15 Facts About Brentford

Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow.

Brentford has a convenience shopping and dining venue grid of streets at its centre.

New Brentford is recorded as Newe Braynford in 1521 and was previously known as Westbraynford.

Old Brentford is recorded as Old Braynford in 1476 and was previously known as Estbraynford.

The quality and quantity of the artefacts suggests that Brentford was a meeting point for pre-Romanic tribes.

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Brentford is the first point on the tidal portion of the River Thames which was easily fordable by foot .

Local town fair, the Brentford Festival, has been held in Brentford every September since 1900.

Brentford developed around the ancient boundary between the parishes of Ealing and Hanwell.

New Brentford was first described as the county town of Middlesex in 1789, on the basis that it was the location of elections of knights for the shire from 1701.

In 1795 New Brentford was "considered as the county-town; but there is no town-hall or other public building" causing confusion that remains to this day .

Brentford's other Anglican parish church, Saint Faith's, is a comparatively recent building, dating from 1906 to 1907.

Brentford is regarded as having started his interest in painting while living there.

Brentford Dock came to single use and engineered enlargement as a freight terminus of the Great Western Railway.

Brentford Public Library is a Carnegie library, built by the architect Nowell Parr and opened in 1904.

Brentford Baths, by the architect Nowell Parr, is a Grade II listed example of late Victorian architecture.