Ealing Through Time Av Jonathan Oates, Paul Lang

Secret Ealing explores the lesser-known history of the West London borough of Ealing through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.

<P>In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I and George II, posed by Jacobite supporters of the exiled Stuart claimant. This book examines the responses of those loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty,...

Hanwell and Southall both have surprisingly interesting historical associations. The adjoining Middlesex parishes are linked by the Uxbridge Road, formerly the Oxford Road, which was connected to London. Hanwell and Southall were both reliant on agriculture...

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Richmond upon Thames has changed and developed over the last century.