hillingdon
- Comedian James Corden was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Lynne Frederick (1954–1994) was born in Hillingdon
- Actor Denis Gilmore was born in Hillingdon
- Kwame Kwei-Armah was born in Hillingdon
- Conductor and composer Eugene Goossens (1893–1962) lived in Hillingdon
- Actor Huw Higginson was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Elspeth March (1911–1999) lived in Hillingdon
- Comic actor and comedian Alfred Marks (1921–1996) lived in Hillingdon
- Screenwriter and film director Simon Monjack (1970–2010) was born in Hillingdon
- Claire Richards was born in Hillingdon and attended Bishopshalt School
- Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719) built and lived in Hillingdon House
- Actor and director Tony Tanner was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Heather Thatcher (1896–1987) lived in Hillingdon at the time of her death
- Footballer Ray Wilkins was born in Hillingdon
- Musician Ronnie Wood was born in Hillingdon
- Footballer Glenn Hoddle was born in Hillingdon
See also
- Hillingdon Heath
- 2010 Hillingdon Council election
- Elthorne Hundred
- UB postcode area
References
- Citations
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Hillingdon East CP (historic map) population (area ). Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ISBN 9780713163315.
- ^ "A focus on Hillingdon East" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. April 2011. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ Pearce 2007, p. 7
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ "Hillingdon, including Uxbridge: Local government".
- ^ Coombs, Dan (13 June 2011). "Tube station among Hillingdon buildings to get protection". Uxbridge Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Moorcroft School".
- ^ "Moorcroft House". Lost Hospitals of London.
- ^ "Buses from Uxbridge" (PDF). Transport for London. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012.
- ^ "A10 bus route". Transport for London. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ a b Pearce 2007, p. 16
- ^ Pearce 2007, p. 20
- ^ Pearce 2007, p. 17
- ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 744.
- ^ Townend, Peter, ed. (1963). Burke's Peerage (103rd ed.). Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 2326.
- ^ "The Church of St John the Baptist". 12 June 2020.
- Works cited
- Pearce, Ken (2007). Hillingdon Village. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7509-4675-9.
- Further reading
- Youngs, Frederic A. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume I, Southern England. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. OCLC 764510403.
External links
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- The Parade c.1960, Hillingdon – Francis Frith
- Uxbridge Lido – now Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex