Chiswick

Chiswick

“Chiswick” has an Old English meaning, “Cheese Farm”, and originates from the farms and riverside meadows which are thought to have sustained an annual cheese fair up until the mid 18th century.

Dating to very early times Flint axes were found in numerous parts of Chiswick. This suggests that since the last Ice Age people have been living here. Also, pottery and tools have been found at Chiswick Eyot. Dating back to the 9th/8th BC, A later settlement was excavated opposite Gunnersbury Station. Over 100 skulls retrieved from the Thames, are believed to have been offerings to their Gods from river burials made by Iron Age people (650BC-43AD).

The Romans built two roads through Chiswick which converged at Turnham Green and Roman pottery and building material has been found by the river near St Nicholas Church.

There is less evidence for the Saxons, even though they were without doubt in Chiswick. At Corney Reach a Saxon skeleton was found by the river, and other Saxon objects such as a sword pommel, scraps of armour, spearheads and the remains of a shield which were found near the river.

In the 1860s, In Gunnersbury and Bedford Park, Suburban building began. The first Suburbs were designed and built in 1875, on the borders of Chiswick and Acton. Other suburbs of Chiswick include Strand on the Green and Grove Park, which, until the late 18th century, was a fishing hamlet. There are a number of historic public houses in Chiswick. In Strand-on-the-Green there are three main ones. Within the London Borough of Hounslow, a large part of Chiswick falls within the conservation areas.

Ealing

Ealing

Ealing is a major suburban development, 7.7 miles west from Charing Cross, and is often called the “Queen of Suburbs”. Archaeological evidence has shown that Ealing has been inhabited for about 7000 years, with items such as pots from the Iron Age being found. The census of 1599, of Ealing, is the earliest surviving census which detailed 85 households and various information about the inhabitants of the village.

Ealing has had many names over the time it has been populated, alternating from its Saxon name “Gillingas”, meaning ‘place of the people associated with Gilla’, to Zelling, Eling, Yealing, and eventually, Ealing, when it became the standard spelling of the town/city in the 19th century.

Due to Ealing being close to London, many people began to move to Ealing and hence it began to get built up. Many travellers had to stop at inns at night, since their horses could only pull a few loads each day. This prompted a large amount of inns and public houses to be built, but this also led to a high number of highwaymen to choose Ealing as their location for their various misdeeds. Some of the inns include The Bell, The Green Man, The Feathers, The Old Hats and The Halfway House (At one point there were 2 inns called this, but after the closure of the toll gate that both inns were situated either side of, one renamed itself to The Old Hats).

Windows are important to a property as they can affect the overall value of the property. This is why when repairing or replacing windows, it is best to use the original window or windows that are the same as the original type of window. New windows should be a precise copy of the original. Having the wrong type of window can cause devaluation in the houses price and vice versa. In some instances, for example, some houses in Ealing have pre-war architectural features, which include metal windows- changing these can result in a severe price drop in value.

A lot of houses in Ealing are protected under a conservation area and so none of the original features can be changed, and that includes doors, windows, house ‘character’, and even road layouts. The most popular and traditional window designs in Ealing include box sash, Bays, Bows, Arches, Georgian, Square & Diamond lead. Homes within conservation areas need planning permission to have windows changed/replaced.

Earls Court

Earls Court

Earls Court is a built-up area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England, it is situated 5 km (3.1 miles) west south-west of Charing Cross. According to the census taken in 2001 the Earls Court ward had a population of 9,659, it has one of the country’s biggest enclosed arenas and an admired concert venue.

When the construction of the Metropolitan District Railway station was introduced in 1865- 69 it meant development. Earls Court was transformed in 1867 into a compactly populated suburb which included 2 churches and 1,200 houses. Between 1867 and 1873 Kempsford Gardens and Eardley Crescent were built, building started in Longridge Road and Earls Court in 1873, in Nevern Square in 1880, in Nevern Place in 1874, in Trebovir Road and Philbeach Gardens in 1876.

Fulham

Fulham

Fulham is located in the SE of England, slightly South-West from London, in close proximity to other towns such as Chelsea, Putney, Charing Cross, etc.

Fulham (or Fullanham as it was once called), could mean “The place of mud”, which was derived from the fact that the River Thames would flood the area quite often.

Fulham was at one time, a sort of “Las Vegas” type of town, being a retreat for the rich and famous, before becoming a general working class area. Up until the World War 2, Fulham remained like this; afterwards it undertook large amounts of reparations.

Nowadays, Fulham is a very expensive town- with house prices reaching an average of £640,000 during 2007.

Fulham is easily accessible with 3 train stations. This is important as Fulham is a major London borough town, home of the Craven Cottage, Fulham Football Club’s stadium and Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Being the leading supplier in Timber PVC-u and Aluminium products. Sash and Casement Windows, Conservatories, entrance doors, Patio and French doors, Stable Doors and Secondary Glazing, we have every style that will suit your home.

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is 5 miles west of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is also west of Charing Cross.

It is one of west London’s major commercial, employment and main transport hubs. Also it is home to numerous multinational companies. Hammersmith is focused on the two London road network systems, bus station and Underground stations. Fulham (to the south), West Kensington (to the east), Shepherds Bush (to the north), and Chiswick (to the west), all Border Hammersmith.

As far back as Roman and Saxon times, there is evidence of occupation of many riverside areas near Hammersmith. The area was known in the Doomsday book as “Hamoder’s Hythe”, which roughly translates to “the landing-place”, possible of a man named Hamoder.

As a consequence, industrial development and house construction thrived. Major industrial sites, which were known to have employed about 30,000 people, and the largest power station in Britain, were built in Sands End. All of these industrial sites have been redeveloped into areas that focus on commercial goods and services.

Extending roughly 750m to the west of the city centre is King Street, Hammersmith’s main shopping street. Here, there are a wide array of shops and stores, and it also contains a second shopping centre (King’s Mall), the Town Hall, a Theater, a cinema and two hotels. King Street is complemented by many more shops which run along Shepherds Bush Road to the north, Fulham Palace Road to the south and Hammersmith Road to the east.

Hammersmith’s Center is attended by two tube stations; both named Hammersmith. One of them is on the western side of Hammersmith & the City Line, whilst the larger one serves the Piccadilly and District Lines. The Broadway Shopping Centre contains a large modern bus station, which is open 24 hours a day and caters for a large number of buses, airport transfer buses, night buses and some long distance coaches.

Hanwell

Hanwell

The town of Hanwell is located between Southall and Ealing. There are many speculations as to where the name “Hanwell” originated from, some of which include environmental landscapes, boundary lines, cockerel, etc. For example, near Hanwell there was a spring and a large stone, weighing in at a ton; Anglo-Saxons referred to a boundary stone using the word ‘Han’, hence the name “han-well”.

Hanwell has many buildings steeped in history. The inns and pubs of Hanwell are an important factor in Hanwell’s development. There was a lot of profit made due to a toll being introduced between Uxbridge and Tyburn in 1714. This money was used to build a metal road surface, and this encouraged the rapid growth of Hanwell, and this also increased traffic going through the town. Many inns and pubs were built to accommodate the large amounts of travellers going through the town. Some of these include the Duke of Wellington, Duke of York, the Kings Arms, the Viaduct, and the Spencer Arms. Most of these still stand, but some were demolished or turned into retail stores.

The town also has a few hospitals which have 100 years or so of history. The St. Bernard’s hospital was once an asylum, which was opened in 1831 and renamed to St. Bernard’s in 1937. Nowadays, half of the original asylum has been turned into flats.

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Kensington

Kensington

Kensington is situated to the north of Notting Hill, to the east of Brompton and Knightsbridge, to the south by Chelsea and Earl’s Court and to the west by Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush.

In the Doomsday Book of 1086 the area was first mentioned as “Chenesitone” written in Latin, in Anglo-Saxon it was originally “Kenesignetun” (Kenesigne’s land or meadows).

Kensington lies inside the Kensington parliamentary constituency. It is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The main focus area is Kensington High Street it has a various amount of shops, most of the shops are mainly upmarket. Thanks to the streets number and range of shops in February 2005 it was declared the second best shopping street in London. On the other hand in October 2008 the street faced competition from Westfield shopping centre at White City. To improve the number of visitors to the high street the council extended the bus service on route 9.

Kew

Kew

Kew is situated in South West London within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The name Kew is a combination of both old English and old French; kai (old French), meaning landing place and hoh (old English), meaning spur of land.

Kew is well known due to its most famous landmark, the Royal Botanical Gardens, often referred to as Kew gardens, which is now recognised as a World Heritage site. Kew Gardens consists of 121 Hectares of various types of gardens and glass structures designed purposely for botanical purposes. It sports the world’s largest collection of plants, as well as being a major site for botanical research and having a vast collection of detailed documents concerning plant life in their library.

Kew is also famous for being the current location where the Doomsday Book is located and is currently displayed at The National Archives.

There are many gyms and sports clubs sited within Kew, such as Richmond Gymnastics Association, Kew Cricket Club, Putney Town Rowing Club and Pensford Tennis Club. The local football club that calls Kew its home are called the Kew Park Rangers and began in 1997. The club started out small in Westerly Ware where it began as the location for a kick about every Saturday for the local children, until the number of children showing up got to the point where the club made a decision to become official, as well as begin tournaments and inspire talented young individuals to further advance themselves in the game. As of today a 1 million pound sports pavilion has been constructed to facilitate the pitch on the North Sheen Recreational Ground.

Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is the name given to a road that is situated alongside the southern side of Hyde Park which spans the Royal Borough of Kensington, Chelsea and the City of Westminster. The area consists of various districts including parts of South Kensington, South of Hyde Park, Western Pont Street and both Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square may also be defined as being in Knightsbridge. The district appears to diminish as you move into more southerly regions such as Chelsea or Brompton. Knightsbridge originated from a hamlet that was positioned between Charing, Chelsea and Kensington. The name derives from a crossing of the River Westbourne, which nowadays exists as an underground river.

Knightsbridge is renowned for being a very expensive area, both in terms of residential properties and businesses/ retail services alike. Some of the shops that exist in this area include Harvey Nichols, Harrods and many fashion based retailers. There are also many exclusive restaurants, clubs, beauty salons and banks that cater to the rich. Knightsbridge holds the status of having many properties that are rated as some of the most expensive in the world, as well as having some of the world’s wealthiest people. An average 4 bed room apartment in Knightsbridge can go for as much as £25,000,000 or more. Statistically, Knightsbridge holds 14 of Britain’s 200 highest costing streets solely within its district.

The area is also well known for containing London’s largest Park within the city, Hyde Park, but is also home to many other conservation areas. This means that Knightsbridge is one of the most ‘green’ districts within London.

This area has long been the operating region for many robbers and criminals- beginning from way back into the past where highwaymen would target travellers on their way to London via this district. Nowadays, Knightsbridge has held host to a number of instances of high-profile criminal acts, including the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 and being attacked by IRA terrorists by a car bomb that was placed outside of Harrods in 1983 that resulted in 6 deaths. Realizing this and many residents pricey nature, many building are heavily surveillance by CCTV and even staffed guards, in some instances.

Mortlake

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