EALING is a metropolitan suburban parish on the road to Uxbridge, 9 miles south-east from that town, 1 ½ north from Brentford, 6 ½ from London by road, and 5 ½ by rail on the main line of the Great Western railway, which has two stations here, viz. Ealing Broadway and Castle Hill: the Metropolitan District Railway Co. has also stations at Ealing Common and at the Broadway adjoining the Great Western station, and another at South Ealing on their extension line to Hounslow. Ealing gives its name to the Ealing division of the county, and is in the Kensington division of the hundred of Ossulstone, Brentford petty sessional division, union and county court district, Western Metropolitan postal district, within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court and Metropolitan police, rural deanery of Ealing, archdeaconry of Middlesex and diocese of London. The “Local Government Act, 1858” (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98) was adopted 17 March, 1863, by Local Government Board Order No. P. 379, dated 21 May, 1885, the boundaries of the district were altered, through an interchange with Brentford Urban District; under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), the parish is now governed by an Urban District Council of 16 members. The town is lighted with electricity and gas. Water is supplied by the Grand Junction Water Works Co. The parish of Ealing now extends from the river Brent, in the valley north of Castlebar Hill, the boundary of Brentwood parish, and is co-extensive with the Urban District; by “Local Government Act, 1894,” the parish of Old Brentford was formed a distinct parish, forming a rough parallelogram of about 3 miles long by 2 or 2 ½ broad. Ealing proper is divided ecclesiastically into four parishes. The District Council has just (1898) completed the third year of its electric light.

The parish church of St. Mary, built about 1770, and reconstructed and enlarged in 1866, at a total cost of upwards of £9,000, is a structure of brick in the Romanesque or Early French Gothic style, from designs by the late S. S. Teulon esq. and may be said to incorporate the old church, built in 1739; it consists of apsidal chancel, nave, baptistery, western narthex, north porch and a lofty western tower with circular stair turret, and a machicolated parapet relieved by pinnacles at the angles, from which rises an octagonal gabled lantern with lofty spire: on either side of the tower are quasi-transepts, forming additional porches, with low octagonal lanterns, having conical roofs with ornamental finals: the narthex porch has an open arcading divided by bold buttresses into three bays, the angles being capped with open octagonal pinnacles; the remaining buttresses, rising above a quatrefoiled parapet, bear the symbols of the evangelists: the tower, added in 1873, has 8 bells and a clock with one dial, striking the hours and Westminster quarters: the monuments from the old church have been chiefly replaced at the west end, and include the following: John Bowman B.D. a former vicar, ob. 1629; Richard Taverner, ob. 1638: Richard Agmondesham, temp. Henry VII.; here also lie buried Sir John Maynard kt. serjeant-at-law, ob. 9 Oct. 1690; John Oldmixon, a violent party writer and author of a “History of England,” d. 9 July, 1742 and John Horne Tooke, politician and philologist, d. at Wimbledon, 19 March, 1812: there are sittings for about 1,300, all of which are free. The church was wholly and the churchyard almost entirely closed to interments by Order in Council, 11 April, 1854. Here were buried Robert Orme, some time Commissary and Accountant General and author of “British Military History in India,” d. 13 Jan. 1801; Sir Frederick Morton Eden bart. author of “A History of the Labouring Classes,” d. 14 Nov. 1809; and William King D.C.L. principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, and Public Orator, d. 30 Dec. 1763, to whom there is a monument in the chapel of St. Mary Hall, with a singular inscription, written by himself, and surmounted by a marble urn, containing his heart. Sir William Lawrence bart. F.R.S. the eminent surgeon, who died in 1867, also Dr. Nicholas, who died about 1865 and his father, who had in their day the largest private school in England, numbering 300 boys, are also buried in the churchyard. A lych gate of oak has been erected at the west end of the churchyard at a cost of £200, as a memorial to the Rev. Edward William Relton M.A. vicar here, 1853—86. The register dates from the year 1582. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £700, with 68 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Wm. Elliott Oliver LL.D, of Trinity College, Dublin.

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 19 Oct. 1852: the church, which adjoins the Broadway in the Uxbridge road, was erected for Miss Lewis in 1852, at a cost of £10,000, from designs by the late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. and is a building of Kentish rag and Bath stone in the Geometrical Decorated style, consisting of chancel, with south aisle, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and a western tower with crocketed pinnacles, and a lofty octagonal spire, containing a peal of bells and a clock with three illuminated dials, striking the hours and Cambridge quarters: the stained east window is a memorial to G. Wood esq. d. 1865 and there are several other stained windows: the church affords 600 sittings, of which 350 are appropriated. The register dates from the year 1852. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £500, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and held since 1895 by the Rev. William Templeton King M.A., B.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. Connected with this church is the Mission Church of St. Saviour, built in the year 1881, at a cost of £2,000, and opened 2nd February, 1881, and affording 650 sittings. A permanent church, designed by Mr. Fellowes Prynne and providing 850 sittings, at a cost of about £10,000, will be ready for consecration early in the year 1898. Rev. William Ranger M.A. Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, has been curate in charge since 1889.

Ealing Dean St. John’s parish, was first formed 27 Oct. 1876; by a subsequent order, 27 Jan, 1885, the boundary of the parish was extended by including parts of the mother parish of St. Mary, and the ecclesiastical parish of Christ Church: the church, built in 1876, at a cost of about £8,000, from designs by Mr. Edward Horne, is a cruciform structure of brick with stone and terra-cotta dressings, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, eastern and central transepts and a tower over the chancel with angle turrets and pinnacles and a high pyramidal-crested roof, and contains 1 bell: there are several stained windows, including a memorial window to Admiral Sir Richard Collinson K.C.B., F.R.G.S, the well-known navigator of the Polar Seas, d. 1882: there are sittings for 1,115 persons, 550 being free. The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £510, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and held since 1867 by the Rev. Julius Summerhayes M.A. of Queen’s College, Cambridge. St. James’ temporary iron church, in this parish, affords sittings for about 350 persons. The Rev. Robert Woods Colquhoun M.A. has been curate in charge since 1894. A church room was erected in 1893 at a cost of £670.

St. Matthew’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1884 from the parish of St. Mary and ecclesiastical parish of Christ Church: the church, in North Common road, erected in 1884, is an edifice of red brick with red sandstone dressings, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a morning chapel: there are sittings for 1,000 persons, over 600 being free. The register dates from the year 1884. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £400, in the gift “pro hac vice” of the Crown, but afterwards of the Bishop of London, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Henry Charles Douglass M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.

St. Peter's is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1894 from Christ Church. The church, in Mount Park road, consecrated July 15, 1893, is an edifice of white brick and freestone, in a Late Continental Gothic style, from designs by the late Mr. J. D. Sedding F.R.I.B.A architect, and consists of chancel, with vestries, nave aisles, western narthex, porch and two western turrets, the chancel has a large circular window in the gable and is separated from the nave by a low wall: the nave is divided into three bays by plain piers with wide flattened arches, supporting on each side a blind storey, with a triplet of pointed arches in each bay, and intended to serve as galleries; the lower portion of the piers is panelled in wood, the aisles are lighted by six large windows, with segmental heads, and are continuous, except for a single buttress in the centre of the aisle; the whole structure is under a single roof, relieved on each side by a sort of parapet, rising from the blind storey below, and consisting of six very flat arches carrying a horizontal cornice, which is broken into three divisions by octagonal panelled turrets, with domical capping and button finials, and between these are stone standards, with moulded heads. The west porch is flanked by two oblong embattled turrets, surmounted by small slated spirelets, with button finials; an arch unites these, enclosing the west window, which is elaborately traceried; two massive detached buttresses rise from the porch into the head of the arch, and are connected with the window by open tracery; the west and north doors are covered with plates of brass, ornamented with repousse work, and the former has also the figure of an angel in bronze; a richly canopied niche with finial surmounts the western gable. The church is seated with benches, stained of a greenish hue: there are 1,040 sittings. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £450, derived from offertories and pews rents, in the gift, during his incumbency, of the present vicar of Christ Church, and afterwards in that of the Bishop of London, and held since 1893 by the Rev. William Petty M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.

St. Stephen’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 27th October, 1876: the church, in St. Stephen’s road, Castle hill, is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south transept, south porch and a tower with lofty spire: there are 750 sittings, 200 being free. The registers date from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, yearly value fluctuating, with residence, and held since 1876 by the Rev. Benjamin Seymour Tupholme D.D. of Hertford College, Oxford; the patronage is vested in the Bishop of London.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church, in Mount Park road, erected in 1886, at a cost of £4,500, the memorial stone being laid by the Marques's of Lorne K.T. May 22nd, 1886, is an edifice of red brick with Bath stone dressings in an Early Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Wallaces architect, of London, and consists of nave with a transept on the west side and a gallery over the vestibule: the church was enlarged in 1893 at an additional cost of £2,500, and will now seat 750: behind the church is a vestry and lecture hall, seating 150 persons. The Congregational chapel, on the Green, erected in 1860, is an edifice of brick with stone dressings, in the Gothic style, from designs by Mr. C. Jones, architect, of Ealing, and will seat 700 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, in Windsor road, near the Broadway, was completed in 1869, at a cost of £7,000, and is in the Geometrical Gothic style, from designs by Mr. C. Jones: it comprises chancel, nave, aisle, organ-chamber, vestries, and a tower with a lofty spire, and has large schools attached: there are sittings for 1,000 persons. The Baptist chapel, in Haven Green, erected in 1880 and opened May 25th, 1881, at a total cost of £9,000. is a structure of red brick, with dressings of Bath stone, moulded brick and terra-cotta, in the Early French Gothic style, and has sittings for 940 persons. There is also a Baptist chapel in Chapel road, Ealing Dean, erected in 1868, and seating about 400. The Primitive Methodist chapel is an iron structure in the Uxbridge road, Ealing Dean.

The parish burial ground, between Ealing and Brentford, covers about 8 acres, and was laid out in 1860: the mortuary chapel, erected from designs by Mr. C. Jones, architect, of Ealing, contains a clock, the bell of which tolls for funerals automatically. The Cemetery is under the control of a Burial Board of nine members.

The Public Offices, Uxbridge road, erected in 1887, at a total cost of £21,000, and opened by T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, December 15th, 1888, form a handsome pile of buildings, in the Early Decorated style, from designs by Mr. C. Jones C.E. and are constructed of Kentish ragstone, with Bath stone dressings, the principal front being relieved by projecting gabled bays and by lofty clock tower, four storeys in height, with octagonal pinnacles, from within which rises a square clock chamber, surmounted by a spire with vane: the buildings include the Urban District Council Offices, Free Library and Science and Art Schools, and the Victoria Jubilee Hall, used for public meetings and entertainments: the Vestry Hall is in Ranelagh road.

The Fire Brigade Station, in Longfield avenue, Uxbridge road, is a structure of red brick, designed by Mr. C. Jones C.E. and comprises a water tower, housing for steam and manual engines, with other appliances and rooms for resident firemen.

The F. Co. 2nd Vol. Batt. Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) regiment has a drill hall in Churchfield road.

The works of the Grand Junction Water Works Co. at Mount Park include a reservoir of large storage capacity, enabling the company to supply at 190 feet above the level, and also a water tower, by means of which an additional delivery height, 50 or 60 feet, is attained, and from this source the mains are also charged in case of fire.

The Public Baths in Longfield avenue, Uxbridge road, erected from the designs of Mr. C. Jones C.E. at a cost of £11,000, comprise three baths, two for men and one for women, with private baths for both.

There are branches here of the London and County Banking Co. Limited, London and South Western Bank Limited, and of the London and Midland Bank Limited.

The “Middlesex County Times” (1842) is published here on Saturday, and the “Bedford Park &c. Gazette and District Advertiser.”

The Dive Club occupies premises at Helena chambers, Broadway; Arthur M. Brook, secretary.

Ealing Liberal Club, on the Green, comprises a lecture hall, and reading, card and billiard rooms.

The Ealing Constitutional Club has premises in the Uxbridge road.

St. Helena’s Home, Drayton green, is for discharged prisoners for theft after the first offence.

The Training College for teachers of the deaf, at Elmhurst, Castlebar hill, opened 1st June, 1878, affords gratuitous instruction to such students as are unable to pay the ordinary college fees, besides promoting schools for the poor: the method of teaching pursued is that known as “the German system,” which dispenses entirely with the manual alphabet and relies mainly on a spoken language: there are now in the college 11 students and in the school 13 pupils and the establishment is maintained by periodical subscriptions, donations and fees and is controlled by a committee of subscribers: since its first establishment the college has certificated upwards of 70 teachers, many of whom are employed in the London and Provincial School Boards: lady superintendent and secretary, Mrs. Arthur Kinsey.

The Isolation Hospital, Administrative Block, &c. erected in 1886 from the designs of Mr. C. Jones C.E. stands in grounds of 1 ½ acres and is available for 18 patients.

Ealing Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispensary, in North Field lane, was enlarged in 1893, and has now 22 beds.

Ealing Common, a fine stretch of green sward lying to the south of the Uxbridge road, is surrounded with trees of considerable size, and furnished with seats. Haven green, on the north side of the Great Western railway, is a small open space, mostly grass, and also planted with trees and shrubs, and both these are under the charge of the Urban Council for Ealing as public recreation grounds. Drayton green, or “the Lammas lands,” is another green comprising about 30 acres purchased in 1881 by the Local Board and now forms an additional ground or public park.

The house, formerly called Elm Grove, now pulled down, was the residence of Sir W. Trumbull kt. D.C.L. statesman and diplomatist, d. 14th December, 1716; Dr. John Egerton, Bishop of Durham, 1771—87; and the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, some time Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was assassinated in the lobby of the House of Commons, 11th May, 1812.

The parish of Ealing contains many beautiful seats. Fordhook was once the residence of Henry Fielding, the novelist, who here wrote “Tom Jones,” and subsequently of Lady Byron; and the Manor House, situated in the town, is the residence of the Misses Perceval: Gunnersbury Park, the seat of Lord Rothschild, was purchased by the Rothschild family about the middle of the present century; the mansion is a large rectangular structure in the Italian style, with a lofty pedimented colonnade on the principal front, raised on a projecting lower storey and inclosed with balustrading; the gardens and grounds of about 100 acres are laid out with much taste and contain fine specimens of cedars and other trees; some of the garden houses are said to have been designed by Inigo Jones.

The Hall has extensive grounds adjoining the Uxbridge road; the mansion is a large edifice of stone, in the Classic style: the entrance gateway, facing Ealing Green, is a singular structure consisting of two square piers of flint and brick, connected by a brick arch of fine workmanship, surmounted by carved stone-work, representing an eagle within a wreath.

Among former residents here may be mentioned Sir James Montagu kt. Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1722—3; John Owen D.D. the famous Puritan divine, who died at Ealing, 24th August, 1683; William Melmoth, translator and author, died 6th April, 1743; the great Duke of Marlborough; William Henry de Nassau Earl of Rochford; and John Duke of Argyll; Ford Hall was the residence, in the last century, of Sir Alexander Denton kt. Justice of the Common Pleas, 1722—40; John Bowyer Nichols F.S.A, antiquary and printer, died at Hanger Vale, 19th October, 1863.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor; the principal landowners are Edward Wood esq. J.P. Lord Rothschild and Sir Spencer Walpole K.C.B.

Ealing parish contains 3,225 acres of land; the area of the urban district is 3,225 acres; rateable value, £226,727; the population about 33,000; the population attached to the parish church in 1891 was 4,323, which included Ealing and Old Brentford.

Drayton Green is a part of Ealing.

Hanger Hill is in Christ Church ecclesiastical district.

Places of Worship, with times of services

St. Mary’s Church, Rev. William Elliott Oliver LL.D, vicar; Rev. Robert Dixon Box M.A. curate; 11 a.m. 3.30 & 7 p.m.; daily, 10.30 a.m.

Christ Church, Rev. W. Templeton King M.A., B.D. vicar; 11 a.m. 3.30 & 7 p.m.; daily, 10.30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.

St. John’s Church, Ealing Dean, Rev. Julius Summerhayes M.A. vicar; 11 a.m. 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m. & Fri. 11 a.m.

St. Matthew’s Church, Rev. Henry Charles Douglass M.A. vicar; 8.30 & 11 a.m. 3 & 3.30 & 7 p.m.; daily, 10.30 a.m.; Thur. 12 noon.

St. Stephen’s Church, Castle hill, Rev. Benjamin Seymour Tupholme D.D. vicar; Rev. H. Wright Bates M.A. curate; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. Fri. & saints’ days, 11 a.m.; Fri. 5 p.m.; holy communion every Sunday at 8 a.m.

St. Peter’s Church, Mount Park road, Rev. William Petty M.A. vicar; holy communion 7 & 8 a.m. &; 12 noon (the latter choral); morn. serv. 10.45 a.m.; afternoon, 3.30 & 4; evening service; holy communion, Tues. & Thur. 7.30 a.m.; other week days, 8 a.m.; matins, 10.15 a.m. daily.

St. Saviour’s Church, Rev. William Ranger M.A. curate-in-charge; 11 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

St. James’ (Iron Church), Rev. W. Colquhoun M.A. curate-in-charge; 11 a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. James’ Mission Church, Talbot road.

St. Benedict’s Church (Catholic), Castle Bar road; Rev. Henry Bernard Bulbeck & Rev. E. Benedict Weld-Blun-dell; Sunday, 8 & 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; holidays, 8 & 10 a.m.; daily. 8 a.m.; Tuesdays, 4 p.m.; Thur. 8.15 p.m.

St. Joseph & Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Mattock lane, Rev. Richard O’Halloran, rector; masses, 8 & 11; prayers, sermon & benediction at 7; week days: mass at 8 a.m.; benediction, Tues. & Fri. at 8.15 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Mount Park rd. Rev. J. Thain Davidson D.D.; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.

Baptist, Chapel road, Rev. William Leonard Gibbs; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Haven green, Rev. Evan Thomas; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Ealing green, Rev. W. Garrett Horder; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Brethren, Disraeli road.

The Brethren, Gospel Hall, Grove; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Uxbridge road, Ealing Dean; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Windsor road, Rev. William Middleton & Rev. Alfred C. Strutt; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Mission Hall, F. G. Parsons, missionary, Baker’s lane; 3.30 & 7 p.m.

Shaftesbury Hall, Uxbridge road.

Schools

The Princess Helena College, in the Montpelier road, originally founded in 1820, in memory of H.R.H. Princess Charlotte of Wales, for training as governesses the orphan daughters of officers of the army & navy, the Civil Service & of clergymen, was then known as “The Adult Orphan Institution” and located at Regent’s Park, London; in 1881—2, under the presidency of the Princess Christian, nine acres of land were bought & new buildings erected here, at a cost of £10,000, from designs by Mr. S. Bannister, of Lincoln’s Inn Fields: it is now a public high school for girls, the original foundation being also maintained, & is supported in part by subscriptions: the building is available for 250 girls, & there are now 50 boarders, of whom 20 are wards on the foundation, & there are also 170 day pupils.

St. Mary’s Church (girls), Ealing green, built in 1712, rebuilt in 1861 & enlarged in 1894, for 145 children; average attendance, 140.

St. John’s, Felix road, Ealing Dean, built in 1872, & enlarged in 1884, 1892 & 1898, for 330 boys, 330 girls & 239 infants; average attendance, 239 boys, 220 girls & 212 infants.

National (boys & infants), Ealing road south, built in 1721, rebuilt 1817, enlarged in 1874 & again in 1890, for 335 children; average attendance, 180 boys & 100 infants.

Christ Church (girls), Spring Bridge road, erected in 1885, for 180 children; average attendance, 120.

Christ Church (boys), Spring Bridge road, built in 1870, for 200 children; average attendance, 140.

St. Stephen’s Church (mixed), Pitts Hanger lane, built in 1881, for 120 children; average attendance, 68.

Infant, Ealing grove, built for 300 children; average attendance, 190.

British, Lancaster road, built in 1858 & enlarged in 1895, for 416 children; average attendance, 386.

Wesleyan (mixed), Broadway, built in 1865 as a chapel & established as a school in 1874, burnt down & rebuilt in 1803, for 350 children; average attendance, 300.

Conveyances

Omnibuses to & from London (Tottenham Court road) every few minutes.

Omnibuses leave the Railway hotel for the North London railway station, Acton, every half hour daily from 9.5 a.m. to 10.5 p.m.; & for Brentford & Kew Bridge every hour from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays every 20 minutes from 11 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.