| Yeading | |
|---|---|
 Yeading Library | |
  Yeading Location withinGreater London | |
| Population | 13,586 (2011 Census. Ward)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ115825 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAYES |
| Postcode district | UB4 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
| 51°31′49″N0°23′30″W / 51.5303°N 0.3916°W /51.5303; -0.3916 | |
Yeading (/ˈjɛdɪŋ/YED-ing) is a settlement inwest London, forming part of theLondon Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War.
Yeading is very earlySaxon and was originallyGeddingas orGeddinges, meaning "the people of Geddi".[2]
The earliest surviving documented allusion to Yeading dates from 757 AD, in which yearÆthelbald of Mercia made a land grant which mentionedGeddinges (Yeading) andFiscesburne (Crane or Yeading Brook). The first land grant including Yeading was made byOffa in 790 toÆthelhard,Archbishop of Canterbury: "in the place called on linga Haese [Hayes] and Geddinges [Yeading] around the stream called Fiscesburna [Crane or Yeading Brook]."[3]
Anglo-Saxon settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that ofHayes. Such details as the names of many Yeadingmanor holders remain unknown.[3]
Yeading Dock was one of many docks built along theGrand Union Canal in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The main industry inHayes and Yeading at this time wasbrickmaking, and the canal provided a reliable way of transporting larger numbers of bricks. Yeading's brickworkers could be known to keep pigs as a second source of income. Abourgeois writer, one Elizabeth Hunt, wrote in 1861 that in "Yeading dirt, ignorance and darkness reign supreme."[4] In 1874, however, one James Thorne wrote that the inhabitants of Yeading were "always found civil".[5]
Yeading was still not developed in the 1920s. Yeading Lane was often flooded, and access beyond Yeading toNortholt seems to have been byfootpath only before theFirst World War. During the War, a properly constructed road was built linking theGreat Western Railway station atHayes with the L.N.E.R. line atNortholt. Yeading was still mainly arural area.[6]
After theSecond World War, a largeprefab estate was erected in Yeading. By 1956, Yeading's Tilbury Square was still without gas and electricity, and oil stoves and open fires were still used; the public houseThe Willow Tree, reputedly some 400 years old (demolished in 2009[7]), was lit by three cylinders ofcalor gas.[8] The Yeading Lane estate underwent largescale development in the late 1960s and '70s.
Schools in Yeading include:
The largest ethnic group in the Hillingdon ward of Yeading in the2011 Census wasWhite British with 28.3%. This was followed byIndians (20.3%), Other Asians (11.5%) andBlack Africans (8.1%).[10]
56.3% of people living in Yeading were born in England according to the 2011 census. Other popular places of birth includedIndia (10.6%),Sri Lanka (3.2%),Pakistan (2.8%) andSomalia (2.6%).[11]
The most popular religious affiliation in Yeading isChristianity at 37.1%. Other common religious includeIslam (18.3%),Sikhism (14.1%),Hinduism (11.8%), and those of no religion (11.3%).[11]
Yeading has the following bus routes travelling through it: 90, 120, 140, 282, 696, 697, E6, E9, SL8, andN7, N140.
Yeading Library, Yeading Lane, UB4 0EW.
Football teamHayes & Yeading United F.C. was assembled from the formerHayes F.C. andYeading F.C.[12]
Yeading'sparks andgreens provide plenty of opportunity for children to play. There are threeLocal Nature Reserves,Yeading Brook Meadows,Ten Acre Wood andGutteridge Wood and Meadows.
Acommunity radio station, 91.8Hayes FM, serves Yeading.
