In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Southall like this:
SOUTHALL, a chapelry, with a village, in Hayes parish, Middlesex; on the Great Western railway, 3½ miles NW of Brentwood. It has a head post-office,‡ a r. station with telegraph, an inn, and a week1y cattle market on Wednesday. Pop., 474. Houses, 85. There are several good residences, and a large private lunatic asylum. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £50.* Patron, not reported. The church was built in 1838. There are national schools.
Southall through time
Southall is now part of Ealing district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ealing has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Southall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Southall, in Ealing and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/841
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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