Editing Yeading

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| country                  = England
| region                   = London
| official_name            = Yeading
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| london_borough           = Hillingdon
| post_town                = HAYES
| postcode_area            = UB
| postcode_district        = UB4
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hayes and Harlington]]
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| static_image_caption     = Yeading Library
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'''Yeading''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɛ|d|ɪ|ŋ}} {{respell|YED|ing}}) is a settlement in [[west London]], forming part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], having been developed after the Second World War.

==Etymology==
Yeading is very early [[Saxons|Saxon]] and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the people of Geddi".<ref name="Etymology">Catherine Kelter, ''Hayes: A Concise History'' (Hillingdon Borough Libraries, 1988), p. 9.</ref>

==History==
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 of Mercia|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]."<ref name="Geddinges">Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 13.</ref>

[[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]]. Such details as the names of many Yeading [[Manorialism|manor]] holders remain unknown.<ref name="Geddinges"/>

[[Dock (maritime)|Yeading Dock]] was one of many docks built along the [[Grand Union Canal]] in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The main industry in [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]] and Yeading at this time was [[Brickworks|brickmaking]], and the canal provided a reliable way of transporting larger numbers of bricks. Yeading's brickworkers could be known to keep pigs as a second source of income. A [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] writer, one Elizabeth Hunt, wrote in 1861 that in "Yeading dirt, ignorance and darkness reign supreme."<ref name="Brickmaking">Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 39.</ref> In 1874, however, one James Thorne wrote that the inhabitants of Yeading were "always found civil".<ref name="Civil">James Thorne, ''Handbook to the Environs of London, alphabetically arranged'' (London, 1876), pp. 334-6.</ref>

Yeading was still not developed in the 1920s. Yeading Lane was often flooded, and access beyond Yeading to [[Northolt]] seems to have been by [[footpath]] only before the [[World War I|First World War]]. During the War, a properly constructed road was built linking the [[Great Western Railway]] station at [[Hayes and Harlington railway station|Hayes]] with the L.N.E.R. line at  [[Northolt tube station|Northolt]]. Yeading was still mainly a [[rural area]].<ref name="Lane">Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 59.</ref>

After the [[World War II|Second World War]], a large [[Prefabricated home|prefab]] estate was erected in Yeading. By 1956, Yeading's Tilbury Square was still without gas and electricity, and oil stoves and open fires were still used; the public house ''The Willow Tree'', reputedly some 400 years old (demolished in 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/MDX/16944/willow-tree-yeading|title=Willow Tree, Yeading|website=whatpub.com}}</ref>), was lit by three cylinders of [[Calor Gas|calor gas]].<ref name="Prefab">Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), pp. 72-3.</ref> The Yeading Lane estate underwent largescale development in the late 1960s and '70s.

==Education==
Schools in Yeading include:
* [[Barnhill Community High School]]<ref>http://www.barnhill.hillingdon.sch.uk/ Barnhill Community High School</ref>
* Yeading Infant and Nursery School
* Yeading Junior School
*[[Brookside Primary School]]
*[[Belmore Primary School]]

==Demographics==
The largest ethnic group in the Hillingdon ward of Yeading in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]] was [[White British]] with 28.3%. This was followed by [[Indian people|Indians]] (20.3%), Other Asians (11.5%) and [[Black Africans]] (8.1%).<ref>{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/yeading-e05000344 |title=Yeading - UK Census Data 2011 |publisher=Ukcensusdata.com |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>

56.3% of people living in Yeading were born in England according to the 2011 census. Other popular places of birth included [[India]] (10.6%), [[Sri Lanka]] (3.2%), [[Pakistan]] (2.8%) and [[Somalia]] (2.6%).<ref name="localstats1">{{cite web|url=http://yeading.localstats.co.uk/census-demographics/england/london/hillingdon/yeading |title=Yeading Demographics (Hillingdon, England) |publisher=Yeading.localstats.co.uk |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>

The most popular religious affiliation in Yeading is [[Christianity]] at 37.1%. Other common religious include [[Islam]] (18.3%), [[Sikhism]] (14.1%), [[Hinduism]] (11.8%), and those of no religion (11.3%).<ref name="localstats1"/>

==Transport and locale==

===Buses===
[[File:London Buses route E9 Yeading Lane.jpg|thumb|A local bus on Yeading Lane]]
Yeading has the following bus routes travelling through it: 90, 120, 140, 282, 696, 697, E6, E9, SL8, and [[List of night buses in London#N7|N7]], N140.

===Library===
[http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=8714 Yeading Library], Yeading Lane, UB4 0EW.

===Churches===
* [http://www.stedmundschurch.com/welcome.htm St Edmund of Canterbury], 12 Edmunds Close, UB4 0HA
* [http://www.stnicholashayes.org/ St Nicholas], 106 Raynton Drive, UB4 8BG
* [http://www.rcdow.org.uk/yeading/ St Raphael] Catholic Church, Morrison Road, UB4 9JP
* [http://www.grangeparkbaptist.org.uk/ Grange Park Baptists], 217 Lansbury Drive, UB4 8RS

==Sport and recreation==
Football team [[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.]] was assembled from the former [[Hayes F.C.]] and [[Yeading F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yeadingfc.co.uk/ |title=Yeading Football Club |year=2011 |publisher=Hayes & Yeading Football Club |access-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>

Yeading's [[park]]s and [[Village green|greens]] provide plenty of opportunity for children to play. There are three [[Local Nature Reserve]]s, [[Yeading Brook Meadows]], [[Ten Acre Wood]] and [[Gutteridge Wood and Meadows]].

A [[community radio]] station, 91.8 [[Hayes FM]], serves Yeading.

==Yeading on screen==
* [[Yeading F.C.]]'s erstwhile ground, known as the Warren, was used to film scenes from the [[Keira Knightley]] film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' (2002). Yeading's commercial manager Bill Perryman was given a part in the film.
* [[Yeading F.C.]]'s former ground was also used to film scenes from the [[Vinnie Jones]] film ''[[Mean Machine (film)|Mean Machine]]'' (2001).{{cn|date=May 2024}}
* Location footage for British soap opera ''[[Family Affairs]]'' (1997–2005) was mostly shot in West London; the Lock and its surrounding areas were filmed at [[Marina|Willowtree Marina]]. In fact, the very first public transmission of Channel 5 was the first episode of Family Affairs, showing Willowtree Marina.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

==Nearest places==
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* [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]]
* [[Ealing]]
* [[Greenford]]
* [[Hanwell]]
* [[Northolt]]
* [[Southall]]
* [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]]
* [[Harrow, London|Harrow]]
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==References==
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==External links==


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