In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harmondsworth like this:
HARMONDSWORTH, or HARMSWORTH, a village and a parish in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands near the river Colne, 1¾ mile S by W of West Drayton r. station, and 4¼ N by E of Staines; was known at Domesday as Hermodesworde; and has a post-office under Slough. The parish includes also the village of Sepston, and comprises 3,480 acres. ...
Real property, £8,602. Pop., 1,385. Houses, 301. The manor belonged to Rouen abbey; went to William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester, and from him to Winchester college; came to the Crown in the time of Henry VIII.; and was given by Edward VI. to Sir W. Paget. Market-gardening is carried on. Traces of an ancient entrenchment are in the south. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London; and, till 1868, was united with West Drayton. Value, £400.* patron, H. D. Burgh, Esq. The church is partly Norman, partly early English; and has stalls and a piscina. There are a national school, and charities £139.
Harmondsworth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harmondsworth, in Hillingdon and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3431
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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