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The London Borough of Hounslow and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964.For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Brentford and Chiswick and Heston and Isleworth and the urban district council of Feltham.
Heston West is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hounslow. It returns three councillors to Hounslow London Borough Council . Hounslow council elections since 2022
The town of Hounslow, which has existed since the 13th century, is located at the centre of the Borough of Hounslow. The name Hounslow means 'Hund's mound'; the personal name Hund is followed by the Old English hlaew meaning mound or barrow. (The mound may have been his burial place.) It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Honeslaw. [2]
After Hounslow Civic Centre became uneconomic to operate, [1] Hounslow London Borough Council decided to procure a smaller facility which would be located in the centre of the borough and more accessible to the public. [2] The site they selected on Bath Road had previously been occupied by a car park. [3]
Junction of Bell Road and High Street Hounslow Heath Nature Reserve ASDA store with apartments at the Blenheim Centre High Street Hounslow railway station Hounslow East tube station. Hounslow (/ ˈ h aʊ n z l oʊ / HOWNZ-loh) is a large suburban district of West London, England, 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (17.5 kilometres) west-southwest of Charing Cross.
In the early 20th century the Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth had been based at council offices in Treaty Road. [1] In the early 1960s, civic leaders decided this arrangement would be inadequate for their needs in the context of the impending creation of the London Borough of Hounslow and decided to purchase land for a purpose-built civic centre: [2] the site selected for the new ...
Hounslow was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
The seat is a mixture of very suburban London and urban district centres with many differing heights and types of homes. It stretches along the north bank of the Thames and then to the west, encompassing the London districts (former villages) of Chiswick, most of Hounslow, Isleworth (from Old Isleworth to Osterley) and the former market town of Brentford.