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Brentford history

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Toponymy

The name was recorded as Breguntford in 705 in an Anglo-Saxon charter and means ‘ford over the River Brent’ The name is recorded as ‘Breguntf’ in a charter from 705 .

Early Brentford

Bronze Age pottery and burnt flints have been found in separate sites in Brentford . Brentford was a meeting point for pre-Romanic tribes . The settlement pre-dates the Roman occupation of Britain .

Local fair

Brentford Festival has been held in Brentford every September since 1900 . A local town fair, the Brentford festival, is held in the city every September every year . It is the first of its kind in the town of Brentford, London .

Brentford Dock

Brentford Dock was started in 1855 and formally opened in 1859 . The dock yard is now a Marina and housing estate . Brentford is now the site of Brentford Marina and a Marina .

The Hardwick family

Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725–1798) and Thomas . Hardwick Junior (1752–1829) were both from Brentford and are buried in the old church of St Laurence . Both father and son did a great deal of remodelling and rebuilding on the church .

Timeline

54 BC Brentford is a likely site of a battle recorded by Julius Cæsar . The battle is likely to have taken place in 54 BC .

  

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