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The church dates from the 14th century, though there are records of a priest in Heston in the 7th century. The Domesday Book makes no mention of Heston but in 1086 its manor was given to Walter of Saint-Valéry by William the Conqueror. The church was later given to the Abbey of Saint-Valéry [Wikidata]. [1]
Our Lady Queen of Apostles is a Catholic church in Heston in the London Borough of Hounslow It is situated between The Green and Heston Road, opposite Rosary Catholic Primary School. Built in the early 1960s, it contains stained glass designed by Pierre Fourmaintraux and is in a local conservation area.
Heston is a suburban area and part of the Hounslow district in the London Borough of Hounslow.The residential settlement covers a slightly smaller area than its predecessor farming village, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) west south-west of Charing Cross and adjoins the M4 motorway but has no junction with it; Heston also adjoins the Great West Road, a dual carriageway, mostly west of the "Golden Mile ...
The district was initially divided into three electoral wards: Heston, Hounslow and Isleworth. [10] Such local government districts were converted into urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894. [11] A referendum of local electors was held in 1927 on whether to change the urban district's name from Heston and Isleworth to Hounslow.
For the history of the south of the present ward this was part of Hounslow Heath within Heston parish. [4] There was a ford to the north of the church on Watersplash Lane, but the main crossing was where the bridge replaced it on the Bath Road. The river was widened, probably in the 18th century, on either side of the Church Road to form two ...
Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of the history of civilized people ever since our Master's coming". [ 1 ]
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).
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