A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



by Sir John Crompton to Edward Hewlett, 81 who 

 then held the manor of Pates (q.v.), and in 1645 

 by James and William Hewlett to Francis Page. 81 

 Later in the same year a third of the tithes of 

 grain was leased to Thomas Bartlett by William 

 Norbonne for eighty years if the latter's wife 

 Frances should live so long, the rent to be one 

 peppercorn. 8 * In 1691-2 the rectory and tithes 

 were leased by John Clarke to Robert Goodyer. 8 * 

 Four-fifths of the rectory and tithes were conveyed 

 to William Sherborn in 1789 by William Adams 

 and others. 85 The rectorial tithes are now held 

 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 



Hatton has always been ecclesiastically dependent 

 on East Bedfont, though at the Dissolution Hatton 

 Rectory was valued separately (at 4) among the 

 possessions of Hounslow Priory. 86 It was held by 

 the Crown after the priory was suppressed, and the 

 tithes were leased under Elizabeth to Anthony 

 Rowe, auditor of the Exchequer, and after his 

 death to his three sons. 8 ' Probably the rectory 



was granted with the advowson of East Bedfont to 

 Bishop Aylmer. The tithes are mentioned with 

 those of Bedfont in I62I. 88 They were held in- 

 dependently in 1726, when they were conveyed 

 by John Page to Richard Burbridge, 89 and again in 

 1787, when apparently the co-heiresses of the 

 Burbridge family conveyed them to George 

 Webber. 10 



In 1631 Matthew Page, as 

 CHARITIES mentioned in the Parliamentary 

 Returns of 1786, bequeathed a 

 legacy for the poor, which is now represented by 

 83 6/. zd. consols, held by the official trustees. 

 The dividends, amounting to 2 I/. %d., are 

 applied in the distribution of money in sums of 

 2j. or 21. 6J. 



The Fuel Allotment, acquired by an award 

 made under the Inclosure Act of 5 3 George III, 

 consists of 40 acres, let at .105 a year. In 

 1906-7 279 poor persons received 7^cwt of 

 coal each. 



FELTHAM 



Felteham (xi cent.) ; Feltenham, Felthenham 

 (xvii cent.). 



Feltham lies to the south of the main road from 

 Hounslow to Staines, which runs just beyond and 

 parallel with the northern boundary of the parish, 

 The country is almost level, with a slight upward 

 trend from south to north, but the highest point 

 reached is only 73 ft. above ordnance datum.' 

 The River Crane forms part of the eastern 

 boundary, and ' the Queen's or Cardinal's River ' 

 (v.s. East Bedfont) flows diagonally across the 

 northern part of the parish, passing under the 

 railway near the station, and a few hundred yards 

 farther under the Feltham-Hounslow road, by a 

 bridge which was built about 1800.' Of the 

 1,789! acres in Feltham, about two-thirds are 

 composed of arable land, and 371 acres are laid 

 down in permanent grass.* There are only 20 

 acres of woodland, 4 and these lie mostly about the 

 private houses in the north-east. The parish was 

 inclosed in 1800 with Hanworth and Sunbury. 6 

 Until that date Hounslow Heath extended over 

 the eastern part of the parish, and apparently the 

 only roads which then existed were those from 

 Ashford and from Hanworth. Even what is now 

 the principal road, that which leads from the 

 village to Hounslow, was not constructed till after 

 this date. 6 The cross-road from Hatton, and the 

 ways leading west from St. Dunstan's Church 

 towards Bedfont and south through Feltham Hill, 

 were also laid out at this time, the two latter fol- 

 lowing the courses of ancient tracks. 7 



The village is long and straggling, and extends 

 for over a mile along the road to Hounslow. The 

 older part lies towards the south, about the parish 

 church of St. Dunstan. The houses stand close on 

 to the narrow road, which curves sharply to the 

 right, and then with a right-angled turn to the left 

 proceeds past Feltham Farm to the central portion 

 of the village. It is here known as the High 

 Street, and widens out slightly before reaching the 

 Red Lion Hotel, just beyond which a large pond 

 lies to the right of the road. Northwards again 

 are the more modern houses and shops, which are 

 increasing year by year. Farther to the north- 

 west is Southville, which at present consists of two 

 streets of workmen's houses. The modern build- 

 ings lie within easy reach of the station, which is 

 on the Windsor branch of the London and South 

 Western Railway. 



The spiritual needs of this growing population 

 have been met by the erection of St. Catherine's 

 Church, which was built in 1 8 80 as a chapel of 

 ease to the parish church, which stands at the 

 upper end of the village. A north porch was 

 added in 1890, and the tower and spire in 1898. 

 There are two large Congregational chapels, one of 

 which was founded in 1805 and rebuilt in 1865, 

 while the second was built in 1905. A Wesleyan 

 chapel was erected in 1870, and a Baptist chapel 

 in the same year. A cemetery, extending over 

 i i acres, was formed in 1880 at a cost of about 

 1,400. It has no mortuary chapels, and is now 

 under the control of the Urban District Council. 



81 Feet of F. Midd. Trin. 19 las. I. 



8a Ibid. Hil. 20 Chas. I. 



88 Ibid. Mich. 21 Chas. I. 



w Ibid. Hil. 3 Will, and Mary. 



85 Ibid. East. 29 Geo. Ill 



M Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i, 4.02. 



87 Pat. 27 Eliz. pt. ri, m. 19. 



8 Feet of F. Midd. Trin. 19 Jas. I. 

 8 Ibid. Hil. II Geo. I. 

 90 Ibid. Hil. 27 Geo. III. 

 1 Ord. Surv. 



1 B.M. Egerton MS. 2356. 

 8 Inf. supplied by Bd. of Agric. 

 (1905). 



* Slater, Engl. Peasantry and the En- 

 closure of the Common Fields, 287 j B.M. 

 Egerton MS. 2356. 



6 B.M. Egerton MS. 2356. 



" Ibid. 



