Heston

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Heston,

heathland settlement in an area which separated the North Middlesex forest from Thameside marshes. Name is Saxon and means a settlement among the brushwood.  ‘Hestone’ c.1125, ‘Hestune’ c.1130, ‘Heyston’ c.1495, ‘Hesson’ 1635, that is 'farmstead or estate among the brushwood', from Old English ‘hxs’ and ‘tun’.

Separated from the parish of Isleworth in 13^thand rivalry grew up between the two. Remained a small wheat growing area despite enclosure in 1813.

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