Feltham was an

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in the former county of

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from 1904 to 1965. As Middlesex was disbanded is 1965, Feltham now is a part of Greater London. It was the main civic body covering the overlapping civil (and almost identical ecclesiastical) parish of

Feltham Feltham () is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it became part of the London Borough of Hounslow in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of Feltham and Heston has been held by Labour Party MPs ...

. The area had before 1904 been part of the

Staines Rural District Staines Rural District was a rural district of Middlesex in England from 1894 to 1930. It was created in 1894 replacing the 1875-created Staines rural sanitary district. It co-governed with varying degrees of input from the civil parish counci ...

created in 1895 and, in turn, its sanitary district forebear. In 1930, the parent district was abolished so two similar-sized parishes:

East Bedfont Bedfont is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow, approximately west of Charing Cross. Originally a distinct village, Bedfont has a large central conservation area around Bedfont Green. The majority of the housing was built at a time of ...

(including its tall-hat-shaped

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northern part) and

Hanworth Hanworth is a district of West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Hounslow since 1965. Hanworth adjoins Feltham to the northwest, Twickenham to the northeast and Hampton to the southeast, with S ...

to the south-west were added. Feltham U.D. was abolished under the

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, in 1965, to form part the south-west of the new

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in a new county for

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Coat of arms

The district's coat of arms, granted in 1945, was: Per

fess In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English ''fesse'', from Old French ''faisse'', from Latin ''fascia'', "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shield.Wo ...

wavy

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and azure in chief two palets

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between a

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stalked, slipped and leaved proper and a peacock in his pride

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and in base in front of two wings conjoined of the first a sword erect or. The

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was: On a wreath of the colours within a chaplet of hawthorn fructed proper a mount of pellets thereon an

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wings expanded or. The wavy line and the silver and blue field represent the

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which takes the head-waters of the River Colne to

Syon House Syon House is the west London residence of the Duke of Northumberland. A Grade I listed building, it lies within the 200-acre (80 hectare) Syon Park, in the London Borough of Hounslow. The family's traditional central London residence had be ...

, and the

Longford River The Longford River is an artificial waterway, a distributary designed to embellish a park, that diverts water from the River Colne at Longford near Colnbrook in England, to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace. Its main outlet is to the reach ...

(also called the Queen's or Cardinal's River) which takes the Colne Waters to serve the fountain and lakes of

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. The two black palets represent railway lines and indicate Feltham's importance in the southern portion of the

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ways system. (See

Feltham marshalling yard Feltham marshalling yard, also known as Feltham hump yard, was a large railway marshalling yard designed for the concentration of freight traffic to and from South West London, and for transfer to other marshalling yards in London. It was built ...

). The rose stands for the Tudor associations of Hanworth, particularly the claim that

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spent much of her early childhood at Hanworth Manor. The peacock represents the topiary peacocks in the grounds of St Mary's Church,

Bedfont Bedfont is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow, approximately west of Centre of London, Charing Cross. Originally a distinct village, Bedfont has a large central conservation area around Bedfont Green. The majority of the housing was bui ...

, which are accepted as local emblems. The winged sword stands for London Airport and the district's close association with the aircraft industry. The sword also refers to the Royal Army Ordnance Depot, and to the ancient sword-mill marked on a 17th-century map. The gunstones also allude to the R.A.O.C. Depot, and to the powder mills which formerly existed in the Crane Valley. The hawthorn refers to the

Spelthorne Hundred Spelthorne was a hundred (dated subdivision) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. It contained these parishes and settlements: * Ashford *East Bedfont **The hamlet of Hatton *Feltham *Hampton **The settlement of Hampton Hill developed ...

, and the eagle is a reference not only of air traffic, but also of the Roman-founded London to

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(Aquae Sulis) and

Calleva Atrebatum Calleva Atrebatum ("Calleva of the Atrebates") was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain. The modern villa ...

(town ruins in the parish of Silchester) roads which passed through the district.

Components

*East Bedfont Civil Parish (from 1930) *Feltham Civil Parish (throughout) *Hanworth Civil Parish (From 1930)

1934 minor changes to area

Minor area changes took place in 1934; gains of , and losses of 16, 50, 98 and 8 acres to neighbouring districts. These were noted to move a total of approximately 257 people based on the 1931 census. The total area of the District on its April 1965 abolition was .

References

External links

*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10086991 {{coord, 51.445, -0.412, type:adm3rd_dim:10000_region:GB-HNS, display=title Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963 History of the London Borough of Hounslow Urban districts of England History of local government in Middlesex