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HANWELL

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANWELL , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Brentford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Middlesex, See also:England, 102 m. W. of St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral, See also:London, on the See also:river Brent and the See also:Great- Western railway. Pop. (1891) 6139; (1901) ro,438. It ranks as an See also:outer residential suburb of London. The Hanwell lunatic See also:asylum of the See also:county of London has been greatly extended since its erection 1831, and can accommodate over 2500 inmates. The extensive cemeteries of St See also:Mary Abbots, See also:Kensington, and St See also:George, See also:Hanover Square, London, are here. In the See also:churchyard of St Mary's See also:church was buried See also:Jonas See also:Hanway (d. 1786), traveller, philanthropist, and by repute, introducer of the See also:umbrella into England. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic Convalescent See also:Home for See also:women and See also:children was erected in 1865. Before the See also:Norman See also:period the- See also:manor of Hanwell belonged to See also:Westminster See also:Abbey.

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