Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heston

Heston, par. and vil., Middlesex, 2 miles NW. of Hounslow and 11 miles SW. of London, 3823 ac., pop. 9754; P.O.; here are market gardens and extensive brickfields: the neighbourhood is famed for its wheat, which in the time of Elizabeth was reserved for the royal household.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Heston CP/AP       Middlesex AncC
Place: Heston

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