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Hanwell history
Etymology
The name probably means ‘spring/stream frequented with cocks’ The name is likely to mean ‘spring’ or ‘stream frequent with cock’
Short history of the inns and public houses
The Uxbridge Road (then known as the Oxford Road) was turnpiked in 1714 . The revenue from tolls enabled an all-weather metaled road surface of compacted gravel .
Healthcare
The Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum was commonly referred to as the Hanwell Asylum because it was closer to the centre of Hanwell than either Norwood or Southall . The asylum was opened in 1831 to house pauper lunatics . In 1937 it was renamed St Bernard’s Hospital by which it is still known today . Most of the original asylum still remains, with over half having been turned into a housing development .
Transport
In 1901 the first electric trams began to run along the Uxbridge Road, causing the population of the village to expand faster than with the arrival of the trains . First however, the tram company had to strengthen Hanwell Bridge, as well as widen it on its north side . A balustrade, which survives to this day, lines each side .
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