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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]
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]
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).
Hounslow: Hounslow London Borough Council: Labour: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road 21.61 sq mi (56.0 km 2) 290,488 14 Islington: Islington London Borough Council: Labour: Customer Centre, 222 Upper Street 5.74 sq mi (14.9 km 2) 220,373
London is the capital of and largest city in England and the United Kingdom.It is divided into the City of London and 32 London boroughs, the result of amalgamation of earlier units of administration that can be traced back to ancient parishes.
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 ...
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Hounslow. Map of public art in the London Borough of Hounslow. Bedfont. Image Title / subject Location and ...
Chiswick (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z ɪ k / ⓘ CHIZ-ik) [3] is a district in West London, split between the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Ealing.It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth, Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery.