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Interesting to read that a 12 mile river was dug to feed a water feature at Hampton Court when Hampton Court is adjacent to a ready source of water in the form of the Thames.
James Drew | 13.04.26 - 7:17 a.m. | #
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Based on uninformed guesswork, it probably needed a constant flow of water under gravity to power water features.
Back when I was doing all bus routes end to end, the original H25 (Butts Farm - Sparrow Farm) was unusual because it didn't connect with another bus route at either end - and both termini were 'farms'.
I think the blossom was probably the best bit.
Still Anon | 13.04.26 - 8:02 a.m. | #
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Don't forget Hanwell as well for West London.
Adrian | 13.04.26 - 8:24 a.m. | #
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I was always tickled by the exit sign on J3 of the M4, to Heathrow, Harrow and Hounslow. So many H destinations in West London! I wonder if there are more alliterative road signs than this one.
Lucy Garden | 13.04.26 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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You forgot to mention that Hanworth has its own football club - HANWORTH VILLA FC. I visited it twice recently and was much impressed with the ground's cleanliness.
JOHN GREENWOOD | 13.04.26 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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The most notable thing about Job's dairy was the display of little concrete cows that were on the lawn at the front. After the flyover over the roundabout was built they were put on the roof but Muller said they were a distraction for drivers and removed them. A local landmark gone and presumably destroyed?
debster | 13.04.26 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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"Chicken Steak Burger". Steak from a chicken. Well you learn something new everyday.
Agent X | 13.04.26 - 9:15 a.m. | #
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The path through the locked gate into the "nature reserve" is still shown as a public footpath on the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 map, although it has been shut for the 30 plus years I have known it. A legacy of pre water works Hanworth I suspect as Victorian maps show a cross roads of lanes at that point, now a right angled bend on the H25 bus route.
Chris Atkins | Homepage | 13.04.26 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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I hadn't realised quite how intrusive the A316 Country Way was to Hanworth.
Mikey C | 13.04.26 - 10:13 a.m. | #
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There is an old ice house called the Mount somewhere around there. We used to play inside this "hill" as kids in the 60's. The interior was brick lined and half full on earth. No doubt it's sealed off now.
MarkA | 13.04.26 - 11:08 a.m. | #
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Butts Farm was presumably where the local archery butts were located for mandatory (for able bodied males in the Tudor era) Sunday practice, although that may be fanciful later attribution by a mischievous council official.
MilesT | 13.04.26 - 1:11 p.m. | #
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On the subject of placenames starting with the same letter I once heard the (possibly apocryphal) story of the commuters on the ‘Portsmouth Direct’ line from London Waterloo towards Portsmouth via Guildford having an alcoholic drink at the (then) buffet every time they passed a station beginning with W. You can work out whether they’d be likely to make it home…..
Stephen H | 13.04.26 - 2:49 p.m. | #
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hurricanes hardly happen ...
Anyoldname | 13.04.26 - 7:25 p.m. | #
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... In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire
rogergh | 13.04.26 - 9:37 p.m. | #
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Route 111 is nearly all H's, Heathrow, Harlington Corner, Cranford, Heston, Hounslow, Hanworth, Hampton, Hampton Court, Hampton Wick, Kingston.
The bus stops on top of the flyover must be one of the worst places in London to wait for a bus, the shelters were removed over 10 years ago. Open to the wind and 3 lanes of traffic at 50mph.
TfL permanently have an information icon on routes 111, 290 & H25
"BEAR ROAD FLYOVER: Bus stops on Route 290 are located on the Country Way flyover and are only accessible via stairs to and from the Route 111 and H25 stops in Bear Road."
However as you can see in your photo there is a ramp as well.
David | 13.04.26 - 9:40 p.m. | #
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All those Hs reminds me of a trivia question relating to the Underground - how many consecutive station names starting with the same letter can you call at on the same train without the train reversing?
Start at Hounslow East, then Hounslow Central, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminal 4, Heathrow Terminals (1) 2 & 3, Hatton Cross, and back to Hounslow East = 10.
Joel | 14.04.26 - 12:48 p.m. | #
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Hanworth once had a cinema, the Rex, closed in the 1960s and a petrol station and flats built on the site, flats called Rex house. There was also a Hanworth library building, it was demolished and flats built on the site. The library was moved into Feltham swimming baths and leisure centre which was renamed to Hanworth leisure centre to avoid confusion with the library Feltham
John | 16.04.26 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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