Yiewsley

Yiewsley

Grand Union Canal in Yiewsley
Yiewsley
 Yiewsley shown within Greater London
Population 12,979 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ0608880405
London borough Hillingdon
Ceremonial county Greater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WEST DRAYTON
Postcode district UB7
Dialling code 01895
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK ParliamentUxbridge and South Ruislip
London Assembly Ealing and Hillingdon
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Coordinates: 51°30′45″N 0°28′21″W / 51.512619°N 0.47261°W / 51.512619; -0.47261

Yiewsley (/ˈjzli/) is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Its name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wifeleslēah: "Wifel's woodland clearing". Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middlesex.[2]

The nearest places to Yiewsley are Hayes, Harlington, Cowley, Harmondsworth, Sipson, and West Drayton.

The population of Yiewsley was recorded as 11,767 in 2008, by the Office for National Statistics.[3]

History

Yiewsley is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. The place-name probably derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wifeleslēah: "Wifel's woodland clearing".

There is little recorded about Yiewsley until the late 18th century, when the Grand Junction Canal was cut. A branch of the canal known as Otter Dock was cut between Yiewsley and West Drayton in the years 1876-1879 in order to service Yiewsley's brickworks. Brick-making and agriculture were the main industries in Yiewsley during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and the expansion of the brickworks resulted in a large growth in population. Five million bricks moulded and fired in the Hillingdon Brickfields every year were transported by canal to a yard near South Wharf Basin, Paddington. The last brick-field closed in 1935 following strikes and the Great Depression, and around this time Otter Dock was filled in.[4]

The arrival of the Great Western Railway and the building of West Drayton railway station in 1838 resulted in new houses being built and a sharp increase in both population and trade. A branch line to Uxbridge was completed in 1856. This ran until closed as part of the Beeching plan in 1964 (although passenger services had been discontinued in 1962).

As the population grew, a new church St Matthew's was dedicated on 6 July 1859, and enlarged in 1898. Yiewsley remained a parish of Hillingdon until 1896.

The area has some important local neighbourhood groups.

The Yiewsley and West Drayton Town Centre Action Group co-ordinates local interests to make the area vibrant and attractive. The group's work can be found at the UB7.org website at http://www.ub7.org.

West Drayton is also home to an arts centre, which is located near to the Green. The arts centre, Southlands, is keen to attract new members and has its own website at http://www.southlandsarts.co.uk.

The area also has its own history society.

Hillingdon Primary Care Trust is based in Yiewsley.[5]

Transport

The nearest railway stations are Hayes and Harlington, Iver and West Drayton.

Notable people

References

  1. "Hillingdon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10071343
  3. "A focus on Yiewsley" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. http://www.yiewsley.org.uk/history.htm
  5. "NHS Hillingdon". Hillingdon Primary Care Trust. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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