Next was the "Duke of Wellington", which lay approximately 400 m closer to London on the southern side of the road, roughly opposite the old Hanwell Police Station. Early in the 20th century, The Viaduct received a new faïence façade, which Nikolaus Pevsner succinctly described as "a jolly tiled Edwardian pub". At the back of the pub, some of the original stable building can be seen, dating to about 1730. ![]() Named after the Wharncliffe Viaduct, its original name was the "Coach and Horses". The first inn on crossing the River Brent is "The Viaduct", which is on the north side. ![]() In these inns, travellers could stable their horses, place their carts or goods in safe storage and secure board and lodgings for themselves overnight. This constant movement of people along the road, brought about the establishment of coaching inns along the road as it crossed the River Brent and passed through the parish of Hanwell. The revenue from tolls enabled an all-weather metaled road surface of compacted gravel to be laid down. The Uxbridge Road (then known as the Oxford Road) was turnpiked between Uxbridge and Tyburn in 1714. Short history of the inns and public houses The only other Hanwell in Britain is a small parish in Oxfordshire on the boundary with Warwickshire. So Hanwell would mean well upon the boundary. Han-créd or cock-crow meant the border between night and day, and is neither one nor the other. If so, the name is derived from Han-créd-welle. This gives some support to the suggestion that Han came from the Saxon han for cockerel. Its geography, before the draining of the marshes, formed a natural boundary between the different tribes of the south east of England. The original borders of the parish stretched from the bend of the River Brent at Greenford and followed the river down to the River Thames. This juxtaposition of these two natural features could have given rise to the name Han-well, which dates back to before the Domesday Book. In Anglo-Saxon the word Han denoted a boundary stone. Near to the old Rectory and close to Hanwell spring is a large stone of about a ton in weight. ![]() The origin of the name is uncertain various suggestions have been put forward. The earliest surviving reference is AD 959 when it is recorded as Hanewelle in pledge, when Alfwyn (a Saxon) pawned his land for money to go on a pilgrimage. The name probably means 'spring/stream frequented with cocks'. The town holds its own annual Hanwell Carnival, London's oldest carnival. Its elevation is approximately 49 feet (15 m). There are several green spaces including Brent Valley Park, Elthorne Park and Cuckoo Park meanwhile, the Hanwell Zoo is a popular local attraction featuring small mammals, birds and other wildlife. To its west flows the River Brent, which marks Hanwell's boundary with Southall. From 1894 it was its own urban district of Middlesex until being absorbed into Ealing Urban District in 1926. Later the trams of London United Tramways came on the Uxbridge Road in 1904, running from Chiswick to Southall. The Great Western Railway came in 1838 and Hanwell railway station opened. By the end of the 19th century there were over one thousand houses in Hanwell. Schools were established around this time in Hanwell notably Central London District School which Charlie Chaplin attended. St Mary's Church was established in the tenth century and has been rebuilt three times since, the present church dating to 1842. Hanwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is the westernmost location of the London post town. ![]() It is about 1.5 miles west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. Hanwell ( / ˈ h æ n w ɛ l/) is a town in the London Borough of Ealing.
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