Heathrow, London
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Heath Row was a small hamlet of Middlesex on the outskirts of London, that was obliterated for construction of the London Heathrow Airport in 1945. The area today forms part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The hamlet was situated a mile and a half east of Longford. Its name was previously Hithero, Hetherow, Hetherowfeyld and Hitherowe, and came from Anglo-Saxon Hǣþrǣw = "row of houses on a heath".
Nearest places:
Nearest tube stations:- Hatton Cross tube station
- Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station - presently closed while Heathrow Terminal 5 tube station is being built: there are shuttle buses from Hatton Cross station to the terminal.
- Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 tube station
External links
- http://www.thisislongford.com/heathrow.htm
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