In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Bedfont like this:
BEDFONT (East), a village and a parish in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands adjacent to the Southwestern railway, near Feltham station, 3½ miles ENE of Staines; and has a post office, of the name of Bedfont, under Hounslow. The parish includes also the hamlet of Hatton. Acres, 1,856. ...
Real property, £6,497. Pop., 1,150. Houses, 237. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £288.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is ancient, has a Saxon porch, and has been enlarged and improved. There is a national school.
East Bedfont through time
East Bedfont is now part of Hounslow district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hounslow has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Bedfont itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Bedfont, in Hounslow and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5510
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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