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Bedfont history
Etymology
A typical list of evolving Middle English orthography follows the Domesday Book’s “Bedefunde” (1086) All forms confirm two components, the first unclear and the latter certain . Funta or funde means spring or small pool .
Origins and Medieval Bedfont
Excavations before the building of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 site (2 miles (3.2 km) north-west) found evidence of settlement during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods . Some turned into Bedfont Powder Mills by the 19th century in North Feltham and later industry/storage buildings .
Manors
The Domesday Book lists the manors of Bedfont, Hatton and Stanwell . The Manor of East Bedfont was held by the Trinitarian Priory of Hounslow . The Berkeley family of Cranford then held the manor before selling it to the Earl of Northumberland in 1656 . Pates Manor, architecturally a Grade II listed building, is also in Bedfont .
The growth of the town and industrialisation
Charles I licensed the Hounslow Sword Mill in 1630 on the banks of the Duke of Northumberland’s River . The sword smiths, who came from Solingen in Germany, produced one thousand swords a month . An impressive collection of these can be seen at the Gunnersbury Park Museum .
Postwar development and the construction of Heathrow
The village of Heathrow was lost, as was some of the hamlet of Hatton . This sits beneath the airport’s flight path . The Green Man public house survives from around the 16th century .
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