Carpet Cleaning Greenford

Greenford, historically Greenford Magna, is a suburb in the London

Borough of Ealing in west London, England. Greenford is one of the

oldest recorded places in Ealing, first referred to in a legal

document dated AD 845. Historically, it is part of the county of

Middlesex, but is now part of area known as ‘West London’.

The most prominent landmarks in the suburb are the A40, a large road

that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, Horsenden Hill

85 metres (280 ft) above sea level, the small Parish Church of Holy

Cross (14th century) and Betham House, built by Edward Betham (c.

1780).

The small suburb of Perivale is considered to be part of Greenford,

and was referred to as Greenford Parva (Little Greenford) until the

15th century.

Greenford is considered to be birthplace of the modern organic

chemical industry, as it was at William Perkin’s chemical factory in

North Greenford, by the Grand Union Canal that the world’s first

aniline dye was discovered in March 1856. Perkin called his amazing

discovery ‘mauveine’. Today there is a blue plaque marking the spot

in Oldfield Lane North, just south of the Black Horse Public House.

The former Rockware glassworks on the canal is commemorated by

Rockware Avenue.

Greenford is one of the most culturally diverse areas in West

London, accommodating people from: India, Caribbean, Kenya, the

Middle-East, Poland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Macedonia and many more.

When walking down Greenford Broadway today it can be hard to

determine the most prevalent ethnicity in this area.[citation

needed]Since the accommodation of Poland into the EU alarge influx

of Polish has occurred since the EU enlargement. At times it seems

the ever present Irish community has been superseded by the Poles.