Ealing
OS grid reference	TQ175805
London borough	Ealing
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W5, W13
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Ealing North
	Ealing, Southall
	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
London Assembly	Ealing and Hillingdon
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

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Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. It is a suburban development situated 7.7 miles (12.4 km) west of Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan and is often referred to as the "Queen of the Suburbs".^[1] The London Borough of Ealing is a London borough in the west of the city. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ...

History

Archaeological evidence shows that parts of Ealing have been occupied for at least 7,000 years. Iron Age pots have been discovered in the vicinity on Horsenden Hill. The name Ealing comes from the Saxon place-name Gillingas. A settlement is recorded here in the twelfth century amid a great forest that carpeted the area to the west of London. Horsenden Hill is a hill in Greenford, part of the London Borough of Ealing, close to boundary with the London Borough of Brent. ...

The earliest surviving English census is that for Ealing in 1599. This list was a tally of all 85 households in Ealing village giving the names of the inhabitants, together with their ages, relationships and occupations. It survives in manuscript form in the Public Record Office (PRO E 163/24/35), and has been transcribed and printed by K J Allison. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Year 1599 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Kew building. ...

Ealing Town Hall

Settlements were scattered throughout the parish. Many of them were along what is now called St. Mary's Road, near to the church in the centre of the parish. There were also houses at Little Ealing, Ealing Dean, Haven Green, Drayton Green and Castlebar Hill. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1972 KB) Summary Ealing Town Hall Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Ealing Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1972 KB) Summary Ealing Town Hall Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Ealing Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...

The Church of St. Mary's, the parish church, dates back to the early twelfth century. The parish of Ealing was divided into manors, such as those of Gunnersbury and Pitshanger. These were farmed; the crops being mostly rye, but also wheat and maslin. There were also animals such as cows, sheep and chickens. Standing near Charlbury Grove, Ealing Abbey was founded by a community of Benedictine monks in 1897. Twinned with the convent of St. Augustine's Priory, the giant abbey is a unique example of a traditional, working monastery. Pitshanger Village is a small area of North Ealing in West London, centred around the shops in Pitshanger Lane. ... Ealing Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastic foundation in West London, England, and part of the English Benedictine Congregation. ...

The first known maps of Ealing were made in the 18th century. Mount Castle Tower, an Elizabethan structure which stood at the top of Hanger Hill, was used as a tea-stop in the nineteenth century. It was demolished to make way for Fox's Reservoir in 1881. This reservoir, with a capacity of 3 million gallons, was erected north of Hill Crest Road, Hanger Hill, in 1888 and a neighbouring reservoir for 50 million gallons was constructed c. 1889.

Ealing was mostly made up of open countryside and fields where, as in previous centuries, the main occupation was farming. However, there was an important road running from west to east through the centre of the parish. This road, later to be known as the Uxbridge Road, ran eastwards to London and westwards to Oxford. A large number of inns were situated along this route, where horses could be changed and travellers refresh themselves, prompting its favour by highwaymen. Stops in Ealing included The Feathers, The Bell, The Green Man and The Old Hats. Folk image of a mounted highwayman Highwayman was a term used particularly in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries to describe robbers who targeted people traveling by stagecoach and other modes of transport along public highways. ...

Perceval House

As London developed, the area became predominantly market gardens. In the 1850s, with improved travel (the Great Western Railway and two branches of the Grand Union Canal), villages began to grow into towns and merged into unbroken residential areas. At this time Ealing began to be called the "Queen of the Suburbs". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1594 KB) Summary The London Borough of Ealings Civic Centre, seen from the front. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1594 KB) Summary The London Borough of Ealings Civic Centre, seen from the front. ... Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... The canal at Braunston The Grand Union Canal is a canal in England and part of the British canal system. ...

The most important changes to Ealing occurred in the 19th century. The building of the Great Western Railway in the 1830s, part of which passed through the centre of Ealing, led to the opening of a railway station on the Broadway in 1879. In the next few decades, much of Ealing was rebuilt, predominantly semi-detached housing designed for the rising middle class. Better transport links, including horse buses as well as trains, enabled people to more easily travel to work in London whilst living in what was still considered to be the countryside. Much of the countryside was rapidly disappearing, however parts of it were preserved as public parks, such as Lammas Park and Ealing Common. Walpole Park was named after Robert Walpole and belonged to Pitzhanger Manor. Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... Pitzhanger Manor House, was owned from 1800 to 1810 by the architect Sir John Soane. ...

It was during the Victorian period that Ealing became a town. This meant that roads had to be built, drainage provided, and schools & public buildings erected. The man responsible for much of all this was Charles Jones, Borough Surveyor from 1863–1913. He planted the horse chestnut trees on Ealing Common and designed the Town Hall, both the present one and the older structure which is now a bank (on the Mall). Ealing Broadway became a major shopping centre.

It was also in 1901 that Ealing Urban District was incorporated as a municipal borough, Walpole Park was opened and the first electric trams ran along the Uxbridge Road — a mode of transport due to be reintroduced some 110 years later in the form of the West London Tram scheme. As of 2006, there is great resistance to this and many residents display anti-tram posters up in their windows. Ealing was a local government district from 1894 to 1965 around the town of Ealing. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... London Transport Portal The West London Tram was a proposed on-street light rail line running along the Uxbridge Road corridor in West London, England. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The building of the new shopping centre, which opened in 1984, drastically altered the centre of Ealing.

At midnight, Thursday, August 2, 2001 a 40 kg bomb hidden in a vehicle exploded near Ealing Broadway railway station, damaging numerous shops in the immediate vicinity. Seven people suffered mild injuries. The bomb was placed by "Irish dissidents" thought to be members of the Real IRA. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Ealing Broadway is a National Rail and London Underground station, in Ealing in west London. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Organization stubs | Terrorist organizations in Northern Ireland | Rebellion ...

Etymology

The name Ealing was recorded c.700 as 'Gillingas', meaning 'place of the people associated with Gilla', from the personal name Gilla and the Old English suffix '-ingas', meaning 'people of'. ^[2] Over the centuries, the name has changed, and has been known as Yealing, Zelling and Eling, until Ealing became the standard spelling in the nineteenth century. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

Cultural/race

Ealing has a large Polish community. This developed during World War II when Polish pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain flew from the nearby aerodrome, RAF Northolt, where there is a landmark Polish War Memorial. The Polish community has grown considerably since Poland joined the EU and its migrant workers have been able to come freely. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total... RAF Northolt (IATA: NHT, ICAO: EGWU) is a Royal Air Force station in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in North West Greater London, England. ... The Polish War Memorial is a memorial erected to remember the contribution of soldiers from Poland who helped the Allied cause during World War II. It is situated beside the A40 near RAF Northolt between Ruislip and Northolt, Middlesex, England, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. ...

In Ealing there is a famous Hindu Temple for Amman(Goddess) called Sri Kanaga Thurkai Amman Temple. A Hindu ( , Devanagari: हिन्दु), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the religious, philosophical and cultural system that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ...

Ealing Studios

Main article: Ealing Studios

Ealing is best known for its film studios which are the oldest in the world and known especially for the Ealing comedies including Kind Hearts and Coronets, Passport to Pimlico, The Ladykillers and The Lavender Hill Mob. The studios were taken over by the BBC in 1955 so Ealing locations appeared in television programmes ranging from Doctor Who to Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Most recently, these studios have been used for movies again, including Notting Hill, The Importance of Being Earnest and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 Ealing comedy film. ... A British comedy film Passport To Pimlico (Ealing Studios made in 1948). ... The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ... The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... This article discusses the series itself. ... Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film set in the Notting Hill district of London, England, UK. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis who had previously written Four Weddings and a Funeral. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a film directed by Oliver Parker, based on Oscar Wildes classic comedy of manners of the same name. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ...

Famous people and achievements

• Arthur Haynes (1914-1966) the comedian, lived in Gunnersbury Avenue (at 74). [1]
• Champion athlete Lillian Board MBE (1948–70), a double European gold medallist and an Olympic silver medalist, lived in Ealing from 1956 to 1970. Known as the Golden Girl of British athletics, she died of cancer in 1970. Two streets in the borough of Ealing are named in her honour: Lillian Board Way, in Greenford, and Lillian Avenue (near Acton Town London Underground station).
• The political couple, former European commissioner and leader of the Labour Party, Neil Kinnock and his wife, Glenys Kinnock, who is a member of the European Parliament, have their London home in Ealing.
• Acclaimed British soul singer Dusty Springfield (1939–99) grew up in Ealing as did Konnie Huq of Blue Peter, TV presenter Angellica Bell and footballer Peter Crouch.
• The Who guitarist Pete Townshend grew up in Ealing.
• Frank Richards (1876-1961) who is most remembered for writing Billy Bunter, lived in a house that one stood in what is now part of Ealing Shopping Centre. The site is marked with a blue plaque.[2]
• Henry Fielding (1707-54) the novelist, had from 1752 a country house at Fordhook. He wrote some of Tom Jones there. ^[3]
• Jay Kay of pop band Jamiroquai is also a former resident and acid jazz group Brand New Heavies were formed in Ealing.
• Lady Noel Byron (Lord Byron's widow) has a 'Blue Plaque' dedicated to her, above the main entrance of Thames Valley University in South Ealing Road. She founded Ealing Grove school in 1834, the first of indusrial school of its type.[3][4] Living with her, was her daughter Ada Lovelace who was England's first computer programer and has the programing Language 'ada' named after her.
• Nevil Shute (1899–1960) the novelist, remembered for such books as A Town Like Alice and On the Beach, was a past resident (16 Somerset Rd).^[4]
• Ealing is the cradle of blues-based rock music, notably The Rolling Stones whose roots can be traced back to the Ealing Jazz Club in 1962.
• Matt Monro: English ballad singer of the 1960s. He sold more than 100 million records.
• England cricketer Andrew Strauss currently lives in Ealing.
• Sid James (1913-1976) the actor and comedian, lived in Gunnersbury Avenue (at 35).[5]
• Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister from 1809 until 1812 lived at Elm Grove, a large house at the south-west corner of Ealing Common. Perceval was shot dead in the lobby of the house of commons in May 1812 by John Bellingham. Bellingham was tried, found guilty and hanged just seven days later.
• Alan Blumlein, Electronics engineer, who made contributions to high definition TV, Radar, Sound Reproduction - including stereo sound - and telephony, lived in Ealing between 1933 and 1942. He was killed in 1942 in a 'plane crash testing the H2S radar.
• Thomas Huxley, Biologist, "Darwin's Bulldog", was born in Ealing in 1825.

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Ealing in fiction

• Ealing was the setting for Rentaghost.

• In James Hilton's novel Goodbye, Mr Chips (1934), Katherine, the lovely young wife of the shy schoolmaster protagonist Mr Chipping, is said to have been living with an aunt in Ealing following the death of her parents.

• Ealing and the surrounding area is mentioned in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932). Lenina observes a Delta gymnastic display in the Ealing stadium as she flies overhead in a helicopter with Henry Foster.

• The John Sanders department store (now a branch of Marks & Spencer) was the location for the scenes of the Autons breaking through the shop window and beginning their killing rampage in the 1970 Doctor Who story Spearhead From Space.

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Further reading

History:

• Oates, Jonathan [2006-07-31]. Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Ealing (paperback), Barnsley, South Yorkshire UK: Wharncliffe Books. ISBN 1-84563-012-2. Retrieved on 2006-09-13. 
• Hounsell, Peter [1991]. Ealing and Hanwell Past (Hardback), London UK: Historical Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-948667-13-3. 
• Neaves, Cyrill (1971). A history of Greater Ealing. United Kingdom: S. R. Publishers. ISBN 0-85409-679-5. 

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References

See also

• 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing

On 3rd August 2001 the real IRA detonated a car bomb containing 45kg of explosives in Ealing Broadway, West London, injuring seven people. ...

External links

• Ealing's local community web site
• Blogs from Ealing
• Ealing's Farmer's market
• Ealing Cycling Campaign
• Ealing Friends of the Earth
• Ealing-Web guide to Ealing
• Ealing Consortium provides supported housing and community care services for people with special needs
• Ealing Public Library
• Ealing London Farmers' Market
• Ealing Symphony Orchestra
• Ealing Youth Orchestra
• Pitshanger Manor Museum
• The West Ealing Home Zone
• Ealing-Life.co.uk is an online portal for anyone living or working in the Ealing area.
• Ealing Chess Club
• Ealing Cricket Club
• Ealing Rotaract
• Ealing Council
• Brentham Garden Suburb
• Ealing Broadway's Parish Church
• Save Ealing's Streets
• West Ealing Neighbours
• Ealing Amnesty International — volunteers campaigning for human rights.
• Ealing council tax bands and charges
• Pubs and Bars in Ealing