Editing Heston

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| country                  = England
| map_type                 = Greater London
| region                   = London
| population               = {{#expr:{{london ward populations|00ATGH|population}}+{{london ward populations|00ATGJ|population}}+{{london ward populations|00ATGK|population}}}}
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| area_total_km2           = 7.51
| static_image_name        = St Leonards Church in Heston - panoramio.jpg
| static_image_caption     = St Leonard's Church
| official_name            = Heston
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| post_town                = HOUNSLOW
| postcode_area            = TW
| postcode_district        = TW5
| dial_code                = [[020]]
| london_borough           = Hounslow
| constituency_westminster = [[Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)|Feltham and Heston]]
}}
'''Heston''' is a suburban area and part of the [[Hounslow]] district in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]]. The residential settlement covers a slightly smaller area than its predecessor farming village, 10.8 miles (17.4&nbsp;km) west south-west of [[Charing Cross]] and adjoins the [[M4 motorway (Great Britain)|M4 motorway]] but has no junction with it; Heston also adjoins the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Great West Road]], a dual carriageway, mostly west of the "Golden Mile" headquarters section of it. Heston was, [[Historic counties of England|historically]], in  [[Middlesex]].

==History==
The village of Heston is north of [[Hounslow]], and has been settled since [[Anglo-Saxon England|Saxon times]]. It is first recorded as having a priest in the 7th century, though the present [[St Leonard's Church, Heston|Anglican parish church]] dates to the 14th century. A charter of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] gives the name as Hestune, meaning "enclosed settlement", which is justified by its location in what was the Warren of [[Staines-upon-Thames|Staines]], between the ancient [[Roman road]] to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], and the Uxbridge Road to [[Oxford]]. Another suggested etymology is [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Hǣs-tūn'' = "[[wikt:brushwood|brushwood]] farm or settlement".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Heston|title=Key to English Place-names|website=Kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref>

Before 1229, Heston was part of the parish of Gistleworth ([[Isleworth]]) before being taken by [[Henry III of England|Henry III]], who subsequently granted it to the [[Earl of Cornwall]]. It covered until the late 19th-century creation of Hounslow from outlying parts of two adjoining parishes, {{convert|3,823|acres|km2}}.<ref name=r>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22270 |title=Heston and Isleworth: Introduction |editor=Susan Reynolds  |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1962 |work=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3 |access-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref> The close association pre-dates the town of Hounslow, when that was simply [[Hounslow Priory]], the two parishes had long been associated: the medieval manor of Isleworth covered all of that parish and this.  After Henry III died in 1316, Heston was owned by the [[The Crown|Crown]], and later by the wardens of [[St Giles' Hospital]], until it was surrendered to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] during the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] granted Heston to Sir [[Thomas Gresham]], and, after eating some bread made from locally grown wheat, insisted on a supply for her own personal use.
[[File:Heston Village Hall.jpeg|thumb|right|Heston Village Hall]]
[[Image:The War Memorial in Heston near St Leonards Church - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Heston War Memorial]]

The separation from Isleworth in the 14th century gave the locals a sense of independence from the inhabitants and [[feudal system|feudal lords]] of Isleworth, with whom they frequently quarrelled. The practice of "[[beating the bounds]]" was practised annually when the inhabitants went in procession around the parish boundaries, to show locals the extent of their lands. A contemporary account of such a procession describes an occasion when the parishioners of Heston came across some from Isleworth, and the ensuing "quarrel" saw men from Heston throwing the others across a ditch.

A single board of health for the parishes mentioned was formed in 1875 and a very large [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in 1927.<ref name=r/>  The [[A4 road (England)|Great West Road]] was completed in 1925, forming the southern border with [[Hounslow]] and the farming and market garden land around the village was snapped up for industry and housing developments.<ref name=Sherwood/> The southern part of Heston up to the Great West Road, Sutton (also known as 'The Deans'),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/Heston|website=Genuki.og.uk|title=Heston, Middlesex}}</ref> was previously a small hamlet subsequently built up as part of the suburb;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forebears.io/england/middlesex/heston/sutton|title=Sutton History & Genealogy Resources, Heston, Isleworth Hundred|website=Forebears.io|access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> this name appearing in some road names and other local features. A [[Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church, Heston|Roman Catholic parish church]] was also built for Heston in the 20th century.<ref>London 3: North West, Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner, 2002, p. 424</ref><ref name=stock>[[English Heritage]], [https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/heston-our-lady-queen-of-the-apostles/ Heston - Our Lady Queen of the Apostles] from ''Taking Stock'', retrieved 9 February 2021</ref>

===Heston Aerodrome===
{{Main|Heston Aerodrome}}
Heston Aerodrome was operational between 1929 and 1947. In September 1938, the British Prime Minister, [[Neville Chamberlain]], flew from Heston to Germany three times in two weeks for talks with [[Adolf Hitler]], and he returned to Heston from the [[Munich Agreement|Munich Conference]] with the paper referred to in his later "[[Peace for our time]]" speech from [[10 Downing Street]].<ref name=Sherwood>Sherwood (1999)</ref>

Housing and industrial estates have been built on some of the area that was Heston Aerodrome, and the M4 motorway with its large service area ([[Heston services]]) cuts across the former aerodrome site east–west, but a substantial area to the north of the M4 is host to the Airlinks 18-hole golf course. Many of the roads in the area have aviation-related names: Alcock Road ([[Alcock and Brown]]), Brabazon Road ([[John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara|Lord Brabazon]]), Bleriot Road ([[Louis Blériot]]), Cobham Road (Sir [[Alan Cobham]]), De Havilland Road ([[Geoffrey de Havilland]]), Norman Crescent ([[Nigel Norman]]), Phoenix Way ([[Heston Phoenix]]), Sopwith Road ([[Thomas Sopwith]]), Spitfire Way ([[Supermarine Spitfire]]), Whittle Road ([[Frank Whittle]]), and Wright Road (the [[Wright brothers]]).<ref name=Sherwood/>

==Schools==
There are six [[primary school]]s in Heston: Edison Primary School, Berkeley, The Rosary Catholic School, Westbrook Primary, Springwell School, Heston Primary School.
Heston Community School is a [[secondary school]] with a [[sixth form]].

==Community==
There are three active [[community groups]] in Heston: Heston Residents Association,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hestonresidentsassociation.org/| title = Heston Residents Association |website=Hestonresidentsassociation.org}}</ref> formed in 1918, Heston West Big Local,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hestonwest.org/| title = Heston West Big Local - Home|website=Hestonwest.org}}</ref> formed in 2015 and Heston Action Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hestonactiongroup/|title=Heston Action Group|website=Facebook.com|access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> formed in 2018.
[[Image:Heston Flats - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Flats in Heston]]

==Transport==
===London Underground===
[[Hounslow West tube station]] is just within the area's southern boundary and is ({{convert|1.1|mi|km}} from the village hall). To the East, the nearest underground station is [[Osterley tube station]] ({{convert|1.3|mi|km}} from the village hall)

===East–West roads===
The [[A4 road (England)|A4 Great West Road]], having left the historic [[A315 road (Great Britain)|A315]] on the [[Chiswick]]–[[Brentford]] border, forms the southern border of Heston and then reaches Henlys Roundabout by [[Hounslow West]] from which two routes leave. A [[Boxing the compass|WNW]] route passes [[Heathrow Airport]] [[Heathrow Terminal 1|Terminals 1]]–[[Heathrow Terminal 3|3]] and [[Heathrow Terminal 5|5]] as the ''Bath Road'' and a [[Boxing the compass|WSW]] route, the [[A30 road (Great Britain)|A30]], passes [[Heathrow Terminal 4|Terminal 4]], bypasses [[Staines]] and reaches the [[M25 motorway|M25]]; the remainder is for the most part a minor route to [[Land's End]], [[Cornwall]].

The [[M4 motorway]] is {{convert|1/2|mi|m}} north; its nearest junction is J3, accessed from Hyde Lane or Southall Lane, crossing over the [[M4 motorway]] into North Hyde and then turning left (west) to reach the [[A312 road (Great Britain)|A312]], ''The Parkway'', {{convert|200|m|yd|disp=flip}} north of the junction.

===North–South roads===
The north–south [[A312 road (Great Britain)|A312]], ''The Parkway'', to the west of Heston leads south to [[Feltham]] and [[Hampton, London|Hampton]] or north to [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] passing Waggoners' Roundabout ([[Boxing the compass|WNW]] of Henlys Roundabout in [[Hounslow West]]), [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], [[Yeading]] and [[Northolt]].

Three minor roads converge on Heston from the A315 in parts of Hounslow, the A3063, A3005 and B363.  The single road re-divides just north in [[Norwood Green]] into a northwest road to [[Southall]] (the A3005) and into the [[A4127 road (Great Britain)|A4127]] that passes by [[Hanwell]], briefly using the [[A4020 road (Great Britain)|A4020]] west before bypassing [[Dormers Wells]], passing [[Greenford]] to reach [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]], the town immediately to the west of [[Wembley]] and [[North Wembley]].

For longer journeys north, the M4 then M25 provide the best routes. For longer journeys south, Hanworth Road in Hounslow leads to the [[A316 road (Great Britain)|A316]] which becomes the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]].

===Nearest places===
{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Nearest settlements'''
|Centre    = Heston
|North     = [[Norwood Green]]<br />[[North Hyde]]
|Northeast = <small>''across Osterley Park''</small><br />[[Hanwell]]
|East      = [[Osterley]]
|Southeast = [[Isleworth]]<br />[[Hounslow]]
|South     = [[Hounslow]]
|Southwest = [[Hounslow West]]<br />[[Feltham|North Feltham]]
|West      = [[Cranford, London|Cranford]]
|Northwest = [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]]<br />[[North Hyde]]
}}

==Notable people==
* Oarsman [[Don Allum]] (1937–1992), first man to row the Atlantic Ocean in both directions, lived in Heston.<ref>{{cite news| title=Obituary: Don Allum| last=Bird| first=Peter| newspaper=[[The Independent]]| date=5 December 1992| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-don-allum-1561706.html| access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>
* Guitarist [[Jimmy Page]], of [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Led Zeppelin]], was born in Heston.<ref>{{cite web| title=Jimmy Page| website=Led-zeppelin.org| url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/biographies/87| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217124530/http://led-zeppelin.org/joomla/biographies/87| url-status=usurped| archive-date=17 December 2010| access-date=19 August 2012}}</ref>
* Guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]], of [[Rock music|rock]] bands [[Deep Purple]] and [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]], grew up in Heston.
* [[Anthony Collins (philosopher)|Anthony Collins]] (1676–1729), philosopher friend of [[John Locke]], was born in Heston.
* Composer [[Ernest John Moeran]] (1894–1950) was born in Heston.
* Horticulturist [[Ellen Willmott]] (1858–1934) was born in Heston.
* [[Lynwood Palmer]] (1868–1941) painter of race-horses lived in Heston between 1911 and 1941.
* Motorcycle racer [[Mike Hailwood]] had a bachelor flat in Heston, where he kept his high-powered sports cars.
* Actor [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]] grew up in a flat above the shops on Vicarage Farm Road.

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="175px" heights="150px">
File:St Leonard, Heston - Window - geograph.org.uk - 1776313.jpg|St Leonard's Church<br />Main window: the [[crucifixion]]
File:St Leonard, Heston - Window - geograph.org.uk - 1776304.jpg|St Leonard's Church<br />Madonna and Child
File:St Leonard, Heston - Window - geograph.org.uk - 1776302.jpg|St Leonard's Church<br />[[Saint Clare of Assisi|St Clare]] and [[Francis of Assisi|St Francis]]
File:St Leonard, Heston -Window - geograph.org.uk - 1776306.jpg|St Leonard's Church<br />[[inscription|Inscribed]] window
File:St Leonard, Heston - East end - geograph.org.uk - 1776299.jpg|St Leonard's Church<br />Interior
File:Heston Type 1 Phoenix II G-AESV Elstree 1951x.jpg|Heston Type 1 Phoenix II G-AESV at [[Elstree Aerodrome]]
File:The Rose & Crown, Heston - geograph.org.uk - 3144656.jpg|The Rose & Crown pub
File:Moto Heston East services.jpg|Moto Heston East services
File:Heston Flats - panoramio (1).jpg|Heston Farm Estate
</gallery>

==Demography and housing==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''2011 Census Homes'''
|-
!Ward !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans/temporary/mobile homes/houseboats!!Shared between households<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Heston Central||	215	||	1,930	||	534	||	1,210	||	1	||	6
|-
|Heston East||	287	||	1,680	||	749	||	1,282	||	1	||	5
|-
|Heston West||	175	||	1,405	||	855	||	1,558	||	20	||	3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''2011 Census Households'''
!Ward !!Population !!Households !!% Owned outright !!% Owned with a loan!!hectares<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Heston Central||12,288	||	3,896	||	24	||	31	||	168
|-
|Heston East||12,319	||	4,004	||	25	||	32	||	200	
|-
|Heston West||12,438	||	4,016	||	20	||	26	||	383
|}

Heston's ethnic groups in 2011 were:

14.9% White British

7.2% Other White (Not covering Irish and Gypsy)

60.9% Asian

7.2% Black

This is 2011 combined data for Heston's three wards, Heston East, West and Central.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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*Sherwood, Tim. 1999. ''Coming in to Land: A Short History of Hounslow, Hanworth and Heston Aerodromes 1911–1946''. [http://www.hounslowlibraries.org Heritage Publications (Hounslow Library)] {{ISBN|1-899144-30-7}}

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