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Cuckoo Hill

Cuckoo Hill, Harrow/Hillingdon An undu­lating and upmarket locality situated between Eastcote Village and Pinner Cuckoo Hill rises gently from Pinner Green in the north to…

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Hatton

Hatton, Hounslow/Hillingdon Primarily a large service area for Heathrow airport, Hatton also has Hounslow’s newest cemetery Hatton’s name is a corrup­tion of ‘heath ton’ and…

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Harefield Grove

Harefield Grove, Hillingdon Only one London street atlas iden­ti­fies this as a discrete locality, situated north of Harefield proper on Rick­mansworth Road and consisting of…

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Ruislip Manor

Ruislip Manor, Hillingdon The south-eastern part of Ruislip, bordering Eastcote Quin­tes­sen­tial London suburbia, right down to the street name: Acacia Avenue in Ruislip Manor A…

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Farthing Street

…the farthest flung corners of the boroughs of Havering and Hillingdon present anything resem­bling such a bucolic aspect and they do not cover nearly as…

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Northwood Hills

Northwood Hills, Hillingdon The south-eastern end of Northwood, named to convey an impres­sion of poshness when it was actually rela­tively afford­able In the mid-18th century…

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Hill End

Hill End, Hillingdon A hamlet and its outlying farms, situated north of Harefield, beyond the hospital Although Hill End stands on rela­tively high ground, the…

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Dawley

Dawley, Hillingdon A little-used name for an indus­trial and commer­cial zone in Hayes, situated south of the Grand Union Canal The manor was listed in Domesday…

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Harmondsworth

Harmondsworth, Hillingdon A Heathrow satellite village located south of West Drayton Evidence has been found here of Iron Age huts and sixth-century Saxon dwellings. In…

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Sipson

Sipson, Hillingdon A linear village stretching three-quarters of a mile along Sipson Road, most of which lies just west of the M4 Heathrow spur road Gravel…

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