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: North London ...

, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, 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 * * * * 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,

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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 Hayes may refer to: * Hayes (surname), including a list of people with the name ** Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States * Hayes (given name) Businesses * Hayes Brake, an American designer and manufacturer of disc brakes * Ha ...

. Such details as the names of many Yeading

manor Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...

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

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 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

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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 Northolt. 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

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, a large prefab 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.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 * Brook ...

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 * Belmo ...

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 Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

(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

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

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(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

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,

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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 Raphael
Catholic 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 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

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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 G ...

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 I ...

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

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 Hayes FM (91.8 FM) is a community-focused local radio station based in Hayes, West London, England. Audience The target audience is people living and working within a three-mile radius of Hayes in the south of the London Borough of Hillingdo ...

, serves Yeading.

Notable people

* Greg Dyke, former Director-General of the BBC, attended Yeading Primary School

Yeading on screen

's erstwhile ground, known as the Warren, was used to film scenes from the Keira Knightley film '' Bend It Like Beckham'' (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 Vinnie Jones 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

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 ...

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 ...

* Hanwell * Northolt * Southall *

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References

External links

Yeading Library

Hayes FM community radio

West London Shooting School

T. F. T. Baker ''et al'' (eds.), ''A History of the County of Middlesex'', vol. 4.
{{LB Hillingdon Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Hillingdon Places formerly in Middlesex