Ealing features [8]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Sep 2019

From Mattock Lane these fine gates lead into Walpole Park. The grounds of 18th century Pitzhanger Manor passed into public ownership in the early years of the 20th century. The manor became a library and later a museum, the grounds became Walpole Park - a public park. The park lies mainly to the south-west of the Manor and is laid to grass crossed by axial avenues with lesser paths around the perimeter. The grounds are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade II, and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000847 Ealing is one of the seven major towns in the London Borough of Ealing. A rural village until communications with London got better with the improvements to the road to Oxford (later Uxbridge Road) in the 18th century and culminating with the coming of the railway in 1838. Ealing expanded greatly with suburban development during the 19th century and became known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery and because it was halfway between city and country. Ealing became a municipal borough in 1901. Growth continued throughout the 20th century and Ealing became part of a modern London borough in 1965.

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