Sipson and Heathrow School

Heathrow School was founded in 1875 as Heathrow Elementary School on the north side of Bath Road.

The land for Heathrow School was donated by George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford. The school opened in 1877.

Heathrow School was enlarged in 1891 and soon after it was renamed ’Sipson and Heathrow School’ - more than half its pupils came from Sipson.

After the building of Heathrow Airport in 1944, the school was severely affected by aircraft noise from the North Runway.

Pupils from the Perry Oaks cottages travelled by taxi to avoid construction works for more than a year.

In 1962 the school lost its playing field because an airport access road was built. In 1966 it moved to Harmondsworth Lane in Sipson, and was renamed Heathrow School again.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Heathrow Road, TW6 Added: 19 Feb 2022 16:21 GMT	Harmondsworth (1939 - 1965) I lived in a house (Lostwithiel) on the Bath Road opposite the junction with Tythe Barn Lane, now a hotel site. Initially, aircraft used one of the diagonal runways directly in line with our house. I attended Sipson Primary School opposite the Three Magpies and celebrated my 21st birthday at The Peggy Bedford in 1959. Reply
The Three Magpies Added: 30 May 2022 19:03 GMT	The Three Magpies Row of houses (centre) was on Heathrow Rd....Ben’s Cafe shack ( foreground ) and the Three Magpies pub (far right) were on the Bath Rd Reply

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Tony Whipple Frank Whipple Place, E14 Added: 16 Apr 2024 21:35 GMT	Frank Whipple Place, E14 Frank was my great-uncle, I’d often be ’babysat’ by Peggy while Nan and Dad went to the pub. Peggy was a marvel, so full of life. My Dad and Frank didn’t agree on most politics but everyone in the family is proud of him. A genuinely nice, knowledgable bloke. One of a kind. Reply
Theresa Penney Whites Row, E1 Added: 16 Apr 2024 18:08 GMT	1 Whites Row My 2 x great grandparents and his family lived here according to the 1841 census. They were Dutch Ashkenazi Jews born in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century but all their children were born in Spitalfields. Reply
Wendy The Polygon Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT	Polygon Buildings Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings. Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT	Road construction and houses completed New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only. Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date. Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT	Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS) One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc. I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever. Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London Reply
Charles Hornsey Rise, N19 Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT	My House I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s. Reply
NH Woodgrange Road, E7 Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT	Telephone House Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000 Reply
Paul Cox Aldine Street, W12 Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT	War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there. Reply

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The Three Magpies, Bath Road, Heathrow can be seen on the far right. The buildings here were on Heathrow Road - which was buried under the airport runways. TUM image id: 1637777571 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Three Magpies, Bath Road, Heathrow can be seen on the far right. The buildings here were on Heathrow Road - which was buried under the airport runways. TUM image id: 1637777571 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Orchards were a major agricultural activities in the Heathrow area before the building of the airport in 1944. Credit: Wiki Commons/Rehemtulla TUM image id: 1644331942 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Heathrow Hall (1935) This was farmed by the Philp family and was demolished in 1944. It was one of the main farms of the Heathrow area. It would nowadays be located on top of the northern road tunnel into the airport. TUM image id: 1503231819 Licence:	Doghurst Cottages and the entrance to Heathrow Road behind the Three Magpies pub, Bath Road (1944) TUM image id: 1644332910 Licence: CC BY 2.0
A pre-war map of the village of Heathrow, Middlesex, showing the Fairey company’s Great West Aerodrome, which was hugely expanded post-war to become London Airport. The ’r’ of the label ’Heathrow’ marks the modern site of Terminal 2. TUM image id: 1503239496 Licence:	The Old Magpies was an old pub on the Bath Road near Heathrow, demolished in 1951. TUM image id: 1644844819 Licence:	Cain’s Lane Mission Church (1935) This was a Baptist chapel built in 1901, disappeared in 1944 under Heathrow Airport. TUM image id: 1644338593 Licence:	Three Magpies pub on the Bath Road near Heathrow Airport. Almost opposite the Three Magpies was St Saviour’s Church opened in 1880 - later the site of the Heathrow Park Hotel. TUM image id: 1644589457 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Shrub End, Cains Lane, Heathrow (1943) David Wild standing with his wife Naomi, children Elizabeth and James with their nurse. The family was evicted in 1944 and their house demolished. Credit: W.Wild TUM image id: 1644856503 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Three Magpies, Bath Road, Heathrow can be seen on the far right. The buildings here were on Heathrow Road - which was buried under the airport runways.
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Orchards were a major agricultural activities in the Heathrow area before the building of the airport in 1944.
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Heathrow Hall (1935) This was farmed by the Philp family and was demolished in 1944. It was one of the main farms of the Heathrow area. It would nowadays be located on top of the northern road tunnel into the airport.
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Doghurst Cottages and the entrance to Heathrow Road behind the Three Magpies pub, Bath Road (1944)
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The Old Magpies was an old pub on the Bath Road near Heathrow, demolished in 1951.
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Three Magpies pub on the Bath Road near Heathrow Airport. Almost opposite the Three Magpies was St Saviour’s Church opened in 1880 - later the site of the Heathrow Park Hotel.
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