Yiewsley
Sign in to saveYiewsley ( ) is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, south of Uxbridge, the borough's commercial and administrative centre. Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middlesex. The population of the Yiewsley ward was 12,406 at the 2021 Census.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Areas of London, District centres of London and Districts of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12979
- Image
- Cowley Peachy Junction, Grand Union Canal, Yiewsley - geograph.org.uk - 90224.jpg
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- postal code
- UB7
- OS grid reference
- TQ0608880405
- Commons category
- Yiewsley
- P8168
- PowerCD
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Stone Age
- Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
- Bronze Age
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age
- Besieged Danes of Thorney Island 893 AD
- Norman Conquest 1066 until 1794
- Parish of Hillingdon and Colham Manor
- Industrial Age
- Opening of the Grand Junction Canal 1794
- Brick industry
- Great Western Railway
- Diversification of industry from the mid-1800s
- Decline in railway usage
- Padcroft College and Boys' Home
- Political development
- Yiewsley today
- Public services
- Education
- Political representation
- St Matthew's parish church
- Culture and recreation
- Commerce
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Buses
- Air
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- External links
Yiewsley ( ) is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, south of Uxbridge, the borough's commercial and administrative centre. Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middlesex. The population of the Yiewsley ward was 12,406 at the 2021 Census.
== Toponymy == Yiewsley is not recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The place-name is believed to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Wifeleslēah: "Wifel's woodland clearing". The earliest written record of Yiewsley is from 1235, where it is shown as Wiuesleg in Assize Rolls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yiewsley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations