Editing Yiewsley (section)

====The Parish of Hillingdon and Colham Manor====
For the majority of its existence Yiewsley was a hamlet in the Parish of St John the Baptist Church, [[Hillingdon]], with a tenurial relationship with Colham Manor. Before the Norman Conquest, Colham Manor had belonged to Wigot of Wallingford. By the time of [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 it was the property of one of William the Conqueror's principle advisors, [[Roger de Montgomery]].<ref name="VCH Middlesex Vol 4 p69-75" />

In Colham Manor's fertile arable fields in the late 14th century, wheat was the predominant crop grown, but also rye and oats were farmed.<ref name="VCH Volume 4 p75-82">{{cite web |title=History of the County of Middlesex Volume 4 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp75-82 |website=british-history.ac.uk |publisher=Victoria County History |access-date=10 June 2020 |pages=75–82 |date=1971}}</ref> Surplus [[grain]] was sold in [[London]] or [[Uxbridge]].<ref name="VCH Volume 4 p75-82" /> By the 12th Century Uxbridge had become the market town for the Parish of Hillingdon<ref name="The London Encyclopaedia p933">{{cite book |last1=Hibbert |first1=Christopher |title=The London Encyclopaedia |date=1993 |publisher=MacMillan |isbn=0333576888 |pages=933}}</ref> and it is thought by the 14th Century the town's population had exceeded that of the rest of the Parish, and this remained the case until the 1821 [[census]].<ref name="VCH Volume 4 p75-82" /> By 1600 Uxbridge was the principle Corn market for West Middlesex and much of south Buckinghamshire.<ref name="The London Encyclopaedia p933" />

The plentiful and consistent supplies of water from the [[Colne, Hertfordshire|River Colne]] had played an important role in Hillingdon Parish becoming a flour milling centre.<ref name="VCH Volume 4 p75-82" /> The [[Frays River|Fray's River]] is believed to have been cut or modified from the Colne for the use of [[Watermill|water mills]] by [[John Fray]] in the 15th century. A map of 1842 shows the River Colne and Frays River powering eight corn mills in the Parish.<ref name="VCH Volume 4 p75-82" /> The nearest mills to Yiewsley were Colham Mill (called Lower Colham Mill from around 1746) in the south of the Parish and Yiewsley Mill which was situated on the northern side of Yiewsley Moor on the north side today's Little Britain Lake.

The oldest buildings in Yiewsley today date from the late 16th century or early 17th century and are situated at either end of Yiewsley High Street. At the northern end of the High Street is Yiewsley Grange (''Also known as Brookside'') which overlooks the [[River Pinn]] and is Hillingdon Manor School today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yiewsley Grange |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180724 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> Next to Yiewsley Grange is the Six-bay Barn at Philpot's Yard (Formally Philpot's Farm).<ref>{{cite web |title=Philpot's Barn |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1080176 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> At the southern end of the High Street is the De Burgh Arms Public house, named in honour of the De Burgh family who became the Lords of Colham Manor from 1787.<ref>{{cite web |title=The De Burgh Arms |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1080122 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="VCH Middlesex Vol 4 p69-75">{{cite web |title=Hillingdon, including Uxbridge: Manors and other estates |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp69-75 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=2 September 2020 |pages=69–75 |date=1971}}</ref>