03 Oct
Window blinds
Isleworth - TW7
Enquiry from: Soheir E
Start Date: Immediate
Property: semi detached
Bedfont
Bedfont is a district inside the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. It's 21 km west-southwest of Charing Cross and two miles from Heathrow Airport. It consists of the area which is informally called North Feltham along with the neighbourhood of Hatton.
Bedfont is described in the Domesday Book as ‘Bedefunde’, which is thought to result from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘Bedfunta’, which means ‘bed’s spring’. It states that the manors of Bedfont, Hatton and Stanmore were all held by William Fitz Other. Just before Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was constructed, just a few miles north of Bedfont, archaeologists found Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman artefacts, suggesting that individuals had been living in and around Bedfont during these times.
The citizenry of Bedfont stood at 12,701 at the 2011 census. The amount of inhabitants began to rise when Heathrow Airport was opened in 1946. This triggered increasing demand for neighbourhood housing, particularly as the village of Heathrow was lost along with part of the Hamlet of Hatton.
Bedfont has two surviving manor houses: Pates Manor, once owned by the Page family, and Fawns Manor. Pates Manor is behind the Church of St Mary the Virgin and dates from the late fifteenth century. Fawns Manor is around the south side of the Green and dates back to the 16th century, now belonging to the British Airways Housing Association.
