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'''Ruislip''' is a town in west [[London]], England and part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]].
'''Ruislip''' (pronounced {{respell|<small>RYE</small>-slip}}) is a town in [[West London]], England.


==History==
==Etymology==
Its name is created from the [[Old English]] ''ryse'', "rush" and ''hlype'', "leap", which is thought to refer to a spot where the [[River Pinn]] could once be crossed. Other scholars{{Who|date=August 2009}} argue the second syllable is derived from "slaep" meaning "a slippery spot". Thus Ruislip means "the wet place where rushes grow". It has had various spellings until recorded as ''Ruislip'' in 1527 {{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
{| class="wikitable" align="right" style=font-size:85%;margin-left:10px;
|+'''Ruislip (parish) population'''
|-
!align="center"| 1881
|align="center"| 1,455
|-
!align="center"| 1891
|align="center"| 1,836
|-
!align="center"| 1901
|align="center"| 3,566
|-
!align="center"| 1911
|align="center"| 6,217
|-
!align="center"| 1921
|align="center"| 9,112
|-
!align="center"| 1931
|align="center"| 16,042
|-
!align="center"| 1941
|align="center"| war #
|-
!align="center"| 1951
|align="center"| 68,288
|-
!align="center"| 1961
|align="center"| 72,791
|-
|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2|# no census was held due to war
|-
|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2 align=center|source: [[Census#United Kingdom|UK census]]<ref name="Vision of Britain">{{cite vob | population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043&add=N | area=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_ACRES&u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043&add=Y | accessdate=10 March 2010 | name=Ruislip parish | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10129771&c_id=10001043 | map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10129771}}</ref>
|}
===Toponomy===
Ruislip is recorded in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]] as ''Rislepe'' and is thought to mean 'leaping place on the river where rushes grow', referring to the [[River Pinn]].<ref name="mills">{{ cite book | surname=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref> It is formed from the [[Old English]] 'rysc' and 'hlȳp'. The name is pronounced locally as both as 'Rizelip' and 'Ryeslip'.<ref name="mills"/>


==Attractions==
===Local government===
===Ruislip Lido===
Ruislip formed an ancient parish of {{convert|6,585|acre|sqkm}} in the [[Elthorne (hundred)|Elthorne]] hundred of [[Middlesex]].<ref name="Vision of Britain"/> Following the [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]], the parish lost control of poor relief to [[Uxbridge]] [[Poor Law Union]] and it was grouped into the Uxbridge [[sanitary district|rural sanitary district]] in 1875.<ref name="Youngs">{{ cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0901050679}}</ref> In 1894 the sanitary district was replaced by [[Uxbridge Rural District]] and the parish vestry was replaced with a parish council. Due to increasing population, the parish split off from the rural district and formed the [[Ruislip-Northwood Urban District]], with the parish council replaced by an urban district council.<ref name="Youngs"/> The urban district was abolished in 1965 and was transferred to [[Greater London]] to form part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]].<ref name="Youngs"/>
Nearby attractions include [[Ruislip Lido]], a Victorian reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the [[Ruislip Lido Railway]], a miniature 12" [[rail gauge|gauge]] [[railway]] with diesel and steam locomotives. Ruislip Lido was established as a reservoir to feed the [[Grand Union Canal]] by damming and flooding the lower part of the valley between Park Wood and Copse Wood, including the hamlet of Park Hearn. Work began in 1811; the reservoir began feeding the Canal in 1816{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}.


==Geography==
===Sports===
Ruislip is also the home of Eastcote Hockey Club, based at Kings College playing fields. The club was originally based in Eastcote, from where it took its name, but moved to its current location in 1964.
The nearest places are [[Eastcote]], [[South Ruislip]], [[Ruislip Manor]], [[Harefield]], [[Ickenham]], [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], [[Pinner]] and [[Harrow]].


Ruislip Rugby Club
==Economy==
Ruislip High Street has outlets ranging from franchised coffee houses, fast food outlets, resturants, hairdressers, bakers, supermarkets and other high quality brands, also there various local business's who have several branches throughout the surrounding local area as well as in Ruislip. Wenzels, family owned bakers with branches in Ruislip, Pinner, Northwood, [[Rayners Lane]], [[Sudbury]], [[Harrow]], [[North Harrow]], [[South Harrow]], [[Wealdstone]] and [[Watford]]. TA Ellement & Son, Independant Family Owned [[Funeral Directors]] with branches in Ruislip, [[Pinner]] and [[Northwood]]. Austin Residential Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, [[Ickenham]], [[Hillingdon]] and [[Harefield]]. Gibbs Gillespie Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, [[Pinner]], [[Rayners Lane]] and [[Uxbridge]]


Calum Diggins a sportsman from Ruislip represented Britain in the 2008 Paralympics, coming 10th in the grade 1 special peoples swimming contest.
==Transport==
Ruislip is served by five [[London Underground]] stations and they are: [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]], [[Ruislip Gardens tube station|Ruislip Gardens]], [[Ruislip Manor tube station|Ruislip Manor]], [[South Ruislip station|South Ruislip]] and [[West Ruislip station|West Ruislip]]. South Ruislip and West Ruislip are also served by [[National Rail]].


===Land and Buildings===
The area is one of the few places in London not served by a night bus.
The buildings at the north end of Ruislip High Street, Nos 1 to 15, the Duck House and the Swan, form the core of the original village and are Grade II listed<ref>[http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/pdf/j/s/Listed_Buildings.pdf List of listed buildings in the London Borough of Hillingdon]</ref> . The village water pump used to sit where the High Street, Bury Street and Eastcote Road meet (now a mini roundabout), but it was relocated to outside Nos 9 to 15. To the north of Ruislip High Street stand the Grade II listed Manor Farm House, a 13th century Grade II Great Barn and the 16th century Little Barn, which houses Ruislip library. The 20 [[acre]] (8 [[hectare]]) site includes the remains of an 11th century fortification that is a scheduled ancient monument. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]], the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century.


==Ruislip High Street==
==Landmarks==
The buildings at the north end of Ruislip High Street, Nos 1 to 15, the Duck House and the Swan, form the core of the original village and are Grade II listed<ref name="Hillingdon listed">{{cite web | url=http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/pdf/j/s/Listed_Buildings.pdf | title= Listed buildings | publisher=Hillingdon London Borough Council | date= | accessdate= }}</ref> The village water pump used to sit where the High Street, Bury Street and Eastcote Road meet (now a mini roundabout), but it was relocated to outside Nos 9 to 15. To the north of Ruislip High Street stand the Grade II listed Manor Farm House, a 13th century Grade II Great Barn and the 16th century Little Barn, which houses Ruislip library. The 20 [[acre]] (8 [[hectare]]) site includes the remains of an 11th century fortification that is a scheduled ancient monument. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]], the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century.


Unusually for most local high streets, Ruislip High Street has a large abundance of franchised and regular high street outlets ranging from franchised coffee houses, fast food outlets, resturants, hairdressers, bakers, supermarkets and other high quality brands, also there various local business's who have several branches throughout the surrounding local area as well as in Ruislip, which are all listed below.
[[Ruislip Lido]] is a Victorian reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the [[Ruislip Lido Railway]], a miniature 12" [[rail gauge|gauge]] [[railway]] with diesel and steam locomotives. Ruislip Lido was established as a reservoir to feed the [[Grand Union Canal]] by damming and flooding the lower part of the valley between Park Wood and Copse Wood, including the hamlet of Park Hearn. Work began in 1811; the reservoir began feeding the Canal in 1816.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}


==Franchised food outlets==
==Sport==
Ruislip is also the home of Eastcote Hockey Club, based at Kings College playing fields. The club was originally based in Eastcote, from where it took its name, but moved to its current location in 1964. Calum Diggins a sportsman from Ruislip represented Britain in the 2008 Paralympics, coming 10th in the grade 1 special peoples swimming contest.


[[McDonalds]],
==See also==
[[Wimpy]],
*[[List of schools in Hillingdon]]
[[Kentucky Fried Chicken]],
[[Bluebeckers]],
[[Harvester]],
[[Cafe' Rouge]],
[[ZAZA]],
[[Pizza Hut]],
[[Pizza Express]],
[[Greggs Bakers]],
[[Baskin Robbins]],
[[Costa Coffee]],
[[Subway]]

==Food sales==

[[M&S]] food hall,
[[Tesco Local]],
[[Iceland]],
[[Costcutter]],
[[Londis]]

==Other franchises / chains==

[[Blockbuster]],
[[WH Smiths]],
[[The Edinburgh Woollen Mill]],
[[Bathstore.com]],
[[Specialized]]

==Pharmaceutical chains==

[[Boots]],
[[Superdrug]]

==Banking==

[[Santander]],
[[Lloyds TSB]],
[[NatWest]],
[[Halifax]],
[[Barclays]],
[[HSBC]],
[[Nationwide]]

==Communications==

[[Vodafone]] Ruislip,
[[Carphone Warehouse]]

==Travel Agents==

[[Thomas Cook]],
[[Thomson]]

==Home media shops==

[[Bang and Olufsen]],
The [[Sony]] Centre

==Department store==

John Sanders


==Local business's in Ruislip with additional branches within the surrounding local area==

Wenzels, family owned bakers with branches in Ruislip, Pinner, Northwood, [[Rayners Lane]], [[Sudbury]], [[Harrow]], [[North Harrow]], [[South Harrow]], [[Wealdstone]] and [[Watford]]

TA Ellement & Son, Independant Family Owned [[Funeral Directors]] with branches in Ruislip, [[Pinner]] and [[Northwood]]

Austin Residential Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, [[Ickenham]], [[Hillingdon]] and [[Harefield]]

Gibbs Gillespie Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, [[Pinner]], [[Rayners Lane]] and [[Uxbridge]]

==Education==
===Primary schools===
* Bishop Winnington-Ingram
* Lady Bankes
* Warrender
* Whiteheath
* Sacred Heart

===Secondary schools===
* Ruislip High
* Bishop Ramsey C of E
* Haydon

==In fiction==
The town featured in [[Leslie Thomas]]'s 1974 novel of suburbia, ''Tropic of Ruislip''. The book was actually based on nearby Carpenders Park.

[[Monty Python]] mention Ruislip in their Lumberjack song "I'm a lumberjack". When the wannabe lumberjack is listing the great trees he could be chopping down, he mentions "the flatuent elm of West Ruislip".

The [[Two Ronnies]] made a sketch about the heritage of Ruislip, called "Home Rule for Ruislip".{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

Much of ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'' location filming is recorded in and around Ruislip, and the school used for the series is Ruislip High School.

In The Thick Of It Malcolm Tucker gets extremely angry during a Radio 5 Live phone in when a text message undermining the government is sent in from a Tim in Ruislip. Tucker remarks that those will be the words on his coffin, "Tim in Ruislip"

==Locality and services==
===Nearest places===
* [[Eastcote]]
* [[South Ruislip]]
* [[Ruislip Manor]]
* [[Harefield]]
* [[Ickenham]]
* [[Northwood, London|Northwood]]
* [[Pinner]]
* [[Harrow]]

===Underground stations===

Ruislip is unique as it is the only area in the London region or the UK to have five railway stations.
* [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]]
* [[Ruislip Gardens tube station|Ruislip Gardens]]
* [[Ruislip Manor tube station|Ruislip Manor]]
* [[South Ruislip station|South Ruislip]]
* [[West Ruislip station|West Ruislip]]

===Railway stations===
* [[South Ruislip station|South Ruislip]]
* [[West Ruislip station|West Ruislip]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.ruislip.co.uk/ Ruislip Online, web site for Ruislip]
{{commonscat}}
* [http://www.rnelhs.flyer.co.uk/ Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society]
* [http://www.rnelhs.flyer.co.uk/ Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society]
* [http://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/ Ruislip Residents Association]
* [http://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/ Ruislip Residents Association]
* [http://www.ruisliplions.org.uk/ Ruislip Lions Club]

*[http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/ Uxbridge & Hillingdon Times - local newspaper]
*[http://www.tropicatruislip.co.uk/ Tropic At Ruislip - live music venue]
*[http://www.taellement.co.uk/ TA Ellement & Son Ltd Independant Family Funeral Directors]
*[http://www.austinresidential.co.uk/ Austin Residential Estate and Lettings Agents]
*[http://www.gibbsgillespie.co.uk/ Gibbs Gillespie Estate and Lettings Agents]
{{LB Hillingdon}}
{{LB Hillingdon}}
{{London Districts}}
{{London Districts}}

Revision as of 13:07, 13 March 2010

Ruislip
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Postcode districtHA4
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Ruislip (pronounced RYE-slip) is a town in West London, England.

Etymology

Its name is created from the Old English ryse, "rush" and hlype, "leap", which is thought to refer to a spot where the River Pinn could once be crossed. Other scholars[who?] argue the second syllable is derived from "slaep" meaning "a slippery spot". Thus Ruislip means "the wet place where rushes grow". It has had various spellings until recorded as Ruislip in 1527 [citation needed]

Attractions

Ruislip Lido

Nearby attractions include Ruislip Lido, a Victorian reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the Ruislip Lido Railway, a miniature 12" gauge railway with diesel and steam locomotives. Ruislip Lido was established as a reservoir to feed the Grand Union Canal by damming and flooding the lower part of the valley between Park Wood and Copse Wood, including the hamlet of Park Hearn. Work began in 1811; the reservoir began feeding the Canal in 1816[citation needed].

Sports

Ruislip is also the home of Eastcote Hockey Club, based at Kings College playing fields. The club was originally based in Eastcote, from where it took its name, but moved to its current location in 1964.

Ruislip Rugby Club

Calum Diggins a sportsman from Ruislip represented Britain in the 2008 Paralympics, coming 10th in the grade 1 special peoples swimming contest.

Land and Buildings

The buildings at the north end of Ruislip High Street, Nos 1 to 15, the Duck House and the Swan, form the core of the original village and are Grade II listed[1] . The village water pump used to sit where the High Street, Bury Street and Eastcote Road meet (now a mini roundabout), but it was relocated to outside Nos 9 to 15. To the north of Ruislip High Street stand the Grade II listed Manor Farm House, a 13th century Grade II Great Barn and the 16th century Little Barn, which houses Ruislip library. The 20 acre (8 hectare) site includes the remains of an 11th century fortification that is a scheduled ancient monument. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by King's College, Cambridge, the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century.

Ruislip High Street

Unusually for most local high streets, Ruislip High Street has a large abundance of franchised and regular high street outlets ranging from franchised coffee houses, fast food outlets, resturants, hairdressers, bakers, supermarkets and other high quality brands, also there various local business's who have several branches throughout the surrounding local area as well as in Ruislip, which are all listed below.

Franchised food outlets

McDonalds, Wimpy, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bluebeckers, Harvester, Cafe' Rouge, ZAZA, Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Greggs Bakers, Baskin Robbins, Costa Coffee, Subway

Food sales

M&S food hall, Tesco Local, Iceland, Costcutter, Londis

Other franchises / chains

Blockbuster, WH Smiths, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bathstore.com, Specialized

Pharmaceutical chains

Boots, Superdrug

Banking

Santander, Lloyds TSB, NatWest, Halifax, Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide

Communications

Vodafone Ruislip, Carphone Warehouse

Travel Agents

Thomas Cook, Thomson

Home media shops

Bang and Olufsen, The Sony Centre

Department store

John Sanders


Local business's in Ruislip with additional branches within the surrounding local area

Wenzels, family owned bakers with branches in Ruislip, Pinner, Northwood, Rayners Lane, Sudbury, Harrow, North Harrow, South Harrow, Wealdstone and Watford

TA Ellement & Son, Independant Family Owned Funeral Directors with branches in Ruislip, Pinner and Northwood

Austin Residential Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, Ickenham, Hillingdon and Harefield

Gibbs Gillespie Estate Agents and Letting Management company, with branches in Ruislip, Pinner, Rayners Lane and Uxbridge

Education

Primary schools

  • Bishop Winnington-Ingram
  • Lady Bankes
  • Warrender
  • Whiteheath
  • Sacred Heart

Secondary schools

  • Ruislip High
  • Bishop Ramsey C of E
  • Haydon

In fiction

The town featured in Leslie Thomas's 1974 novel of suburbia, Tropic of Ruislip. The book was actually based on nearby Carpenders Park.

Monty Python mention Ruislip in their Lumberjack song "I'm a lumberjack". When the wannabe lumberjack is listing the great trees he could be chopping down, he mentions "the flatuent elm of West Ruislip".

The Two Ronnies made a sketch about the heritage of Ruislip, called "Home Rule for Ruislip".[citation needed]

Much of The Inbetweeners location filming is recorded in and around Ruislip, and the school used for the series is Ruislip High School.

In The Thick Of It Malcolm Tucker gets extremely angry during a Radio 5 Live phone in when a text message undermining the government is sent in from a Tim in Ruislip. Tucker remarks that those will be the words on his coffin, "Tim in Ruislip"

Locality and services

Nearest places

Underground stations

Ruislip is unique as it is the only area in the London region or the UK to have five railway stations.

Railway stations

References

  1. ^ List of listed buildings in the London Borough of Hillingdon
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