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Chiswick (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z ɪ k / ⓘ CHIZ-ik) [3] is a district in West London, split between the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Ealing.It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth, Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery.
Chiswick was a local government district in the county of Middlesex, England from 1858 to 1927. It was part of the London postal district and the Metropolitan Police District. The Chiswick Improvement Act 1858 [1] created a board of 19 commissioners, one of whom was nominated by the Duke of Devonshire, the major landowner of the parish. The ...
The borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, covering the combined area of the former Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick, the Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth and Feltham Urban District. The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to
It was created an urban district in 1927 by a merger of the former area of the Brentford Urban District and the Chiswick Urban District. It gained the status of municipal borough in 1932. It included the parishes of Chiswick, New Brentford and Old Brentford.
Hogarth's House is the former country home of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth in Chiswick, adjacent to the A4.The House now belongs to the London Borough of Hounslow and is open to visitors as a historic house museum free of charge.
St Nicholas Church, Chiswick is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in Church Street, Chiswick, London, near the River Thames. [1] Old Chiswick developed as a village around the church from c. 1181. [2] The tower was built at some time between 1416 and 1435.
Chiswick from the river, in Walter Harrison's History of London, c. 1775. Old Chiswick is the area of the original village beside the river Thames for which the modern district of Chiswick is named. The village grew up around St Nicholas Church, founded c. 1181 and named for the patron saint of fishermen.
Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England. A "glorious" [ 1 ] example of Neo-Palladian architecture in west London , the house was designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), and completed in 1729.