2019
TQ1880 : Ealing features [19]
taken 5 years ago, near to Ealing, England
Ealing features [19]
A rare surviving cast iron milepost on the road to Uxbridge and Oxford, originally the A40, now the A4020. The distances are 9 miles to Uxbridge and 6 miles to London. A view of the milepost in context is at
TQ1880 : Ealing features [20]. Listed, grade II, with details at:
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Ealing is one of the seven major towns in the London Borough of Ealing. A rural village until communications with London got better with the improvements to the road to Oxford (later Uxbridge Road) in the 18th century and culminating with the coming of the railway in 1838. Ealing expanded greatly with suburban development during the 19th century and became known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery and because it was halfway between city and country. Ealing became a municipal borough in 1901. Growth continued throughout the 20th century and Ealing became part of a modern London borough in 1965.
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