Greenford, Essex - Holy Cross Churches 1970s postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Holy Cross Churches, Greenford
• Publisher:  none given (PT8084)
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Greenford, historically Greenford Magna, is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in West London, England. Historically, it is part of the county of Middlesex.

The most prominent landmarks in the suburb are the A40, a large road that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, Horsenden Hill 85 metres (280 ft) above sea level, the small Parish Church of Holy Cross (14th century) and Betham House, built by Edward Betham (c. 1780).

The small suburb of Perivale is considered to be part of Greenford, and was referred to as Greenford Parva (Little Greenford) until the 15th century.

Significant local businesses include British Bakeries, IBM, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, pharmaceutical research and development), Panavision, P&O (Distribution Centre) and Royal Mail (Regional distribution centre). KBR has an office in Greenford.^[1]

Greenford is one of the oldest recorded places in Ealing, first referred to in a legal document dated AD 845. Greenford is considered to be birthplace of the modern organic chemical industry^{[citation needed]}, as it was at William Perkin's chemical factory in North Greenford, by the Grand Union Canal that the world's first aniline dye was discovered in March 1856. Perkin called his amazing discovery 'mauveine'. Today there is a blue plaque marking the spot in Oldfield Lane North, just south of the Black Horse Public House. The former Rockware glassworks on the canal is commemorated by Rockware Avenue.

Nearest places

• Northolt
• Sudbury Hill
• Perivale
• Yeading
• Southall
• Hanwell
• Harrow