Hanworth
Coordinates: 51°25′52″N 0°22′51″W / 51.4312°N 0.3807°W
| Hanworth | |
 Hanworth
Hanworth shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ365825 |
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| London borough | Hounslow |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FELTHAM |
| Postcode district | TW13 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Feltham and Heston |
| London Assembly | South West |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Hanworth lies to the south east of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow. The name is thought to come from the Anglo Saxon words “haen” and “worth”, meaning “small homestead”.[1]
The nearest places are Hampton, Hampton Hill, Feltham, Sunbury-on-Thames, Whitton, Twickenham, Teddington and Heathrow Airport.
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[edit] History
During Edward the Confessor’s time, Hanworth was held by Ulf, a “huscarl” of the King. Huscarls were the bodyguards of Scandinavian Kings and were often the only professional soldiers in the Kingdom. The majority of huscarls in the kingdom were killed at Hastings in 1066, and William the Conqueror granted Hanworth to Robert under Roger de Montgomery, the Earl of Arundel. After his death, his second son held the land until his death in the Mowbray conspiracy of 1098, after which it passed to his eldest son, Robert de Bellesme, who also rebelled against the Crown in 1102 with the result that the lands were confiscated.
Towards the end of the 14th century, the manor was occupied by Sir Nicholas Brembre, who was Mayor of London in 1377 and 1378. Sir Nicholas was hanged at Tyburn in 1387, having been accused of treason.
In 1512 Hanworth came to the Crown, and Henry VIII, who enjoyed hunting on the heath surrounding the village, gave the manor to Anne Boleyn for life. After her execution, the manor returned to the King who held it until his death in 1547, when it passed to his final wife Katherine Parr, who lived in the house with her stepdaughter Princess Elizabeth. When the princess became Queen, she stayed at Hanworth Manor several times, often hunting on the heath.
In 1784 General Sir William Roy, the military draughtsman, supervised the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain project. That measured a base line from King's Arbour, across Hounslow Heath passing through Hanworth Park, to Hampton Poor House. This measurement, which earned the General the Copley medal of the Royal Society, was the origin of all subsequent surveys of the United Kingdom, and still forms the basis of the Ordnance Survey maps today.[1]
In 1797 the manor house was destroyed by fire, leaving only the stable block, which survives today as flats, and the coach house, which was converted into homes. Tudor House was built in 1875 as a replacement for the house that was built in the manor ruins, and is today used as flats.[1]
By the end of the 19th century, William Whiteley, of Whiteleys in Bayswater, had bought 200 acres (0.81 km2) of farmland that had previously been Butts and Glebe farms. Renamed Hanworth Farms, these supplied all the produce for the store’s food hall having been transported daily by horse and cart. Following Whiteley's murder by his illegitimate son in 1907, his legitimate sons sold the farm to a jam manufacturer who operated there until selling the land for new homes in 1933.[1]
[edit] Hanworth Aerodrome
Hanworth Aerodrome was a grass airfield, operational 1917-1919 and 1929-1947. It was situated in Hanworth Park; that includes the grounds of Hanworth Park House, an 1802 rebuild of Hanworth Palace. In the 1930s, named London Air Park, it was best known as a centre for private flying, society events, the aircraft manufacture by General Aircraft Limited (GAL) 1934-1949, and the visit by the Graf Zeppelin airship in 1932.[2] Feltham District Council purchased the park in 1956. Feltham Swimming Baths was built on parkland beside the Uxbridge Road in 1965, later refurbished and renamed Feltham Airparcs Leisure Centre.[3][4]. That public sports facility was renamed in 2010 as Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre & Library[5]
[edit] 1970s
The construction of the M3 feeder road in the 1970s cut Hanworth in two; in preparation for this, the library was relocated to Mount Corner, opposite the Hanworth Park House icehouse mound. Forge Lane Infants and Junior School was built on the south side of the new road, and the war memorial was relocated.
[edit] Transport
The nearest railway stations serving the area are: Feltham railway station, Hampton railway station, Kempton Park railway station, and Sunbury railway station.
[edit] Notable people
- Henry Killigrew (1613-1700), playwright and chaplain to James, Duke of York (the future king), was born in Hanworth.
- Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539-1621) was in 1563 removed to Hanworth from the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned on account of his marriage with Lady Catherine Grey.[6]
[edit] References
[edit] Citations
[edit] Bibliography
- Cameron, Andrea. 2002. Feltham, Bedfont and Hanworth. ISBN 1860772099
- Feltham Arts Association. 1997. Hanworth Air Park 1916-1949
- Sherwood, Philip. (1999) Heathrow: 2000 Years of History. The History Press ISBN 978-0752450862
- Sherwood, Tim. 1999. Coming in to Land: A Short History of Hounslow, Hanworth and Heston Aerodromes 1911-1946. Heritage Publications (Hounslow Library) ISBN 1899144307
- Wright, John E.B.C. and Finnis, John H.B. Hanworth, A Book of. Tucann Design & Print. ISBN BX61156571
- Wright, John E.B.C. and Finnis, John H.B. Hanworth 2. Tucann Design & Print. ISBN T000092713 http://www.hounslowlibraries.org/
[edit] External links
- Kenny Farmer's new Hanworth History website Hanworth Now And Then
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