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Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames , 8 miles (13 km) west of Charing Cross .
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]
Brentford and Isleworth (/ ˈ aɪ z əl w ər θ / ⓘ EYE-zəl-wərth) is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.It forms the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow.
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]
St John the Evangelist Church is a Catholic parish church in Brentford, Borough of Hounslow, London. It was built in 1866 by Mr Jackman, but has parts of it designed by John Francis Bentley, Nathaniel Westlake and Paul Woodroffe. It is a Gothic Revival church and a Grade II listed building.
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.
Revised proposals to redevelop the old Brentford FC stadium in west London into a residential site now contain 149 homes. The plans originally submitted in 2021 were for 75 private homes on the ...
Brentford West is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hounslow. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections . It returns three councillors to Hounslow London Borough Council .