Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth
| Heston and Isleworth | |
|---|---|
 Heston and Isleworth within Middlesex in 1961 |
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| Area | |
| • 1894 | 9,052 acres (36.63 km2) |
| • 1971 | 7,218 acres (29.21 km2) |
| History | |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | London Borough of Hounslow |
| Status |
Urban district (until 1932) Municipal borough (from 1932) |
| • Motto | Unitate Fortior (Stronger by union) |
| • Units |
Heston Civil Parish Isleworth Civil Parish (united in 1927) |
Heston and Isleworth was a local government district of Middlesex, England from 1894 to 1965.
The urban district was created on their mass creation in 1894 on approximately the same boundaries of the medieval parishes of the same names. It gained the status of municipal borough in 1932. In 1894 the two parishes were formed into one urban district except for the small minority of Heston north of the Grand Junction Canal 114 acres (0.178 sq mi), which was transferred to Southall Urban District.
In 1934, the minority of Cranford parish east of the Crane 361 acres (0.564 sq mi) was added to the borough and overall generous adjustments were made in its boundaries with Twickenham, Brentford and Chiswick, and Southall-Norwood.
Before 1894 but in the late 19th century new ecclesiastical parishes, hence neighbourhoods in the traditional definition, had been legally recognised within the large parishes: four in Hounslow and churches in Spring Grove and Osterley parts of Isleworth. Due to the multitude of other competing settlement names within these catch-all original parishes:
there is substantial overlap today in these and varied preference for names of London neighbourhoods, and the wards of the United Kingdom may conflict with definitive personal preference, such as use of the 19th century names in planning the estates in this area, Conservation Area names, individual development names, or original hamlet names.
In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its former area transferred to Greater London to be combined with the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick to the east and the Feltham Urban District to the south-west to form the London Borough of Hounslow. Minor loss of land, much smaller than any single original parish, took place on 1 April 1965 to the new London Boroughs of Ealing and Richmond upon Thames.
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