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Hounslow Heath, near the Staines Road/Frampton Road car park 51°27′44.0″N 0°23′16.8″W / 51.462222°N 0.388000°W / 51.462222; -0.388000 ( Dragonfly Memorial to the first flight from Britain to Australia
Hounslow has a high proportion of people who identify themselves as BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic), and it is the borough's most diverse town. In seven of Hounslow's eight electoral wards, the BAME proportion is above 70%. [19] The town has a large British Asian community. [20]
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]
On Hounslow Heath is a 1770 landscape painting by the Welsh artist Richard Wilson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It depicts a view of Hounslow Heath , then located some miles to the west of London . The uncultivated landscape of the heath attracted Wilson, who returned to it as a subject several times in his work.
The Bishops Avenue, London N2, connects the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane), Hampstead to East Finchley and lies near or, at the south end, on the boundary between the London Boroughs of Barnet and Haringey.
Hounslow Heath is a local nature reserve in the London Borough of Hounslow and at a point borders Richmond upon Thames.The public open space, which covers 200 acres (80 ha), is all that remains of the historic Hounslow Heath which covered more than 4,000 acres (1,600 ha).
The Home Alone house is officially off the market!. The famous setting of the beloved 1990 Christmas classic, located in Winnetka, Ill., has officially sold over the asking price for $5.5 million ...
Lampton is a small area of Hounslow located on the Great West Road in the London Borough of Hounslow, between Hounslow town centre and Heston.Its name derives from the Old English for 'lamb farm.' [1]