End of Tenancy Cleaning Harlington UB3

The name Harlington is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “Hygereding tun”. “Hygereding” means the people of Hygerǣd and “tun” means farmstead. The first mention of the area comes from the 9th century. It was then called Hygeredington. The mention records it as the western boundary of Botwell. This UB3 area is one of the five historic parishes that were transformed into the Heathrow Airport. It is part of the historic county of Middlesex.

Harlington’s National School was established in 1848. A cottage hospital followed almost 40 years later. The civil parish formed in 1889. There were plans to built a sewer system in this North West London area since 1864. This became a necessity in the 20th century after the population grew and many of the residents opted for flush toilets. Eleven cases of typhoid fever and an outbreak of diphtheria occurred here in 1916. Sewerage came in 1934. This area is served by the Hayes & Harlington railway station. It lies on the Great Western Main Line which was designwd by the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The station served as a filming location for the movie Trains at Hayes Station. It is among the first movies that use stereophonic sounds.

Professional football player Paul Goddard hails from Harlington. Sports businessman Simon Clegg was also born here. Richard Tattersall, the founder of the Tattersalls racehorses auction house, was one of the notable residents. Saint Peter and Paul church in Harlington houses sculptures by famous artists such as Edgar Boehm and William Theed and glass by Thomas Willement. The Imperial College Sports Ground, also known as Harlington Sports Ground, was used by Chelsea Football Club from 1970 to 2005. Since 2005, it is used by the Queens Park Rangers. An independent greyhound track was established here in the 1930s. It was demolished to make way for Skyways and Ariel hotels which are now Sheraton and Holiday Inn.