Bedfont
Bedfont is a district within the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. It's 13 miles west-southwest of Charing Cross and 2 miles from Heathrow Airport. It consists of the area that's informally referred to as North Feltham and the neighbourhood of Hatton.
Bedfont is referenced in the Domesday Book as ‘Bedefunde’, which is believed to result from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘Bedfunta’, which means ‘bed’s spring’. It states that the manors of Bedfont, Hatton and Stanmore were all held by William Fitz Other. Before Heathrow’s Terminal Five was built, just a couple of miles north of Bedfont, archaeologists discovered Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman artefacts, suggesting that individuals were residing in and around Bedfont in these times.
The populace of Bedfont stood at 12,701 at the 2011 census. The number of inhabitants began to increase when Heathrow Airport was opened in 1946. This triggered rising demand for local housing, particularly as the village of Heathrow was lost in addition to a part of the Hamlet of Hatton.
Bedfont has two surviving manor houses: Pates Manor, once owned by the Page family, and Fawns Manor. Pates Manor is behind the Church of St Mary the Virgin and dates back to the late fifteenth century. Fawns Manor is around the south side of the Green and dates from the 16th century, now belonging to the British Airways Housing Association.