Harrison49
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Noia_64_apps_karm.svg/42px-Noia_64_apps_karm.svg.png) | This user has been on Wikipedia for
13 years, 9 months and 3 days
.
|
|
Did you know...
[
edit
]
... that the Great Barn within the
Manor Farm
site in
Ruislip
was built around 1280, using timber from the nearby Ruislip Woods?
... that
Ruislip Manor
was largely undeveloped rural land at the
turn of the 20th century
until the arrival of the
Metropolitan Railway
in 1912?
... that the
17th century
Jacobean
mansion
Swakeleys House
in
Ickenham
was visited by
Samuel Pepys
in 1665 and recorded in his diary?
... that the
Ruislip-Northwood Urban District
was formed in 1904 following concerns over the expansion of the
Metropolitan Railway
and the growth in population of
Northwood
?
... that
Hillingdon House
once housed the
Royal Flying Corps
Armament School, which established a firing range in the grounds?
... that timber from the
Ruislip Woods
was used in the construction of the
Tower of London
,
Windsor Castle
, the
Palace of Westminster
, and the manor of the
Black Prince
in
Kennington
?
... that the
Royal Aeronautical Society
held garden parties at
Fairey Aviation
's
Great West Aerodrome
in
Heathrow
, which is now
Heathrow Airport
?
... that the future British prime minister
Winston Churchill
stayed at
Highgrove House
in
Eastcote
for his honeymoon?
... that the oldest parts of
St Giles' Church
in
Ickenham
were built in 1335?
... that in 1463 Thomas Bettz left
£26 13s 4d
in his will?a fortune in those days?to help pay for the repair of the bells of
St Martin's Church
in
Ruislip
?
... that after an unexploded bomb burst through her bedroom wall, a resident of
Hillingdon Court
told staff it was time she went to the air-raid shelter?
... that the coach house,
dovecote
and the
Eastcote House Gardens
are all that remain of the 16th-century Eastcote House?
... that
Lawrence James Baker
's
son married the sister of his architect, and the married couple lived in a house within the grounds of
Haydon Hall
designed by the bride's brother?
... that during the
Second World War
, what became
Battle of Britain House
in
Ruislip
was used for the training of American agents for sabotage missions carried out in occupied France?
... that
Ruislip High School
is the fictional "Rudge Park Comprehensive" from the
E4
television series
The Inbetweeners
?
... that the records of many of
EMI
's popular artists including
The Beatles
,
Cliff Richard
and
Pink Floyd
were manufactured at what is now
The Old Vinyl Factory
in
Hayes
in
Greater London
?
... that the roof of the
RAF Bomber Command Memorial
in
Green Park
is made of aluminium from a crashed
Handley Page Halifax
?
Featured and Good Articles
[
edit
]
Good Article reviews
[
edit
]
Passes: