Yeading ( ) is a settlement in
west London
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The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: North London ...
, forming part of the
London Borough of Hillingdon
The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...
, having been developed after the Second World War.
Etymology
Yeading is very early
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
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 t ...
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 (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æt ...
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 sou ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
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: "in the place called on linga Haese
ayesand Geddinges
eadingaround the stream called Fiscesburna
rane or Yeading Brook"
[Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 13.]
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of
Hayes. Such details as the names of many Yeading
manor holders remain unknown.
Yeading Dock was one of many docks built along the
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter st ...
in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The main industry in
Hayes and Yeading at this time was
brickmaking
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
, 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 ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They ...
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
Northolt
Northolt is a town in West London, England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road. It is west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the seven major towns that make up the London Borough of Ealing. It had a population of 30,304 at ...
seems to have been by
footpath
A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...
only before the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. During the War, a properly constructed road was built linking the
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
station at
Hayes with the L.N.E.R. line at
Northolt
Northolt is a town in West London, England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road. It is west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the seven major towns that make up the London Borough of Ealing. It had a population of 30,304 at ...
. Yeading was still mainly a
rural area
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ...
.
[Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 59.]
After the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, a large
prefab
Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing site, and transporting complete assemblies or sub-assemblies to the construction site where the structure is to be located. The term is u ...
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 petrol ...
.
[Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), pp. 72-3.] The Yeading Lane estate underwent largescale development in the late 1960s and '70s.
Education
Schools in Yeading include:
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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 SchoolYeading Junior School*
Brookside Primary School Brookside may refer to:
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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
Places
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Demographics
The largest ethnic group in the Hillingdon ward of Yeading in the
2011 Census was
White British
White British is an ethnicity classification used for the native white population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population wa ...
with 28.3%. This was followed by
Indians (20.3%), Other Asians (11.5%) and
Black Africans
Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid to dark brown complexion. Not all people considered "black" have dark skin; in certain countries, often in s ...
(8.1%).
56.3% of people living in Yeading were born in England according to the 2011 census. Other popular places of birth included
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
(10.6%),
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
(3.2%),
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
(2.8%) and
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
(2.6%).
The most popular religious affiliation in Yeading is
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
at 37.1%. Other common religious include
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
(18.3%),
Sikhism
Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...
(14.1%),
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
(11.8%), and those of no religion (11.3%).
Transport and locale
Buses
![London Buses route E9 Yeading Lane](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/London_Buses_route_E9_Yeading_Lane.jpg)
Yeading has the following bus routes travelling through it: 90, 120,
140 140 may refer to:
* 140 (number), an integer
* AD 140, a year of the Julian calendar
* 140 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* ''140'' (video game), a 2013 platform game
* Tin King stop
Tin King () is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop ...
, 282,
696
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, 697,
E6, E9, X140, and
N7, N140.
Library
Yeading Library Yeading Lane, UB4 0EW.
Churches
12 Edmunds Close, UB4 0HA
St Nicholas 106 Raynton Drive, UB4 8BG
St RaphaelCatholic Church, Morrison Road, UB4 9JP
Grange Park Baptists 217 Lansbury Drive, UB4 8RS
Public houses
Pubs in Yeading include:
The White Hart White Hart Roundabout, UB5 5AX (closed 2003)
The Walnut Tree 115 Willow Tree Lane, UB4 9BL (closed 2018)
The Industry 171 Yeading Lane, UB4 0ES (now known as Aroma)
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.
History
left, Botwell Mission, in 1910/11
Hayes were formed in 1909 by Eileen Shackle, who wished to create a club to encourage boys to participate in spo ...
and
Yeading F.C.
Yeading's
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
s and
greens provide plenty of opportunity for children to play. There are three
Local Nature Reserves,
Yeading Brook Meadows,
Ten Acre Wood and
Gutteridge Wood and Meadows.
A
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...
station, 91.8
Hayes FM, serves Yeading.
Notable people
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Greg Dyke
Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing ' ...
, former
Director-General of the BBC
The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period of 1927 to 2007) and then the ...
, attended Yeading Primary School
Yeading on screen
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Yeading F.C.'s erstwhile ground, known as the Warren, was used to film scenes from the
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Righton (; née Knightley, born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations for ...
film ''
Bend It Like Beckham
''Bend It Like Beckham'' (also known as ''Kick It Like Beckham'') is a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra. The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightle ...
'' (2002). Yeading's commercial manager Bill Perryman was given a part in the film.
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Yeading F.C.'s former ground was also used to film scenes from the
Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965) is a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer.
Jones played professionally as a defensive midfielder from 1984 to 1999, notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelse ...
film ''
Mean Machine'' (2001).
* Location footage for British soap opera ''
Family Affairs
''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...
'' (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
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Hayes
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Ealing
Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Ealing was histor ...
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Greenford
Greenford () is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England, lying west from Charing Cross. It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants, or 62,126 with the inclusion of Perivale.
Greenford is served by Greenford Station (Lo ...
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Hanwell
Hanwell () is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, in the historic County of Middlesex, England. It is about 1.5 miles west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. It is the westernmost location of the London post t ...
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Northolt
Northolt is a town in West London, England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road. It is west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the seven major towns that make up the London Borough of Ealing. It had a population of 30,304 at ...
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Southall
Southall () is a large suburban county of 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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Sudbury
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Harrow
References
External links
Yeading LibraryHayes FM community radioWest London Shooting SchoolT. F. T. Baker ''et al'' (eds.), ''A History of the County of Middlesex'', vol. 4.
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Areas of London
Districts of the London Borough of Hillingdon
Places formerly in Middlesex