Harlington, London

Harlington
Bolingbroke and Ossulston's Dawley House, north-west of the station
Harlington  Harlington shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ085775
- Charing Cross	13.5 mi (21.7 km)  E
London borough	Hillingdon
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAYES
Postcode district	UB3
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hayes and Harlington
London Assembly	Ealing and Hillingdon
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Harlington is an area (formerly a village) in the London Borough of Hillingdon, on the northern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport. It is situated 13.5 miles (21.7 km) west of Charing Cross.

Etymology

The place-name Harlington is recorded in Anglo-Saxon as Hygereding tun: "Hygerǣd's people's farmstead".

History

The earliest surviving mention of Harlington appears to be in a 9th-century charter in which land at Botwell in Hayes was said to be bounded on the west by "Hygeredington" and "Lullinges" tree. The first of these must be Harlington; the second has not been identified. The boundary between Hayes and Harlington, which may thus have been defined by the date of this charter, was later marked by North Hyde Road and Dawley Road, but Dawley Road may not have followed the boundary before the 18th century.^[1]

From 1930 to 1965 Harlington formed part of Hayes and Harlington Urban District. The urban district council's cemetery in Cherry Lane was opened in 1936. Harlington was in Middlesex, until the county was abolished in 1965.

See the entry for Hayes for more detailed local history.

Transport and locale

Buses

London Buses serving Harlington are:

Library

Harlington Library is situated on Pinkwell Lane, UB3 1PB.

_{Harlington's war memorial, 1914-18 side.}

Churches

South portal and tympanum of the church of Saints Peter & Paul, Harlington.

• St Peter & St Paul C of E Church, Saint Peter's Way, UB3 5AB.
• Harlington Baptists, High Street, UB3 5DG.

Public houses

• Captain Morgan's, 9 Clayton Road, UB3 1AX.
• The Great Western, Dawley Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1NF
• The Pheasant, 98 West End Lane, UB3 5LX.
• The Red Lion, 287 High Street, UB3 5DG.
• The Wheatsheaf, 286 High Street, UB3 5DU.
• The White Hart, 158 High Street, UB3 5DP.

Local business

• Hellenic Imperial Airways has its United Kingdom offices in Axis House in Harlington.^[2]
• Harlington Locomotive Society is situated on the High Street of the village; the Society operates a trestle railway around the site of an old orchard.
• Harlington residents are served by an Ofcom-licensed community radio station, 91.8 Hayes FM.

Notable buildings

Nearest places

• Hayes
• Harmondsworth
• Sipson
• Yiewsley

Notable people

Lady De Tabley is buried alongside her eldest daughter in the SS Peter & Paul graveyard.

• English statesman Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685), part of Charles II's Cabal, was born in (and took his title from) Harlington

• Composer William Byrd (1539/40-1623) lived as a Catholic recusant in Harlington, 1578-88

• Sports impresario Simon Clegg was born in Harlington

• Former professional footballer and football manager Paul Goddard was born in Harlington

• Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771-1836), Anglo-Irish visionary, lived (and is buried) in Harlington

• 17th-century churchman John Pritchett (d. 1681) lived in Harlington during the Commonwealth period

• Ovine scientist Eric Underwood (1905-1980) was born in Harlington

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harlington.

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