Hayes Bridge Farm
Hayes Bridge Farm
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Hayes Bridge Farm, which lay on the Uxbridge Road, was originally the property of the Minet family.

The farm lay to the west of the bridge which carried the Uxbridge Road over the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal, on the bank of Yeading Brook.

Properties in Hayes, Middlesex, acquired piecemeal by the Minet family, were collectively known as the Minet Estate. The Minets were a French Huguenot family who came to England after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1686. At its height the Minet Estate comprised a very large portion of the eastern side of the parish of Hayes. Not only did they own Hayes Bridge Farm but also Coldharbour Farm, Hayes Court Farm, East Acton Brickworks, Victoria Sawmills, Wistowe, Porch House, Townfield and the Grange.

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