| Heston and Isleworth | |
|---|---|
| Local Government District (1875–1894) Urban District (1894–1932) Municipal Borough (1932–1965) | |
 Heston and Isleworth within Middlesex in 1961 | |
| Area | |
| • 1894 | 9,052 acres (36.63 km2) |
| • 1971 | 7,218 acres (29.21 km2) |
| History | |
| • Created | 29 September 1875 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | London Borough of Hounslow |
| Status | Local Government District (1875–1894) Urban district (1894–1932) Municipal borough (1932–1965) |
| Government | |
| • HQ | Treaty Road, Hounslow |
| • Motto | Unitate Fortior (Stronger by union) |
| • Units | Heston Civil Parish Isleworth Civil Parish |
Heston and Isleworth was a local government district ofMiddlesex,England from 1875 to 1965.
Heston andIsleworth were bothancient parishes. The settlement ofHounslow grew up on the boundary between the two parishes, and was made its ownecclesiastical parish in 1835, whilst continuing to straddle Heston and Isleworth forcivil purposes.[1] In 1875 alocal government district was created covering the whole of the two civil parishes, governed by an elected local board. The district was initially divided into threeelectoral wards: Heston, Hounslow and Isleworth.[2] In September 1894 an area of about 114 acres (0.178 sq mi) north of theGrand Junction Canal was transferred from Heston parish toNorwood parish in theSouthall Norwood district.[3]
In December 1894 all such local government districts were converted intourban districts under theLocal Government Act 1894.[4] Until 1905 the council met at the Town Hall on High Street in Hounslow, which had been built by a private company in 1858. A new town hall was completed for the council on Treaty Road, Hounslow in 1905.[5][6]
Until 1927 the urban district contained the two civil parishes of Isleworth and Heston; asurban parishes they did not have parish councils of their own. The two parishes were united into a single parish called Heston and Isleworth in 1927 covering the whole urban district.[7] A referendum of local electors was held later in 1927 on whether to change the urban district's name from Heston and Isleworth to Hounslow. A significant majority of those who voted supported the change of name (6,778 in favour, 3,775 against), but it was vetoed byMiddlesex County Council.[8][9]
Heston and Isleworth was incorporated as amunicipal borough in 1932.[10] There were boundary adjustments with several of the borough's neighbours in 1934. Most were relatively modest, with the most significant being that the borough absorbed nearly half of the abolished parish ofCranford, including the village.[7][11]
The area contained several neighbourhoods, some of which were alsoecclesiastical parishes.[12] The neighbourhoods included:[4]
In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred toGreater London to be combined with theMunicipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick to the east and theFeltham Urban District to the south-west to form theLondon Borough of Hounslow.[13]
The arms of Heston and Isleworth were granted in 1932. They were: Tierced in pairleAzure,Sable andgules in chief two wings conjoinedargent to the dexter across bottonéeor and to the sinister alion rampant guardant per fesse of the last and or the fourth. Themotto was 'UNITATE FORTIOR' (Latin: Stronger by union).[14]The silver wings on blue referred toHeston Aerodrome. The gold cross bottony came from the seal of the Monastery of St. Saviour and St. Brigit of Syon, founded in 1416 atTwickenham by KingHenry V and moved to the site on whichSyon House now stands circa 1431. The gold and silver lion came from the arms of Hounslow Priory, founded in the thirteenth century by the Trinitarian Brothers of Redemption, on the site now occupied by Holy Trinity Church. The motto referred to the union of the two formerly separate parishes of Heston and Isleworth.[14]
Local government districts abolished or transferred by theLondon Government Act 1963 | ||
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| Surrey | ||
| Transfers | Middlesex to Hertfordshire:Potters Bar
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