Perivale

Monday, 07 January 2013

a cycle ride from house to perivale park west London

Nothing ever happens in Perivale - Classic Doctor Who - BBC

BRITISH MADE PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK (FRONT)

BENTIMA PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK

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Alperton
Coordinates: 51°32′26″N 0°17′58″W / 51.5405°N 0.2994°W / 51.5405; -0.2994
Alperton is a district in the London Borough of Brent in northwest London.
There is a high incidence of Indians living in Alperton (about 75% of the population). There is also a small Sri Lankan community in Alperton (about 15%), and 10% stated as others.
Ealing Road is the main road of Alperton, occupied by many Indian restaurants as well as general goods and Indian clothing stores. Exotic fruits and vegetables can be purchased from traditional outlets, despite not being carried by major supermarkets year-round.
One particular event which takes place on Ealing Road is the Divali parade, a festival for people who follow the Hinduism and Sikhism faiths.
The name probably derives from "the farm of Eahlboert". It was first recorded in 1199 as "Alprinton".
Alperton grew on the banks of the River Brent. There was a wooden bridge here in the fifteenth century. The lords of the manor of Harrow and Ealing were responsible for its upkeep. A concrete and brick bridge replaced it in 1874.

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Brentford
Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 0°18′36″W / 51.4861°N 0.3101°W / 51.4861; -0.3101
Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.
The name is recorded as Breguntford in 705 in an Anglo-Saxon charter and means 'ford over the River Brent'. The name of the river is Celtic and means 'holy one' and the '-ford' suffix is Old English. The ford was most likely located where the main road crossed the river. New Brentford is recorded as Newe Braynford in 1521 and was previously known as Westbraynford. Old Brentford is recorded as Old Braynford in 1476 and was previously known as Estbraynford.
The settlement pre-dates the Roman occupation of Britain, and thus pre-dates the founding of London itself. Many pre-Roman artifacts have been excavated in and around the area in Brentford known as 'Old England'. Bronze Age pottery and burnt flints have been found in separate sites in Brentford. The quality and quantity of the artefacts suggests that Brentford was a meeting point for pre-Romanic tribes. One well known Iron Age piece from about 100 BC - AD 50 is the Brentford horn-cap - a ceremonial chariot fitting that formed part of local antiquarian Thomas Layton's collection, now held by the Museum of London. The Celtic knot pattern (the 'Brentford Knot') on this item has been copied for use on modern jewellery.

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Charing Cross
Coordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°07′39″W / 51.5073°N 0.12755°W / 51.5073; -0.12755
Charing Cross denotes the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in central London, England. It is named after the now demolished Eleanor cross that stood there, in what was once the hamlet of Charing. The site of the cross is now occupied by an equestrian statue of King Charles I. Since the second half of the 18th century Charing Cross has been seen as the centre of London. It is the primary of the central datum points for measuring distances from London along with the London Stone, Hicks Hall and the doors of St Mary-le-Bow church.
"Erect a rich and stately carved cross, Whereon her statue shall with glory shine; And henceforth see you call it Charing Cross." George Peele The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First (1593)
The name of the hamlet of Charing is derived from the old English word "cierring", referring to the nearby bend in the River Thames.
The addition of the name "Cross" to the area's name originates from the Eleanor cross erected in 1291–94 by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile, and placed between the former hamlet of Charing and the entrance to the Royal Mews of the Palace of Whitehall (today the top of Whitehall on the south side of Trafalgar Square).

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Dormers Wells
Dormers Wells or Dormer's Wells is a small suburban community in west London, and part of the London Borough of Ealing and the Southall post town area. The area has a large secondary school, Dormers Wells High School. There is also a local primary school, playcentre, nursery and community centre. There are also a few small village-style communities like Mount Pleasant, Telford and Allenby. There is also an old people's home in Dormers Wells.
Coordinates: 51°30′58″N 0°21′50″W / 51.516°N 0.364°W / 51.516; -0.364

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Ealing
Coordinates: 51°30′40″N 0°18′21″W / 51.5111°N 0.3058°W / 51.5111; -0.3058
Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located 7.9 miles (12.7 km) west of Charing Cross and around 12 miles (19.3 km) from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village in the county of Middlesex and formed an ancient parish. Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1901 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. It now forms a significant commercial and retail centre with a developed night time economy.
The Saxon name for Ealing was recorded c.700 as 'Gillingas', meaning 'place of the people associated with Gilla', from the personal name Gilla and the Old English suffix '-ingas', meaning 'people of'. Over the centuries, the name has changed, and has been known as 'Illing', 1130; 'Gilling', 1243; and 'Ylling', 1254, until 'Ealing' became the standard spelling in the 19th century.

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Ealing Common
Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres) in Ealing, west London, bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (A406) to the east and the Uxbridge Road to the north. A smaller area of the common extends to the east of Gunnersbury Ave, including Leopold Road. The western boundary includes The Common and Warwick Dene, with Elm Avenue to the south.
It is common land as designated by the 1866 Metropolitan Commons Act. There is a funfair starting from the 27 of April ending on the 12th of May. It starts at 11AM and ends at 11PM
Ealing Common preserves a large area of open space with fine avenues of horse chestnut trees, most of which were planted in the late Victorian period, following the purchase of the common land by the Ealing Local Board. The northern part of the common has a large English oak tree at its centre, and London plane trees are also found with the horse chestnuts around the perimeter of the common. Charles Jones was the borough surveyor responsible for the layout.
In the south-west corner of Ealing Common there is a small enclosed park, called Warwick Dene, with rose beds at its centre.

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East Acton
Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 0°15′46″W / 51.510519°N 0.262657°W / 51.510519; -0.262657
East Acton is a place in west London, England. It is partly in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and partly in the London Borough of Ealing. It is served by East Acton tube station, on the Central Line in Travelcard Zone 2.
Anciently, East Acton and Acton developed as separate settlements and the nearby districts of North Acton, West Acton and South Acton were developed in the late 19th century.

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England
England ⁱ/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.

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Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Government that serves England and Wales.
The Environment Agency's stated purpose is, "to protect or enhance the environment, taken as a whole" so as to promote "the objective of achieving sustainable development" (taken from the Environment Act 1995, section 4). Protection of the environment relates to threats such as flood and pollution. The vision of the Agency is of "a rich, healthy and diverse environment for present and future generations".
The Environment Agency's remit covers the whole of England and Wales; about 15 million hectares of land, 22,000 miles (35,000 km) of river and 3,100 miles (5,000 km) of coastline seawards to the three mile limit which includes 2 million hectares of coastal waters. In a sharing arrangement with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), it also exercises some of its functions over parts of the catchments of the River Tweed and the Border Esk which are, for the most part, in Scotland

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Glasgow
Coordinates: 55°51′29″N 4°15′32″W / 55.858°N 4.259°W / 55.858; -4.259
Glasgow (ⁱ/ˈɡlɑːzɡəʊ/, locally /ˈɡlazɡo/, GLAZ-goh; Scots: Glesga listen (help·info); Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu ([ˈkɫ̪as̪əxu] listen (help·info))) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become one of the largest seaports in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric of Glasgow and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century the city also grew as one of Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with British North America and the British West Indies. With the Industrial Revolution, the city and surrounding region shifted to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of heavy engineering, most notably in shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period. Today it is one of Europe's top ten financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses. Glasgow is also ranked as the 57th most liveable city in the world.

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Greater London
Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London and the 32 London boroughs. This territory has the same boundaries as the London Government Office Region and the London European Parliament constituency. The region has by far the highest GVA per capita in the United Kingdom. It covers 1,572 km² (607 sq mi) and had a 2009 mid-year estimated population of 7,753,600. The term Greater London was in use before 1965 to refer to a variously defined area, larger than the County of London and often similar to the Metropolitan Police District.
In addition to its administrative and statistical functions, Greater London (excluding the City of London) is one of the 48 ceremonial counties of England, and is under the Greater London Lieutenancy.
Instead of forming a single political unit, London is divided into the small, interior City of London and the much wider Greater London. This arrangement has come about because as the area of London grew and absorbed neighbouring settlements, a series of administrative reforms did not fully amalgamate the City of London with the metropolitan area, and its unique political structure was retained. Outside the limited boundaries of the old city, a variety of arrangements governed the wider area since 1855, culminating with the creation of the Greater London administrative area in 1965.

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Greenford
Coordinates: 51°31′48″N 0°21′46″W / 51.5299°N 0.3628°W / 51.5299; -0.3628
Greenford is a large suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, UK. It was historically an ancient parish in the former county of Middlesex. The most prominent landmarks in the suburb are the A40, a major dual-carriageway; Horsenden Hill, 85 metres (279 ft) above sea level; the small Parish Church of Holy Cross (14th century); and Betham House, built by Edward Betham (c. 1780). The Greenford post town covers a very large area.
The name is first recorded in 848 as Grenan forda. It is formed from the Old English 'grēne' and 'ford' and means 'place at the green ford'. Greenford was known as Great Greenford in order to distinguish it from Little Greenford, which is now known as Perivale. The affixes 'Magna' and 'Parva' have also been used to denote the difference.
Greenford is considered to be birthplace of the modern organic chemical industry, as it was at William Perkin's chemical factory in North Greenford, by the Grand Union Canal, that the world's first aniline dye was discovered in March 1856. Perkin called his amazing discovery 'mauveine'. Today there is a blue plaque marking the spot in Oldfield Lane North, just south of the Black Horse Public House. Greenford is home to the Hovis factory. The former Rockware glassworks on the canal is commemorated by Rockware Avenue. Greenford formed part of Greenford Urban District from 1894 to 1926 and was then absorbed by the Municipal Borough of Ealing.

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Greenford station
Greenford station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford, Greater London, and is owned and managed by LUL. It is the terminus of the National Rail Greenford Branch Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The original Greenford station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 October 1904 on the joint New North Main Line.
The present station, adjacent to the original, was built in the Central line extension of the 1935-40 New Works Programme of the London Passenger Transport Board. It opened on 30 June 1947 after delay due to the Second World War. Service at the original ("main-line") station was gradually reduced and it was closed in 1963.
Greenford station is above ground level with an island platform for the Central line, where it is between Perivale and Northolt stations. A bay platform facing south-east between the Underground platforms serves the Greenford branch service operated by First Great Western, the next station on the branch is South Greenford and the line joins the Great Western Main Line at West Ealing.

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Hanwell
Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°20′15″W / 51.5089°N 0.3376°W / 51.5089; -0.3376
Hanwell is a town situated in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, between Ealing and Southall. The motto of Hanwell Urban District Council was Nec Aspera Terrent (“Difficulties be Damned”)
The earliest surviving reference is AD 959 when it is recorded as Hanewelle in pledge, when Alfwyn (a Saxon) pawned his land for money to go on a pilgrimage. The origin of the name is uncertain; various suggestions have been put forward.
Near to the old Rectory and close to Hanwell spring is a large stone of about a ton in weight. In Anglo-Saxon the word Han denoted a boundary stone. This juxtaposition of these two natural features could have given rise to the name Han-well which dates back to before the Domesday Book.
The original borders of the parish stretched from the bend of the River Brent at Greenford and followed the river down to the River Thames. Its geography, before the draining of the marshes, formed a natural boundary between the different tribes of the south east of England. This gives some support to the suggestion that Han came from the Saxon han for cockerel. If so, the name is derived from Han-créd-welle. Han-créd or cock-crow meant the border between night and day, and is neither one nor the other. So Hanwell would mean well upon the boundary. For more see: River Brent: Hydronymy.

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Hendon
Coordinates: 51°35′01″N 0°13′31″W / 51.5837°N 0.2252°W / 51.5837; -0.2252
Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Charing Cross.
Hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of Middlesex. The manor is described in Domesday (1087), but the name, 'Hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier. There is even evidence of Roman settlement discovered by the Hendon and District Archaeological Society and others; an urn burial of a headless child was found in nearby Sunny Hill Park. The Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railways were built through Hendon in the 1860s. There is evidence of problems of wild horses feeding between the tracks. The underground, at Golders Green arrived in 1907. Much of the area developed into a suburb of London and now the area is mostly built up with some countryside in the Mill Hill area, such as the Copthall Playing fields. Hendon big industry was mostly centred on manufacturing, and included motor and aviation works, and developed from the 1880s. In 1931 the civil parish of Edgware was abolished and its area was added to the great civil parish of Hendon.

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Hoover Building
The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue (A40) in Perivale, West London is an example of Art Deco architecture, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. It is celebrated in the song "Hoover Factory" by Elvis Costello.
Built for The Hoover Company, the building originally housed Hoover's main UK manufacturing facility making vacuum cleaners, and employed up to 600 staff in the its offices and works. The original building (No. 1) was built in 1932 and contained the main offices; before it was completed plans were being put in place to add manufacturing facilities. As staff moved into their new offices foundations were being laid for a factory block to the east of the original building; this new block came to be known as Building No.3 and was complete and fully operational by February 1933. In January 1934 plans were drawn up for an additional two storey extension on top of the factory building and by May 1934 construction was well under way. Demand for Hoover vacuum cleaners continued to grow and in 1935 Wallis, Gilbert and Partners designed a new factory (Building No. 5) behind the original building. In 1938 a separate canteen and recreation centre (Building No. 7) was completed to the west of the original office.

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Horsenden Hill
Horsenden Hill (grid reference TQ 161 843) is a hill and open space, located in the Perivale, Sudbury, and Greenford areas of London, UK. It is in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the boundary with the London Borough of Brent. It is one of the higher eminences in the local area, rising to 85m / 276 ft above sea level, and is near the site of an ancient hillfort. It is the site of a trig point, TP4024.
In the Second World War the hill was the site of an anti-aircraft battery, which was used to protect the local factories from air attack. There are currently two reservoirs built into the hill on the south side. To the south and east the hill is bound by the Grand Union Canal (Paddington branch), which runs roughly along the 100 ft (30 m) contour line.
To the south west lies Perivale Wood Bird Reserve, run and maintained by the Selbourne Society. A scenic spot on the Capital Ring in the summer months, Horsenden Hill offers fine views across west London and beyond; places visible include Harrow on the Hill, the new Wembley Stadium, Northala Fields, planes coming in to land at Heathrow Airport, and on a clear day, the Home Counties of Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

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London
London ⁱ/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

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London Fire Brigade
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London.
Founded in 1865, it is the largest of the fire services in the United Kingdom and the fourth-largest in the world (after the Tokyo Fire Department, New York City Fire Department and Paris Fire Brigade) with nearly 7,000 staff, including 5,800 operational firefighters based in 112 fire stations.
Ron Dobson is the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning, which includes the position of Chief Fire Officer. Dobson replaced Sir Ken Knight in 2007; Knight had been Commissioner since 2003. Statutory responsibility for the running of the LFB lies with the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
In 2008/09 the LFB received 229,308 999 calls, of which it mobilised to 138,385. These included 29,215 fires, of which 13,841 were of a serious nature, making it one of the busiest fire services in the world. In the same period, it received 6,022 hoax calls, the highest number of any UK fire service, but only mobilised to 2,653 of them.

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Middlesex
Middlesex ( /ˈmɪdəlsɛks/; abbreviated Middx) is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time. The county was significantly affected by the expansion of the metropolitan area of London in both the 18th and 19th centuries, such that from 1855 the south-east was administered as part of the metropolis. When county councils were initially introduced in England in 1889 about 20% of the area of Middlesex, along with a third of its population, was transferred to the County of London, and the remainder formed a smaller county, in the north-west, under the control of Middlesex County Council.
In the interwar years urban London had further expanded, with increasing suburbanisation, improvement and expansion of public transport, and the setting up of new industries outside the inner London area. After the Second World War, the population of the County of London and inner Middlesex was in steady decline, with new population growth only experienced in the outer suburbs. After a Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, almost all of the original area was incorporated into an enlarged Greater London in 1965, with small parts transferred to neighbouring Hertfordshire and Surrey. Despite the disappearance of the county council, Middlesex is still used as an area name and was retained as a postal county; which is now an optional component of postal addresses.

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North Acton
Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 0°15′46″W / 51.510523°N 0.262668°W / 51.510523; -0.262668
North Acton is a place in West London, UK. It is part of Acton and on the edge of the industrial district of Park Royal. It is located in the London Borough of Ealing.
The commercial district of Park Royal overspills into North Acton, and several facilities are located on the edge of North Acton Playing Fields, including the Black Island Film Studios, which are the largest television and film studios in central London. In recent years there has been new commercial and high-rise residential redevelopment to the south of North Acton tube station.
North Acton is served by the Parish Church of St Gabriel, North Acton, located on Noel Road, beside North Acton Playing Fields, part of the Church of England. St Gabriel's is one of the forty new churches 'planted' in the early 1930s by Bishop Winnington-Ingram, the Bishop of London, to serve London's expanding suburbs. It celebrated its eightieth anniversary in July 2011. The very large church was designed and built by architect Ernest Charles Shearman, and houses an original painting ("The Annunciation") by artist John Pelling. Other points of interest include a high altar frontal used at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and a stone font originally located in Westminster Abbey, and still bearing carved stone symbols of the Abbey Church.

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Northala Fields
Coordinates: 51°32′24.32″N 0°22′25.65″W / 51.5400889°N 0.3737917°W / 51.5400889; -0.3737917
Northala Fields is an award-winning country-style park located in Northolt, Greater London. It was opened in 2007 and consists of four artificial hills standing next to the A40 Western Avenue, as well as several fishing lakes and a large field area. The hills were constructed using rubble from the demolition of the original Wembley Stadium, which was closed in 2000 and demolished in 2003. The park was created as part of the Northolt and Greenford Country Park project, and backs onto the older Rectory Park.
The name "Northala" is how the old manor of Northall (Northolt) was recorded in the Domesday book in 1086.
It is situated on what was the Royal Borough of Kensington Playing Fields after being leased to them in 1938. The section of the Ealing Road that formed the eastern perimeter was then renamed Kensington Road.
a. ^{^} Chelsea was then a separate metropolitan borough; whilst the name of the lessee changed in 1965 when the two boroughs amalgamated, the name of the playing fields did not.

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Northolt
Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°21′43″W / 51.547°N 0.362°W / 51.547; -0.362
Northolt is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, England. The town has London Underground and Network Rail stations and is on the A40 road. It is served by a number of London Bus routes.
The settlement of Northolt is located in the ancient county of Middlesex and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being held by Geoffrey de Mandeville,and archaeological evidence suggests that there was a Saxon village at the location from the 8th century onwards. The medieval village had its origins in the Saxon period and is recorded in the Domesday Book. Up to late Victorian times, the area was rural with predominantly arable crops being grown. A 14th century moated manor existed behind the present Court Farm Road and was excavated from 1950 onwards. A barn constructed in the area in 1595 can now be seen in the Chiltern Open Air Museum. In the early part of the 18th century farmland was enclosed in order to provide hay for the City of London, alongside more traditional crops such as peas and beans.

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Norwood Green
Coordinates: 51°29′38″N 0°21′51″W / 51.4939°N 0.3641°W / 51.4939; -0.3641
Norwood Green is a place in the London Borough of Ealing in London, England. It is a suburban development situated 10.7 miles (17.2 km) west of Charing Cross and 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Heathrow Airport. It lends its name to a much larger electoral ward within Ealing, which has a population of 12,500.
Norwood Green is the modern name for the old hamlet called Norwood in the manor of Norwood, this name in turn derives from the Saxon settlement name of Northuuda.
The manor of Norwood was in the parish of Hounslow until 1859 when the church of St Mary became the parish church for a new parish that also took the name Norwood. This new parish encompassed also the hamlets of Southall and Northcotte.
In 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, Norwood Green formed part of the Southall Norwood Urban District of Middlesex. The urban district gained further status as a municipal borough in 1936 and was renamed Southall. When the municipal borough was abolished in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the area became part of the London Borough of Ealing.

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Park Royal
Coordinates: 51°31′45″N 0°16′17″W / 51.529088°N 0.271267°W / 51.529088; -0.271267
Park Royal is an area in northwest London, UK. It is the largest industrial and business park in London, occupying about 500 hectares (1,200 acres), and is promoted commercially by the Park Royal Partnership (PRP). Park Royal covers part of London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Ealing and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Park Royal contains over 1,200 businesses, employing an estimated 35,000 workers. Approximately 500 food companies operate at Park Royal, employing more than 15,000 people. One third of all the food consumed in London is produced in Park Royal businesses.
The Central Middlesex Hospital along with an Asda supermarket are both located at Park Royal Central.
On the northern side is the Network Rail depot at Stonebridge Park, which also has London Underground Bakerloo Line tracks running through it (and Harlesden station nearby). On the eastern side, Park Royal is bound by Acton Lane and Park Royal Road (B4492). The Central Middlesex Hospital is located here.

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Perivale
Coordinates: 51°32′18″N 0°19′09″W / 51.5383°N 0.3192°W / 51.5383; -0.3192
Perivale is a small suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, 10 miles (16 km) west of Charing Cross, central London. Landmarks in the suburb include the A40, a large road that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, and the large Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Church (C:15th century), the River Brent and Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve run by the Selborne Society.
Until the 18th century Perivale was called Little Greenford or Greenford Parva, to distinguish it from Great Greenford.
Perivale was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. It formed part of Greenford Urban District from 1894 to 1926, and was then absorbed by the Municipal Borough of Ealing. Before the 1930s residential building expansion, the fields of Perivale were used to grow hay for the working horses of Victorian London, a scene described in the ending of John Betjeman's poem 'Return to Ealing':
"...And a gentle gale from Perivale/blows up the hayfield scent."

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Pitshanger
Pitshanger Village is a small but busy local centre, centred around the shops in Pitshanger Lane, located about 1 mile north of Ealing Broadway in West London. It contains numerous small shops, several cafes, two pubs, two churches, a school, and a park (Pitshanger Park), and is often taken to also include parts of the nearby Brentham Garden Suburb. It is served by buses E2 and E9 and night bus N7.
Today, Pitshanger Lane is one of the busiest roads in Ealing, and provides a wide range of shops. The Pitshanger Village Library has recently been improved and is now very popular in the area, and the Lane is also furnished with touch-screen computers, which are free to use. A Methodist Church and Anglican Church are both located at the end of the Lane. St.Barnabas' (Church of England), besides the usual services, is the venue for a series of classical music concerts given by local musicians and others. These include regular recitals every Friday lunchtime which attract a sizeable audience. Attendance is free with a retiring collection. Highlights in 2009 included all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas played by 32 different soloists in the space of a single weekend. Away from Pitshanger Lane, the Pitshanger area features Pitshanger Park, a popular park in Ealing. Featuring two children's playground areas, football goalposts, a bowling green and several tennis courts, Pitshanger Park caters for both children and adults.

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Pitzhanger Manor
Pitzhanger Manor House, in Ealing (west London), was owned from 1800 to 1810 by the architect John Soane, who radically rebuilt it. Soane intended it as a country villa for entertaining and eventually for passing to his elder son. He demolished most of the existing building except the two-storey south wing built in 1768 by George Dance, who had been his first employer. In the late twentieth century, an extensive restoration returned much of the building back to Soane's design. It is now a showcase of Soane's design and also hosts exhibitions and events for visitors.
The building is in Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5EQ.
A large house has stood on the site at least since the late seventeenth century, at which time the smaller Pitzhanger Manor (variously spelled) stood a mile or so to its north.
Between 1664 and 1674 a Richard Slaney paid Hearth Tax on a building on the site of the present-day Pitzhanger Manor for 16 hearths. This provides a rough indication of the (considerable) size of the property as it then was.

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River Brent
The Brent is a river within Greater London which is a tributary of the River Thames. It is 17.9 miles (29 km) long, running north-east to south-west, and it joins the Thames on the Tideway at Brentford, Hounslow.
A letter from the Bishop of London in AD 705 suggesting a meeting at Breguntford now Brentford, is the earliest record of this place and probably therefore that of the river, suggesting that the name may be related to the Celtic *brigant- meaning "high" or "elevated" perhaps linked to the goddess Brigantia
The River Thames can first be identified as a discrete drainage line as early as 58 million years ago, in the Thanetian stage of the late Palaeocene epoch. Until around half a million years ago, the Thames flowed on its existing course through what is now Oxfordshire, before turning to the north east through Hertfordshire and East Anglia and reaching the North Sea near Ipswich. At this time the river system headwaters lay in the English West Midlands and may, at times, have received drainage from the North Wales Berwyn Mountains. The river Brent and its valley's formation was the result of glacial action during the ice age which had started some 500,000 years ago. Back then, the major drainage channel for this part of England (or early proto-Thames) was several miles to the north and travelled east, past present day Ipswich in East Anglia. The River Brent and other streams and rivers like Colne Brook and Bollo Brook either flowed in to the then river Thames or went out to sea on the path of the present day river Thames.

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Southall
Coordinates: 51°30′44″N 0°22′40″W / 51.5121°N 0.3779°W / 51.5121; -0.3779
Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated 10.7 miles (17.2 km) west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Yeading, Hayes, Hanwell, Heston, Hounslow, Greenford and Northolt. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Southall is located on the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) which first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system. It was one of the last canals to carry significant commercial traffic (through the 1950s) and is still open to traffic and is used by pleasure craft.
The town has one of the largest concentrations of South Asian people outside of the Indian sub-continent.
The name Southall derives from the Anglo-Saxon dative æt súð healum, "At the south corner (of the land or wood)" and súð heal, "South corner" and separates it from Northolt which was originally norþ heal, "North corner" which through a later association with Anglo-Saxon holt, "Wood, copse" developed into Northolt.^{[citation needed]}

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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.

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Walpole Park
Walpole Park is a municipal urban public open space run by Ealing Borough Council, and its main entrance is situated in Mattock Lane, Ealing, West London.
In 1987-10-01 it was registered by English Heritage on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is some 28 acres (110,000 m²) in size. Within its boundaries are the Pitzhanger Manor museum & art gallery and Perceval Lodge. These buildings and part of the boundary wall are also statutory protected structures of Grade I and Grade II respectively.
There is also a late Victorian ornamental lake bordering the House's rear lawn and further west a pond which has a pair of fountains, both of which attract water fowl.
The land for the park and Pitizhanger Manor itself, was acquired by the council in 1899 from Sir Spencer Walpole, which in turn had been bought by his father the Rt. Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole. The sum paid was £40,000. It was opened to the public for the first time on 1 May 1901.
The original house which stood here, and its grounds which make up the present park, was once the property of John Soane the architect, who bought it in 1800. After several more changes of ownership it was purchased by the Urban District Council of Ealing in 1900. The Borough surveyor Charles Jones who negotiated the terms of the sale with his close friend Sir Walpole also went on to set out the design of tree lined avenues, paths and flower beds. The outer path is nearly a mile in circumference. The sides of the pond nearest Pitzhanger Manor was planted with plants and shrubs.

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Wembley
Coordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°18′15″W / 51.5560°N 0.3042°W / 51.5560; -0.3042
Wembley is an area of northwest London, England, and part of the London Borough of Brent. It is home to the famous Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena. Anciently part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill in the county of Middlesex, Wembley formed a separate civil parish from 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1937.
Wembley is derived from the Old English proper name "Wemba" and the Old English "Lea" for meadow or clearing. The name was first mentioned in the charter of 825 of King Beornwulf.
The village of Wemba Lea grew up on the hill by the clearing with the Harrow Road south of it. Much of the surrounding area remained wooded. In 1547 there were but six houses in Wembley. Though small, it was one of the wealthiest parts of Harrow. At the dissolution of the monasteries, the manor of Wembley fell to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlayne in 1543, who sold it to Richard Page Esq. of Harrow on the Hill the same year.

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West Acton
Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 0°15′46″W / 51.510519°N 0.262668°W / 51.510519; -0.262668
West Acton is a place in West London, UK. It is part of Acton. It is located in the London Borough of Ealing.
Acton has seven railway stations, namely North, East, South, West, Central, Mainline and Town. Four of these are on the London Underground and three on national rail. Acton is the only town in London to have all four of the points of the compass as Stations.

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West Ealing
Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°20′24″W / 51.50898°N 0.33998°W / 51.50898; -0.33998
West Ealing is a place in the London Borough of Ealing in west London.
West Ealing in its present form is less than 100 years old.
In 1234 there was a hamlet called West Ealing. This name though appears to have been replaced by the name Ealing Dean at some time. West Ealing station, for example, began life in 1871 being called something else - Castle Hill & Ealing Dean Station. The Ealing Dean name is possibly derived from 'valley' or 'denu' and the earliest reference to it goes back to 1456. It appears on a Parish map of Ealing dated 1777. Most of what is now West Ealing at this time was open countryside and fields. Houses in the area were only to be found at Ealing Dean, Drayton Green and Castle Bear Hill (now called Castlebar Hill).
In 1387, Drayton Green was called Drayton and later Drayton in Ealing. The late 19th century saw Drayton develop as a hamlet with eight householders. The area around Drayton Green Lane was later called Steven's Town with more than 40 cottages.

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Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Wharncliffe Viaduct is a brick-built viaduct that carries the Great Western Main Line railway across the Brent Valley, between Hanwell and Southall, Ealing, UK, at an elevation of 65 feet (20 m). The viaduct, built in 1836-7, was constructed for the opening of the Great Western Railway (GWR). It is situated between Southall and Hanwell stations, the latter station being only a very short distance away to the east.
The viaduct was the first major structural design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the first building contract to be let on the GWR project, and the first major engineering work to be completed. It was also the first railway viaduct to be built with hollow piers, a feature much appreciated by a colony of bats who have since taken up residence within.
Constructed of engineering brick, this 900-foot-long (270 m) Georgian viaduct has eight semi-elliptical arches, each spanning 70 feet (21 m) and rising 17.5 feet (5.3 m). It is 55 feet (17 m) wide. The supporting piers are hollow and tapered, rising to projecting stone cornices that held up the arch centring during construction.

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Willesden
Coordinates: 51°32′48″N 0°13′46″W / 51.5468°N 0.2295°W / 51.5468; -0.2295
Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) north west of Charing Cross. The area has strong links to Ireland and has a sizable Irish population, as well as a large Afro-Caribbean community.
The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Willesdune, meaning The Hill of the Spring, and a settlement bearing this name dates back to 939 AD. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Wellesdone. However, on 19th century maps of the town such as those from the 'Ordnance Survey First Series', the town is shown as Wilsdon. . The town's motto is Laborare est orare ("to labour is to pray").^{[citation needed]}
From the 14th to 16th centuries, the town was a place of pilgrimage due to the presence of two ancient statues of the Virgin Mary at the Church of St Mary. One of these statues is thought to be a Black Madonna, which was insulted by the Lollards, taken to Thomas Cromwell's house and burnt in 1538 on a large bonfire of "notable images" including those of Walsingham, Worcester and Ipswich. There was also a "holy well" which was thought to possess miraculous qualities, particularly for blindness and other eye disorders.

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Yeading
Coordinates: 51°31′49″N 0°23′30″W / 51.5303°N 0.3916°W / 51.5303; -0.3916
Yeading (/ˈjɛdɪŋ/ YED-ing) is an area of West London, and part of Hayes. It is located on the boundary of the London Borough of Ealing and the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning "the people of Geddi".
The earliest surviving documented allusion to Yeading dates from 757 AD, in which year Æthelbald of Mercia made a land grant which mentioned Geddinges (Yeading) and Fiscesburne (Crane or Yeading Brook). The first land grant including Yeading was made by Offa in 790 to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury: "in the place called on linga Haese [Hayes] and Geddinges [Yeading] around the stream called Fiscesburna [Crane or Yeading Brook]."
Anglo-Saxon settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of Hayes. Such details as the names of many Yeading manor holders remain unknown.

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Alan Devonshire
Alan Devonshire (born 13 April 1956 in Park Royal, London) is a retired English footballer and manager of Conference National club Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United (1976–1990). He won eight caps for England between 1980 and 1983. He finished his career at Watford.
He signed for West Ham United in 1976 for a fee of £5,000, from non-league Southall.
Devonshire's made his debut for West Ham on 27 October 1976 in a League Cup tie against Queens Park Rangers, in which West Ham lost 2-0. He made his League debut three days later on 30 October 1976 against West Bromwich Albion, where he played in a 3–0 defeat. He scored 29 goals in 345 full (and 13 substitute) appearances.
He collected an FA Cup winner's medal in 1980, when the Hammers (then a Second Division club) beat favourites Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley. He collected a Second Division title medal the following year as the Hammers won promotion, and was still a very integral part of the side when they finished third in the league in 1986, just two places and four points short of what would have been the club's first ever top division title - an accolade that the club has yet to achieve 25 years later.

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Del Boy
Derek Edward Trotter, better known as "Del Boy", is the fictional lead character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and one of the main characters of its prequel, Rock & Chips. He was played by David Jason in the original series and was portrayed as a teenager by James Buckley in the prequel. In the upcoming American remake, he will be portrayed by John Leguizamo.
Derek is a lively character, most noted for his happy-go-lucky, confident persona. Whilst not always being successful, his general confidence and often forcefulness often convinces people to believe in him. Starting with the sixth series, he became a stereotypical yuppie of the late 1980s, pretending to be a lot more financially successful than he really was, which fitted in well with his frequent attempts to associate with the higher classes of society but clearly being rooted as working class.
Derek is a habitual liar, he lies as a matter of course to women, customers, policemen and even his family and doctors. Del lies even when to do so is against his best interests, on one occasion, he claimed to be a health freak when suffering from stomach pains, leading to his spending several days under observation in hospital, when telling the truth would have allowed him to be diagnosed almost immediately.

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Derek Marlowe
Derek William Mario Marlowe (21 May 1938–14 November 1996) was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.
Derek Marlowe was born in Perivale, Middlesex, and lived there and in Greenford as a child. His father was Frederick William Marlowe (an electrician) and his mother Helene Alexandroupolos. He had early education at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Holland Park.
In 1959 Marlowe went to Queen Mary College of the University of London to study English literature. He never finished his degree course, but the college had a particularly fine theatre (the former People's Palace in Mile End Road) and Marlowe became part of a core theatre group there. In 1960 the college group formed a semi-professional theatre company, the 60 Theatre Group, and took their production of Tennessee Williams' play Summer and Smoke to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with Marlowe in the leading role opposite Audrey "Dickie" Gaskell.
He married Susan Rose "Suki" Phipps, stepdaughter of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, in 1968; together they had a son, Ben, to add to Suki's two sons and two daughters from a previous marriage. He divorced in 1975 and moved to Los Angeles.

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Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwanCBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers. In 2008, The Times named him among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981) were his first two novels, and earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1997, he published Enduring Love, which was made into a film. He won the Man Booker Prize with Amsterdam (1998). In 2001, he published Atonement, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. This was followed by Saturday (2005), On Chesil Beach (2007) and Solar (2010). In 2011, he was awarded the Jerusalem Prize.
McEwan was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, on 21 June 1948, the son of David McEwan and Rose Lilian Violet (née Moore). He spent much of his childhood in East Asia (including Singapore), Germany and North Africa (including Libya), where his father, a Scottish army officer, was posted. His family returned to England when he was twelve. He was educated at Woolverstone Hall School; the University of Sussex, receiving his degree in English literature in 1970; and the University of East Anglia, where he was one of the first graduates of Malcolm Bradbury's pioneering creative writing course.

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John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman, CBE ( /ˈbɛtʃəmən/; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".
He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture. Starting his career as a journalist, he ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate to date and a much-loved figure on British television.
Betjeman was born "John Betjemann"; this was changed to the less German "Betjeman" during the First World War. His parents, Mabel (née Dawson) and Ernest Betjemann had a family firm which manufactured the kind of ornamental household furniture and gadgets distinctive to Victorians. His father's forebears had come from the Netherlands, more than a century earlier, setting up their home and business in Islington, London. Betjeman was baptised at St. Anne's Church Highgate Rise, a 19th Century church situated just at the foot of Highgate West Hill. The family lived at Parliament Hill Mansions in the Lissenden Gardens private estate in Highgate in North London.

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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album Tubular Bells, which launched Virgin Records, and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece, "In Dulci Jubilo".
Oldfield's parents are Raymond Oldfield, a general practitioner, and his wife Maureen Liston, a nurse. His sister Sally and brother Terry are successful musicians in their own right and have appeared on several of his albums. Mike Oldfield was born in the Battle Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, and he attended St Joseph's Convent School, Highlands Junior School in Tilehurst, St Edward's Preparatory School, and Presentation College in Reading. When he was 13 he moved with his parents to Harold Wood in northeast London, where he attended Hornchurch Grammar School. He only stayed there long enough to take one GCE examination, in English, as he had already begun his music career.

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Neal Foulds
Neal Foulds (born 13 July 1963) is a former English professional snooker player and is now a commentator on the sport.
Foulds quickly climbed the rankings after turning professional in 1983, reaching no. 3 within four years. He won his first ranking tournament in 1986, the BCE International, beating Cliff Thorburn 12–9 in the final. In the same season he was runner-up to Steve Davis in the UK Championship, and he also reached the semi-finals of the 1987 World Championship, losing 16–9 to Joe Johnson. Foulds made 76 competitive century breaks in his career.
He is now a commentator for the BBC, Sky Sports, and British Eurosport. Foulds is also a regular broadcaster on the Ladbrokes live betting service which is broadcast daily to their shops in the UK and Ireland.
International, 1986
World Cup with England team of Steve Davis and Jimmy White, 1988–1989

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Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist.
Hopkins recorded and performed on many notable British and American pop and rock music releases from the 1960s through the 1990s including many notable Rolling Stones releases.
Hopkins was born in Perivale, Middlesex, England. His musical talent emerged early and he began playing piano at age three. He was initially tutored by a local piano teacher and in his teens he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. He suffered from Crohn's disease from his youth. Poor health and ongoing surgery made it difficult for him to tour. This resulted in his working primarily as a studio player for most of his career.
Hopkins' studies were interrupted in 1960 when he left school at 16 to became the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages until, two years later, he and fellow Savages Bernie Watson, Rick Brown (Fenson) and Carlo Little, joined the renowned blues harmonica player Cyril Davies, who had just left Blues Incorporated, and became the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars. Hopkins played piano on their first single, Davies' much-admired theme tune "Country Line Special". However he was forced to leave the All Stars in May 1963 for a series of operations that almost cost him his life and was bed-ridden for nineteen months in his late 'teens. During his convalescence Davies died of leukaemia and The All Stars disbanded.

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Nikkala Stott
Nikkala Stott is a glamour model and former Page 3 Girl from Middlesex, England.
Stott aspired to be a fashion model but, at 5'6, was deemed insufficiently tall. While working as a secretary, she approached a glamour modelling agency. On 6 July 2000, she made her first appearance on Page 3 of The Sun and appeared topless over 250 times in ten years.
Stott appeared on the cover of Perfect 10 magazine in 2001 and has posed topless for numerous 'lad mags' including FHM, Zoo, Maxim, ICE, Loaded and Body in Mind. She has appeared as a Soccer AM Soccerette (20 January 2007) and as a grid girl for VXRacing at the British Touring Car Championship round at Brands Hatch.
Along with Zoe McConnell Nikkala is one of the founders of modelling agency Girl Management.^{[citation needed]}
In 2005, Stott appeared as an extra in the film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, portraying a "red light district girl".
In 2009, Stott starred in A Little Hitch, a short film directed by Dwayne Bell and distributed via Body in Mind. This film represents Stott's most substantial acting role to date. In the film, Stott plays a woman whose car breaks down in the desert on the road to Las Vegas. After trying and failing to flag down a passing vehicle, Stott decides to go topless in an attempt to attract attention. This strategy is unsuccessful; and, out of sheer desperation, Stott removes her remaining clothes. Fully nude but for a pair of leather boots, she finally succeeds in enticing a passing driver. As she lowers herself into the passenger seat of the stopped car, the driver looks at her and remarks, "nice outfit".

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Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for his solo albums, contributing to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men and for Rick's Place, his former radio show on Planet Rock that aired until December 2010.
Wakeman was born in West London. He purchased his first electronic keyboard at 12 years of age. In 1968, he studied the piano, clarinet, orchestration and modern music at the Royal College of Music before leaving after a year in favour of session music work. He went on to feature on songs by artists including Black Sabbath,David Bowie, T. Rex, Elton John and Cat Stevens. Wakeman joined the folk group Strawbs in 1969 and played on three of their albums. He first joined Yes in 1971 to replace Tony Kaye, and left the group in 1974 to work on his solo career. He returned in 1976 before leaving with lead vocalist Jon Anderson in 1980. Wakeman was part of the side project Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, a group of ex-Yes members formed in 1989, and the eight-member Yes line-up that followed until his third departure in 1992. He returned for two years in 1995 and once more in 2002, where he was part of the band's 35th anniversary tour until its end in 2004.

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Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy.
Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can regenerate his body; in doing so, his physical appearance and personality change. McCoy portrays the seventh such incarnation, a whimsical, thoughtful character who quickly becomes more layered, secretive and manipulative. His first companion was Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford), a computer programmer who travelled with his previous self, and who is soon succeeded by troubled teenager and explosives expert Ace (Sophie Aldred), who becomes his protégée.
The Seventh Doctor first appeared on TV in 1987. After the programme was cancelled at the end of 1989, the Seventh Doctor's adventures were continued in novels until the late 1990s. The Seventh Doctor made an appearance at the start of the 1996 movie before the character was replaced by the Eighth Doctor.

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a cycle ride from house to perivale park west London

No, I'm not a slipstreamer, just a 39 year old taking a short ride on the bike to my local...

published: 29 Jul 2009

author: grandmothersapplepie

Nothing ever happens in Perivale - Classic Doctor Who - BBC

The Doctor takes Ace back home where her proclamation of 'nothing ever happens in Perivale...

published: 16 Apr 2010

author: BBCWorldwide

Parliamentary Train At Perivale

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published: 27 Jul 2011

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kungadred at perivale

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published: 22 May 2007

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Perivale Station

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published: 04 Oct 2011

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Dowdy Perivale

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Polacy Na Perivale

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published: 22 Aug 2011

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Perivale glimpse

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published: 09 May 2010

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West Perivale 06/06/2010

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published: 06 Jun 2010

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BRITISH MADE PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK (FRONT)

BRITISH MADE PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK (FRONT)...

published: 17 Jun 2010

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BENTIMA PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK

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published: 09 May 2008

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BRITISH MADE PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK (BACK)

BRITISH MADE PERIVALE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTLE CLOCK (BACK)...

published: 17 Jun 2010

author: sodaclublad

London Underground - Central Line tubes at Perivale (1992 Stock)

London Underground - Central Line tubes at Perivale (1992 Stock) - TrainBusJaguar. This vi...

published: 28 Aug 2008

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PERIVALE WESTMINSTER DECO CHIMING MANTLE CLOCK

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published: 02 Aug 2007

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Rafa Showreel

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30 Days

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Indian Army soldiers patrol outside their army camp at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region.

Pakistan accuses India of deadly cross-border raid

Herald Tribune

06 Jan 2013

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier. The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident early Sunday. They said troops are still exchanging gunfire in the area ... All rights reserved ... Parker ... ....(size: 4.3Kb)

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File - Cristina Fernández, President of Argentina, is pictured during a meeting of the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization to consider the “Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)”, 14 June, 2012.

Argentina's call for return of Falklands causes a stir

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

06 Jan 2013

LONDON -- They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica ... But the Falkland Islands, the focus of a short war between Britain and Argentina in 1982, have been in the headlines again recently ... Their arguments suggest what has long been evident ... Ms ... Mr ... Cameron said....(size: 5.1Kb)

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Chatraparishad Supporters participate in a Candel Light to protest against Delhi gang rape case and for reviewing “ Women Protection Law “ in kolkata on Friday 28 December 2012

Friend of Delhi gang-rape victim calls for protests to continue

Newstrack India

05 Jan 2013

Tweet. New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI). The male friend of the 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped and left unclothed and bleeding in the street and later died in hospital two weeks after she was attacked on December 16 on a private bus in New Delhi, has said that things would have gone differently if someone had stopped to help ... "It would have been a very different scenario today, had even one person come to our help that day ... (ANI)....(size: 3.8Kb)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, Syrian firefighters check a gas station that was attacked by a car bomb killing several people, activists said, in Damascus, Syria.

Syria fights off rebel advance on Damascus

Al Jazeera

05 Jan 2013

Syrian government forces have bombarded several rebel strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus to quell the fighters battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from reaching the capital. Activists on Saturday said troops leveled their bombardment campaign on the districts of Hajar al-Aswad and Qaboun in southern Damascus while they continued to shell the suburbs of Daraya, Beit Hahm, Zibdeen, Maadamiya and Jisteen ... 445 Source . ... ....(size: 19.0Kb)

photo: AP / Yadana Htun

Kachin refugees wait for rations by Kachin Independence Army at Je Yang IDP camp, the biggest and closest camp to Laiza, northern Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013.

Myanmar Refugees Fearful After Fighting Escalates

The New York Times

04 Jan 2013

LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kachins living in makeshift camps in Myanmar described their terror at the army's use of air power during fighting with Kachin rebels seeking more autonomy as the government said Friday that it has exercised maximum restraint. Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors ... Are We Becoming Cyborgs?. IHT Magazine ...   ... ....(size: 10.1Kb)

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Christmas tree recycling (Ealing London Borough Council)

noodls

02 Jan 2013

(Source. Ealing London Borough Council). Ealing Council is reminding residents to recycle their real Christmas trees so they can be turned into compost instead of going to landfill. The council will once more be picking up real Christmas trees from the doorstep in addition to the service already offered where residents can drop off used trees for recycling at the borough's parks ... Acton Green Common ... Perivale Park (Cowgate Road entrance)....(size: 4.9Kb)

Work gets underway at Perivale Library (Ealing London Borough Council)

noodls

16 Nov 2012

Perivale Library will close its doors from this Saturday, 17 November, as work begins on a £400,000 refurbishment ... A new self-service system will also be installed, along with automatic entrance doors ... The children's area will be brightened-up with new paint and fittings ... Perivale Library is a wonderful asset that has stood at the heart of the local community since the 1930s ... distributed by....(size: 2.4Kb)

Protest against overground HS2 route through Ealing

BBC News

12 Oct 2012

A 12-hour demonstration is taking place against plans for an overground High Speed 2 rail link through west London ... A HS2 spokesman said contractors are studying both options and no decisions have been made as yet ... "A tunnel needs to be seriously considered and is the clear preference of residents from Northolt, Greenford, Perivale, Ealing and Acton to alleviate the serious issues they face under the current proposals.". ....(size: 2.6Kb)

28.Sep.12 Highgate show great strength in depth (England Athletics)

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28 Sep 2012

6 x 5994m for the 6 men, and 4 x 3851m for the 4 women ... So, Highgate Harriers will look forward to the Middlesex 10k Road Championship at Victoria Park on Saturday 29th of September; followed by the highly competitive Metropolitan League at Claybury, Woodford on the 21st of October and the North London Championships at Perivale on the 27th October ... The winners were Kent AC ... England Athletics Online store ... distributed by ... (noodl....(size: 3.5Kb)

26.Sep.12 Lukas Barzyk gives throws masterlass at Perivale (England Athletics)

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26 Sep 2012

On the 8th September the West London Athletics Network held a masterclass in throws led by Level 2 Events Coach - Lukas Barzyk. The event was held at Perivale track ... The coaching included revisiting the techniques and drills for youngsters and for elite athletes ... England Athletics Online store. Click hereto visit the Official England Athletics online store....(size: 2.6Kb)

Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore

The Guardian

26 Sep 2012

Unfortunately, it was Friday, and the last day for ordering records from the BBC record library in Perivale was Thursday ... Q&A with Leonard Cohen this February, and a hoped-for show from the French national radio record archives (this would be similar to one they recorded at the music library in Perivale, delving into the collection's oddities)....(size: 10.3Kb)

Kew Gardens: NZ woman died instantly by falling tree branch, inquest told

The Daily Telegraph

25 Sep 2012

A New Zealand-born accounts manager died instantly when she was hit by a falling tree branch in Kew Gardens while walking with friends, an inquest heard today. The woman died instantly by a falling branch at the popular tourist attraction. Photo. ALAMY. By Andrew Hough. 9.30PM BST 25 Sep 2012 ... A post mortem gave the cause of death as multiple injuries. Related Articles ... "To us at Deluxe Film Services in Perivale Erena was a star." ... ....(size: 12.6Kb)

Mark Duggan shooting cab police seals 'broken'

BBC News

24 Sep 2012

'Unusual' instruction ... En route to the police pound in Perivale, west London, with the car on his trailer, he received a call telling him to turn around and take the minicab back to Ferry Road, the court heard ... David Cunningham, a police forensic pound officer, told the court the car arrived at the pound in Perivale on 5 August with the door seals broken and he resealed them. The case continues. ....(size: 2.1Kb)

Editor-At-Large: My recipe for health – and it's free

The Independent

19 Sep 2012

The Education Secretary has set about unpicking everything that Jamie cared about – in the name of "freedom of choice". He's allowed academies and free schools to opt out of these standards, and now he's commissioned an expensive inquiry into the bleeding obvious ... Reducing the number of fat kids isn't rocket science either ... I was convinced that Mike Leigh had spied on my parents' house in Perivale and somehow met my sister ... ....(size: 15.7Kb)

Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Limited/GCE Data Centres turn on the power at Perivale Park

noodls

13 Sep 2012

London, 13th September 2012 - In a significant move, resulting from interest in this location from data centre occupiers, Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Limited (HREIML) and GCE Data Centres have purchased the last 12 MVA of power currently available in the area for their Perivale Park Estate ... Perivale Park gives occupiers the ability to ......(size: 4.0Kb)

Hundreds more primary places created

noodls

04 Sep 2012

Ealing Council has created 390 new permanent and temporary primary school places for the start of the 2012/2013 school year. This is in addition to the 510 permanent primary places created since Ealing Council started its primary school expansion programme in 2008. Like most parts of London, Ealing is experiencing a shortage of primary school places ... The schools are. ... • Vicar's Green Primary School, Perivale ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

Asylum seeker Salah Nashia jailed for murdering ex-wife

BBC News

06 Jul 2012

An asylum seeker has been jailed for life for bludgeoning his ex-wife to death because she refused to back his application to stay in the UK ... He was ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years after being found guilty of murder ... Old Bailey jurors were told that, after the killing, Nashia searched her Perivale flat for money and stole a jewellery box which he used to try to seduce a woman. Prosecutor Alex Lewis said ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

Cycling in London: hoover factories and red lights

The Guardian

28 May 2012

As Peter Walker reported on Friday, this surprising, passing claim is strongly contradicted by the most authoritative source on blame in bike accidents ... Still no joy so far. Ah well, we can wait ... I used to live in Bow, and I worked at Hoover's in Perivale, which is some 17 miles away, and this journey I used to do by cycle ... Speech over ... The Hoover building in Perivale, now a supermarket, has been immortalised in song by Elvis Costello ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)

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Coordinates: 51°32′18″N 0°19′09″W / 51.5383°N 0.3192°W / 51.5383; -0.3192

Perivale
Perivale Perivale shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ165835
London borough	Ealing
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GREENFORD
Postcode district	UB6
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Ealing North
London Assembly	Ealing and Hillingdon
List of places: UK • England • London

Perivale is a small suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, 10 miles (16 km) west of Charing Cross, central London. Landmarks in the suburb include the A40, a large road that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, and the large Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Church (C:15th century), the River Brent and Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve run by the Selborne Society.

1 Toponymy
2 History
3 Geography
4 In the media
5 Sport and leisure
6 Notable people
7 Transport
8 References
9 External links

Toponymy [link]

**Perivale (parish) population**
1881	34
1891	55
1901	60
1911	95
1921	114
Absorbed by Ealing parish ►
source: UK census

Until the 18th century Perivale was called Little Greenford or Greenford Parva, to distinguish it from Great Greenford.^[1]

History [link]

Perivale was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. It formed part of Greenford Urban District from 1894 to 1926, and was then absorbed by the Municipal Borough of Ealing. Before the 1930s residential building expansion, the fields of Perivale were used to grow hay for the working horses of Victorian London, a scene described in the ending of John Betjeman's poem 'Return to Ealing':

"...And a gentle gale from Perivale/blows up the hayfield scent."

Geography [link]

A large part of Perivale is used in the form of a business and industrial park. Although mainly residential, there are some office blocks and parades of shops on Bilton Road, A40 slip road and in the Medway Village. It is home to one of the first American-style diners in the UK called Starvin' Marvin's. Perivale is also home to two golf courses: Ealing Golf Club and Perivale Golf Course.

The River Brent runs through Perivale. On 30 November 2009 the Environment Agency warned residents of a flooding along River Brent from Hendon to Brentford, after a day of notably heavy rain. Several premises were temporally flooded in Brentford and Perivale.^[2]

In the media [link]

Perivale was the setting for the 1989 season twenty-six Doctor Who serial Survival as the hometown of the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace. There were several locations used in and around town during filming which included Bleasdale Avenue, Medway Parade, Colwyn Avenue, Woodhouse Avenue, Children's Play Area, Ealing Central Sports Ground, Horsenden Lane South, and the nearby Horsenden Hill. Victorian Perivale was also the location of a manor which was the setting of another season twenty-six serial, Ghost Light. Parts of the film Snatch were also filmed in Perivale and the nearby Horsenden Hill.

Henry Perowne, the principal character in Ian McEwan's novel Saturday was born in Perivale, though he lived in London during the events of the novel. Only Fools and Horses used Horsenden Hill for location shooting in the episode where Del Boy and Rodney 'look after' Marlene and Boysie's dog (only to feed it reheated pork and give it food poisoning). One of the episodes of the car show Top Gear was set in Perivale.^{[citation needed]}

Sport and leisure [link]

Non-League football club Hanwell Town F.C. have been playing in Perival at Reynolds Field since 1981.

Notable people [link]

Mike Cole, bassist of 1970s pop group Mungo Jerry, was born in Perivale
Alan Devonshire, former West Ham and England footballer, lived in Perivale
Neal Foulds, snooker player and commentator, lived in Perivale
Nicky Hopkins (1944-1994), renowned session pianist (for The Beatles and many others), was born in Perivale
Derek Marlowe (1938-1996), playwright/novelist/screenwriter, was born in Perivale
Lee McQueen, Apprentice Winner 2008, was born in Perivale
Carole Middleton, mother of The Duchess of Cambridge, was born in Perivale
Tom Newman, record producer (of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and others), was born in Perivale
Richard Oakes, guitarist of indie band Suede, was born in Perivale
Stacey Owen, 1980s glamour model, started life in Perivale before moving to Glasgow
Jeff Stevenson, comedian, lived in Perivale
Nikkala Stott, glamour model, lived in Perivale
Janet Street-Porter, journalist and TV personality, lived in Perivale
Chris Thomas, record producer (of The Beatles, The Sex Pistols and others), was born in Perivale
Rick Wakeman, Yes keyboardist, was born in Perivale

A short history of Perivale, on the Selborne Primary School website

v t e London Borough of Ealing

Districts	Acton Acton Green Bedford Park Dormers Wells Ealing (including Brentham Garden Suburb and Pitshanger) East Acton Greenford Hanwell North Acton Northolt Norwood Green Park Royal Perivale South Acton Southall West Acton West Ealing Yeading

Attractions	Hoover Building London Motorcycle Museum Museum of Asian Music Pitzhanger Manor Gallery and House Wharncliffe Viaduct

Parks and open spaces	Acton Park Ealing Common Northala Fields Southall Park Walpole Park

Constituencies	Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall

Tube and railway stations	Acton Central railway station Acton Main Line railway station Acton Town Boston Manor Castle Bar Park railway station Chiswick Park Drayton Green railway station Ealing Broadway station Ealing Common Greenford Hanger Lane Hanwell railway station North Acton North Ealing Northfields Northolt Northolt Park railway station Park Royal Perivale South Acton railway station Southall railway station South Ealing South Greenford railway station Sudbury Town West Acton West Ealing railway station

Other topics	People Public art Schools

Parks and open spaces in Ealing

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Sport and leisure [link]

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