| Hanworth | |
|---|---|
 Tudor House in Castle Way, Hanworth. | |
  Hanworth Location withinGreater London | |
| Area | 6.89 km2 (2.66 sq mi) |
| Population | 23,563 (Hanworth, Hanworth Park wards 2011)[1] |
| • Density | 3,420/km2 (8,900/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ3682 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOUNSLOW |
| Postcode district | TW4 |
| Post town | FELTHAM |
| Postcode district | TW13 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
| 51°25′52″N0°22′52″W / 51.431°N 0.381°W /51.431; -0.381 | |
Hanworth is a district ofWest London, England. Historically inMiddlesex, it has been part of theLondon Borough of Hounslow since 1965. Hanworth adjoinsFeltham to the northwest,Twickenham to the northeast andHampton to the southeast, withSunbury-on-Thames to the southwest.
The name is thought to come from theAnglo-Saxon words "haen/han" and "worth", meaning "small homestead".[2]
DuringEdward the Confessor’s time, Hanworth was a sparsely populatedmanor andparish held by Ulf, a "huscarl" of the King.Huscarls were the bodyguards of Scandinavian Kings and were often the only professional soldiers in the Kingdom. The majority of huscarls in the kingdom were killed atHastings in 1066, andWilliam the Conqueror granted Hanworth to Robert underRoger de Montgomery, the Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury. After his death, his second son held the land until his death in the Mowbray conspiracy of 1098, after which it passed to his eldest son,Robert de Bellesme, who also rebelled against the Crown in 1102 with the result that the lands were confiscated.
Towards the end of the 14th century, the manor was occupied bySir Nicholas Brembre, who wasMayor of London in 1377 and 1378. Sir Nicholas was hanged at Tyburn in 1387, having been accused of treason.
| Assurance of Manor of Hanworth Act 1514 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | Thassurance of the titles of the Kinges Manour of Hanworth. |
| Citation | 6 Hen. 8. c. 23 (Ruffhead: c.5) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 March 1515 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
In 1512, Hanworth came to the Crown, andHenry VIII, who enjoyed hunting onthe heath surrounding the village, gave the manor toAnne Boleyn for life. After her execution, the manor returned to the King who held it until his death in 1547 but passing toKatherine Parr, who lived in the house with her stepdaughterPrincess Elizabeth. When the princess became Queen, she stayed at Hanworth Manor several times, often hunting on the heath.
In June 1544, when her sisterAnne Parr had a baby, Queen Katherine Parr offered her sister the use of her own manor at Hanworth for the childbirth. The Queen frequently dispatched messengers to Hanworth to check on her sister's well-being and arranged for a sizable group from her household to attend the baby's christening. By July, there were still exchanges of messages between the Queen in London and her sister at Hanworth. Shortly thereafter, Anne made the short journey to the Hertfords' new residence, Syon House, to visitAnne Stanhope, Countess of Hertford, and her newborn.[3]
In 1784,General Sir William Roy, the military draughtsman, supervised thePrincipal Triangulation of Great Britain project. That measured a base line from King's Arbour, acrossHounslow Heath passing through Hanworth Park, toHampton Poor House. This measurement, which earned the General theCopley medal of theRoyal Society, was the origin of all subsequent surveys of theUnited Kingdom, and still forms the basis of theOrdnance Survey maps today.[2]
In 1797, the manor house was destroyed by fire, leaving only the stable block, which survives today as flats, and the coach house, which was converted into homes.c. 1799 a new house was built on the same site known as Hanworth House. In 1827 the house and estate ofc. 680 acres (known as Hanworth Great Park), including three farms was sold outright to Henry Perkins.[4] During the 1830s the current building known as Hanworth Park House was built.[5] This building is currently sitting derelict in the middle ofHanworth Park. A local campaign is running to restore the house.[6]
By the end of the 19th century,William Whiteley, ofWhiteleys inBayswater, had bought 200 acres (0.81 km2) of farmland that had previously been Butts and Glebe farms. Renamed Hanworth Farms, these supplied all the produce for the store's food hall having been transported daily by horse and cart. Following Whiteley's murder by his illegitimate son in 1907, his legitimate sons sold the farm to a jam manufacturer who operated there until selling the land for new homes in 1933.[2]
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The Ambassador toCharles I, negotiating the secret treaty of 1631 with Spain, who had good knowledge of the country, was raised to the peerage asBaron Cottington of Hanworth, referring to his Hanworth Park estate, receiving the honour 'at Greenwich in a very solemn manner.' As the Civil War drew near he declared himself an active Royalist, and after hostilities had broken out he joined the king at Oxford. He was excepted by Parliament from 'indemnity and composition', and spent the remainder of his life abroad, dying in Spain in 1652. His estates were assigned in 1649 toJohn Bradshaw who had earlier insisted on Charles's execution and were recovered at theEnglish Restoration by his nephew and heir Charles Cottington who sold it in 1670 toSir Thomas Chamber.
Chamber died in 1692, and was succeeded by his son Thomas. Thomas Chamber left two daughters and co-heiresses, and Hanworth passed, through agreement on marriage of the elder, to Vere Beauclerk, who was createdBaron Vere, of Hanworth in 1750. The manor was inherited by his son and heir, Aubrey, in 1781, who succeeded his cousin asDuke of St. Albans six years later but who sold it shortly after 1802 to James Ramsey Cuthbert. Frederick John Cuthbert was lord of the manor in 1816 from whom it passed toHenry Perkins. After the death of his heir Algernon Perkins it passed to a firm of solicitors, and the main home was acquired in the early part of the next century by Court of Appeal judge turned politicianErnest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth.
Hanworth's main parish church is dedicated toSaint George. There has been a church on the site, in Castle Way, since at least the fourteenth century; the church was first mentioned in 1293. The first known rector wasAdam de Brome, founder ofOriel College, Oxford, in 1309.[7]
In 1935, Hanworth had a jam factory belonging to Whiteley's. It was decided that achapel of ease should be set up. It was founded byBertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich, and the Rector of Saint George's. Bishop Pollock had been born at Woodlawn, a house in Hanworth, near Hampton Road West, and part of it was used as the chapel.[8]
After the Second World War, in 1947, it was originally decided that aNissen hut should be used to house the chapel. However, when the architectNugent Cachemaille-Day was approached, he decided that a proper church should be built, and a site on the opposite side of Hampton Road West was chosen.[8]
The Parish of All Saints was split off from Saint George's in 1950, and the foundation stone of the new church was laid on 14 July 1951 by the Bishop of Guildford,Henry Montgomery Campbell, in the presence ofLord Latham, Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. The church was finally consecrated on 28 September 1957 by Campbell, who by then was Bishop of London.[8]
The church now also offers an "International Service" in Ukrainian.[9]
Hanworth's third church, St. Richard's, was built in 1965 and is located at the end of Forge Lane, near the village boundary with Hampton. It is currently fundraising to completely renovate \ refurbish the church.[10]
Hanworth Aerodrome was a grass airfield, operational from 1917 to 1919 and 1929 to 1947. It was located in Hanworth Park, and included the grounds of Hanworth Park House, an 1802 rebuild of Hanworth Palace, but currently empty and disused. It was used as a clubhouse in the 1930s, and more recently as an old people's home. In the 1930s, named London Air Park, it was best known as a centre for private flying, society events, aircraft manufactured byGeneral Aircraft Limited (GAL) 1934–1949, and the visit by theGraf Zeppelin airship in 1932.[11]Amelia Earhart flew to Hanworth after landing in Ireland at the end of her 1932 crossing of the Atlantic;Walter Sickert recordedMiss Earhart's Arrival in a painting now owned by theTate Gallery.[12] There is a public house nearby named "The Airman" in recognition of its close proximity to the aerodrome, and a large aircraft propeller sculpture marks the site of the General Aircraft factory. Feltham District Council purchased the park in 1956. Feltham Swimming Baths was built on parkland beside the Uxbridge Road in 1965, later refurbished and renamed Feltham Airparcs Leisure Centre.[13][14] That public sports facility was renamed in 2010 as Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre & Library[15]
The construction of an elevatedM3 feeder road (now part of theA316) in the 1970s cut Hanworth in two; in preparation for this, the library was relocated toMount Corner, so-named for being opposite the Hanworth Park House icehouse mound.[16][better source needed] Forge Lane Infants and Junior School was built on the south side of the new road, and the war memorial was relocated.
Hanworth has twoNon-League football clubs,Hanworth Villa F.C. who play at Rectory Meadow and play in the Isthmian league and Feltham FC who play at Feltham Rugby Club and play in the Middlesex County Football League.
Hanworth Air Park is the home ofFeltham Rugby Football Club, founded 1947; and a reincarnation of Feltham Football Club, originally founded 1946.
Hanworth Airpark is also the home of Hanworth Sports FC, since 2002.
Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre & Library (formerly Feltham Airparcs), also in Hanworth Air Park, has a gym and a swimming pool.
Staines Rugby Football ClubThe Reeves play home games and train at a rugby ground in Snakey Lane.
Soil in Hanworth varies between gravel close to the surface and a clay-rich loam, with very narrow belts ofalluvium closest to the streams. The land is relatively flat and drained by two watercourses heading southward and eastward respectively to meet theThames in neighbouring historic parishes, theRiver Crane marking much of the northern border withTwickenham, and the Port Lane stream matching approximately the western boundary. Elevations range from 11m to 16mOD.
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The nearest railway stations serving the area are:Feltham railway station,Hampton andKempton Park. Feltham railway station is on the northern edge of the district, situated on the boundary between Feltham and Hanworth in the Hanworth Park ward.
There are no underground ('tube') stations serving the area, but the nearest ones areHounslow East (to the north) andHatton Cross (to the west); both stations are on the Heathrow branch of thePiccadilly line.
London bus routes serving Hanworth are: the111,285,290,490,H25 andR70.
| Ward | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes/houseboats | Shared between households[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanworth | 175 | 1,347 | 1,370 | 1,748 | 4 | 7 |
| Hanworth Park | 309 | 1,534 | 1,146 | 1,479 | 8 | 9 |
| Ward | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanworth | 12,155 | 4,651 | 18 | 29 | 325 |
| Hanworth Park | 11,408 | 4,485 | 25 | 36 | 364 |
The 2011 ethnic groups of Hanworth were:
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