Pitshanger Village
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Pitshanger Village is a small area of North Ealing in West London, centred around the shops in Pitshanger Lane. It contains North Ealing Primary School and Pitshanger Park, and is sometimes taken to include the Brentham Garden Suburb. It is served by buses E2 and E9 and night bus N7.
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[edit] Naming
There is some debate as to whether the area is more accurately called "Pitshanger", as some assert that the name "Pitshanger Village" is simply dreamt up by estate agents and tradespeople to describe the area attractively.
[edit] See also
- Pitzhanger Manor is not actually in Pitshanger Village, but is near the centre of Ealing.
- Pitshanger is also the name of a typeface designed by Rian Hughes.
[edit] Further reading
- Hounsell, Peter [1991]. Ealing and Hanwell Past (Hardback), London UK: Historical Publications Ltd, pages 65, 75, 76, 131. ISBN 0-948667-13-3.
- Ealing and Brentford: Manors, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 123-28. Date accessed: 11 May 2007.
