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Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)>Hayes and Harlington| static_image_name = Former EMI headquarters, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 1497197.jpg| static_image_caption = Former EMI headquarters, Hayes| population = 93,928United Kingdom Census 2021>2021 Census)Hayes is made up of 6 wards in the London Borough of Hillingdon: Barnhill, Botwell, Charville, Pinkwell, Townfield, and Yeading. HTTP://DATA.LONDON.GOV.UK/2011-CENSUS-WARD-POP >TITLE=2021 CENSUS WARD POPULATION ESTIMATES | LONDON DATASTORE URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=22 FEBRUARY 2014, dmy, | charingX_distance_mi = 13| charingX_direction = E}}Hayes is a town in west London. Historically situated within the county of Middlesex, it is now part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. The town’s population, including its localities Hayes End, Harlington and Yeading, was recorded in the 2021 census as 93,928.WEB,data.london.gov.uk/2021-census-ward-pop, 2021 Census Ward Population Estimates | London DataStore, 9 June 2014, dead,data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop," title="web.archive.org/web/20140222202755data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop,">web.archive.org/web/20140222202755data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop, 22 February 2014, dmy, It is situated {{convert|13|mi|km}} west of Charing Cross, or {{convert|6.5|mi|km}} east of Slough. Hayes is served by the Great Western Main Line, and Hayes & Harlington railway station is on the Elizabeth line. The Grand Union Canal flows through the town centre.Hayes has a long history. The area appears in the Domesday Book (1086).WEB, Hayes,opendomesday.org/place/TQ1080/hayes/, Open Domesday, Anna Powell-Smith, 12 December 2020, WEB,discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7304482, Place name: Hayes, Middlesex Folio: 127r Great Domesday Book, 1086, E 31/2/1/5178, The National Archives (United Kingdom), National Archives, Kew, 18 November 2014, Landmarks in the area include the Grade II* listed Parish Church, St Mary’s{{NHLE |num=1080233 |date=1949 |desc=Grade II* Listing|access-date=30 January 2015}} – the central portion of the church survives from the twelfth centuryBOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 9 & 18, and it remains in use (the church dates back to 830 A.D.WEB,www.achurchnearyou.com/st-mary-hayes-middlesex/, St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex, 2014, Archbishops’ Council, The Church of England, 18 November 2014, ) – and Barra Hall, a Grade II listed manor house.WEB,www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/14353/Barra-Hall-Park, Barra Hall Park, 2011, London Borough of Hillingdon, 18 November 2014, Hayes is known as the erstwhile home of EMI. The words “Hayes, Middlesex” appear on the reverse of The Beatles’ albums, which were manufactured at the town’s Old Vinyl Factory.WEB,www.emiarchivetrust.org/emi-archive-trust-made-in-hayes-exhibition/, EMI Archive Trust “Made in Hayes” Exhibition, 4 September 2013, 26 May 2016, The town centre’s “gold disc” installation marks the fiftieth anniversary on 1 June 2017 of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, manufactured in Hayes in 1967.WEB,www.hillingdonishere.co.uk/index.php/news/item/534-hillingdon-town-gets-golden-disc-to-mark-the-beatles-sgt-pepper-s-lonely-hearts-club-band-link, Hillingdon town gets ‘golden disc’ to mark the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band link, 2017, Hillingdon is Here, 22 August 2017, The town is the location of the U.K. headquarters of companies including: Heinz,WEB,www.heinz.co.uk/our-company/about-heinz/heinz-uk-and-ireland, Heinz {{!, Heinz UK and Ireland|website=Heinz UK|access-date=26 May 2016}} United Biscuits,WEB,www.unitedbiscuits.com/our-business/locations/, Locations, United Biscuits, en-US, 26 May 2016, Fujitsu,WEB,www.fujitsu.com/uk/about/local/corporate/subsidiaries/fle/contactus/, Contact us – Fujitsu UK, www.fujitsu.com, 26 May 2016, and Rackspace U.K.WEB,www.rackspace.com/talent/hayes-london-uk/, Hayes London – UK {{!, Racker Talent|website=www.rackspace.com|access-date=26 May 2016}}Notable historical residents include the early modern “father of English music”, William Byrd, and a pre-eminent figure of twentieth-century English literature, George Orwell.

Etymology

The place-name Hayes comes from the Anglo-Saxon HÇ£s or HÇ£se: “(land overgrown with) brushwood”.WEB,kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Hayes, Key to English Place-names, kepn.nottingham.ac.uk, In the Domesday book (1086), it is spelt Hesa. The town’s name is spelt Hessee in a 1628 entry in an Inquisition post mortem held at The National Archives.Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem; National Archives; C 142/737/191; for Francis Awsiter, a wealthy landowner in the area; (in Latin): line 17 of document: “Hayes als. Hessee”

History

Hayes is formed of what originally were five separate villages: Botwell, Hayes Town, Hayes End, Wood End and Yeading.BOOK, Britton, Tanya, Hayes, Harlington and Cranford During World War One 1914–1918, 2014, SBSD, London, 978-0-9927922-1-3, Introduction, The name Hayes Town has come to be applied to the area around Station Road between Coldharbour Lane and Hayes & Harlington railway station, but this was historically the hamlet called Botwell. The original Hayes Town was the area to the east of St Mary’s Church, centred around Church Road, Hemmen Lane and Freeman’s Lane.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 11, For some 700 years up to 1546, Hayes formed part of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s estates, ostensibly owing to grants from the Mercian royal family. In that year, the then-Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was forced to surrender his land to King Henry VIII,BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 23, who subsequently granted the estate to Edward North, 1st Baron North. The area changed hands several times thereafter, but by the eighteenth century, two family-names had established themselves as prominent and long-time landowners: Minet and Shackle.{{cn|date=May 2024}}John Wesley (1703–1791) and Charles Wesley (1707–1788), founders of the evangelical Methodist movement, preached in Hayes on at least ten occasions between 1748 and 1753.WEB,www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp37-38, Hayes: Protestant nonconformity, D. K. Bolton, 1971, A History of the County of Middlesex, Victoria County History, 6 October 2015, etal, The Salvation Army – founded in 1865 in London by William Booth – registered a barracks in Hayes between 1887 and 1896; their hall in Coldharbour Lane was registered in 1927.File:Hayes, Barra Hall.jpg|thumb|The 19th century Barra Hall, used by Hayes Urban DistrictHayes Urban DistrictIn the 18th and 19th centuries, Hayes was home to several private boarding schools catering for wealthy families. The former Manor House on Church Road was by the 1820s a boys’ school called Radnor House Academy (a.k.a. Manor House Academy); Grove Cottage, Wood End, a school for young men, opened in the 1830s; Belle House School for Boys opened on Botwell Lane in the 1840s (it is now St Mary’s Convent); in the first half of the 19th century, the Wood End House School for Young Ladies stood on the site of what is now the Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens; the former Magdalen Hall on Hayes End Road was also a 19th-century private School for Young Ladies.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 40–1, Wood End House (before 1848, the site of the Wood End House School for Young Ladies) was used - from 1848 to c. 1905 - as an asylum. Notable psychiatrist John Conolly (1794–1866) was one of its licensed proprietors, between 1848 and 1866. The building was demolished in 1961.WEB,ezitis.myzen.co.uk/woodendhouse.html, Wood End House, 2011, Lost Hospitals of London, 14 August 2018, Until the end of the nineteenth century, Hayes’s key areas of work were agriculture and brickmaking. The Second Industrial Revolution brought change in the late nineteenth century, up to World War I. The town’s location on the Grand Junction Canal (later called the Grand Union) and the Great Western Railway – Hayes & Harlington railway station had opened in 1868BOOK, MacDermot, E. T., History of the Great Western Railway, 1, 1, Great Western Railway, 1927, London, – made it well-placed for industry.The town’s favourable location caused the Hayes Development Company to make available sites on the north-side of the railway, adjacent to the canal, and Hayes became a centre for engineering and industry.{{cn|date=May 2024}} HDC’s company secretary, Alfred Clayton, is commemorated in the name of Clayton Road. Residential districts consisting of dwellings of the garden suburb type were built to house workers after World War I.{{cn|date=May 2024}}In 1904, the parish council created Hayes Urban District (from 1930, Hayes and Harlington Urban District) in order to address the issue of population growth. Hayes and Harlington Urban District continued until 1965 when Hayes became part of the newly established London Borough of Hillingdon.{{cn|date=May 2024}}(File:Fountain House Hotel, Church Road, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 387893.jpg|thumb|left|Fountain House Hotel,Church Road, Hayes)Author George Orwell, who adopted his pen name while living in Hayes, lived and worked in 1932-3 as a schoolmaster at The Hawthorns High School for Boys, situated on Church Road.BOOK, Rodden, John, 2007, The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell,assets.cambridge.org/97805218/58427/frontmatter/9780521858427_frontmatter.pdf, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, xiii, 978-0-521-85842-7, BOOK, Ferrell, Keith, 1985, George Orwell: the Political Pen,books.google.com/books?id=-zSsBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22george+orwell%22+and+%22hawthorns%22&pg=PA94, Plymouth, U.K., M. Evans, 94, 978-0-871-31444-4, The school has since closed and the building is now the Fountain House Hotel. The hotel bears a plaque commemorating its distinguished former resident. Returning several times to Hayes,WEB,www.answers.com/topic/george-orwell, Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life’s Questions, Answers.com, 5 April 2018, Orwell was at the same time characteristically acerbic about his time in the town, camouflaging it lightly as West Bletchley in Coming Up for Air, as Southbridge in A Clergyman’s Daughter, and grumbling comically in a letter to Eleanor Jacques:Hayes . . . is one of the most godforsaken places I have ever struck. The population seems to be entirely made up of clerks who frequent tin-roofed chapels on Sundays and for the rest bolt themselves within doors.BOOK, George, Orwell, George Orwell, Letter to Eleanor Jacques, 1932, 105, The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Volume 1: An Age Like This 1920–1940, Sonia, Orwell, Sonia Orwell, Ian, Angus, Ian Angus (librarian), Penguin, 1968, {{clear}}File:Hayes End Police Station - geograph.org.uk - 83406.jpg|thumb|Hayes Police Station, on the Uxbridge RoadUxbridge RoadThe Grade II listed War Memorial at Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane commemorates what is believed to have been the most serious single incident (in respect of casualties) in Hayes during World War II.{{NHLE |num=1393676 |date=2010 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=27 July 2015}} Thirty-seven workers of the HMV Gramophone Company, Blyth Road – then the town’s largest employer – were killed on 7 July 1944 when a German V-1 flying bomb or “doodle-bug” hit a factory surface air-raid shelter. The original bomb census form, now held in the National Archives,WEB,discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C643599, Gramophone Company Ltd, Hayes: 7 July 1944, Reference HO 192/1452, National Archives, 27 July 2015, confirms that it was a flying bomb which landed at 14.59 hours, killing twenty-four people and seriously injuring twenty-one (some of the seriously injured died later). The bomb came down at the main entrance to one shelter, causing the concrete roof to collapse. Some of the badly injured were able to be rescued from the emergency exit at the rear, but others were trapped for some hours.BOOK, Hayes on Record: A History of the People and Processes Involved in the Manufacture and Development of Vinyl Record and Music Cassettes at Hayes, Middlesex, Hall, Peter, Brown, Colin, 1992, EMI Music Services (UK), 0952098407, 142–3, Twelve of the victims are buried in a mass grave in Cherry Lane Cemetery.WEB,www.emiarchivetrust.org/lest-we-forget/, Lest we forget, 2013, EMI Archive Trust, 25 September 2017, The present-day Hayes Police Station – at 755 Uxbridge Road, UB4 8HU – opened on 19 June 1938.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 44,

Industry

Hayes has, over the years, been heavily involved with industry, both local and international, having been the home of EMI, Nestlé and H. J. Heinz Company.{{cn|date=May 2024}} Past companies include Fairey Aviation (later merged with Westland), and HMV.{{cn|date=May 2024}}The first large factory established was that of the British Electric Transformer Company (affectionately known as the B.E.T.), which moved to Hayes in 1901.WEB,www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp29-31, Hayes: Economic and social history, British History Online, 15 December 2014, The B.E.T.’s main product was the Berry transformer, invented by A. F. Berry (the company’s technical adviser and a member of the board of directors); Berry also invented the Tricity cooker.WEB,www.gracesguide.co.uk/British_Electric_Transformer_Co, British Electric Transformer Co, British Industrial History, Grace’s Guide, 15 December 2014, File:EMI logo on HQ building, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 1497204.jpg|thumb|EMIEMIThe most significant early occupier was the Gramophone Company, later His Master’s Voice and latterly EMI. The Hayes factory’s foundation stone was laid by Dame Nellie Melba.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 48, The EMI archives and some early reinforced concrete factory buildings (notably Grade II listed Enterprise House [1912] on Blyth Road, the first known work of Evan Owen Williams - described by English Heritage as “the most significant engineer turned architect in twentieth-century British architecture“{{NHLE |num=1244861 |date=1997 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}) remain as The Old Vinyl Factory.It was here, in the Central Research Laboratories (generally known as “CRL“), that Isaac Shoenberg developed (1934) the all-electronic 405-line television system (called the Marconi-EMI system, used by the BBC from 1936 until closedown of the Crystal Palace 405-line transmissions in 1985).{{cn|date=May 2024}}Alan Blumlein carried out his research into binaural sound and stereophonic gramophone recording here. “Trains at Hayes Station” (1935) and “Walking & Talking” are two notable films Blumlein shot to demonstrate stereo sound on film. These films are held at the Hayes EMI archive.{{cn|date=May 2024}}In 1939, working alongside the electrical firms A.C. Cossor and Pye, a 60 MHz radar was developed, and from 1941 to 1943 the H2S radar system.{{cn|date=May 2024}}During the 1990s, CRL spawned another technology: Sensaura 3D positional audio.{{cn|date=May 2024}} In an echo of Blumlein’s early stereo recordings, the Sensaura engineers made some of their first 3D audio recordings at Hayes & Harlington railway station.{{cn|date=May 2024}}During the First World War, the EMI factories produced aircraft. Charles Richard Fairey was seconded there for a short time, before setting up his own company, Fairey Aviation, which relocated in 1918 to a large new factory across the railway in North Hyde Road.{{cn|date=May 2024}} Over 4,500 aircraft were subsequently produced here, but Fairey needed an airfield to test these aircraft and in 1928 secured a site in nearby Heathrow. This became the Great West Aerodrome, which was requisitioned by the Air Ministry in 1944. It was initially developed as a heavy-bomber base intended for Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, but when the Second World War ended in 1945, it was taken over by the Ministry of Aviation and became Heathrow Airport.(File:Nestlé Factory and driveway - geograph.org.uk - 814171.jpg|thumb|left|The former Nestlé Factory)In 1913, German bodybuilder and music hall performer Eugen Sandow – famous in his time as “Sandow the Great”, a contender for the title of world’s strongest man – opened a cocoa factory in Hayes.WEB,www.nestle.co.uk/aboutus/history/charlie-chaplin-and-the-chocolate-factory, Charlie Chaplin and the Chocolate Factory, 2018, Nestlé, 14 August 2018, Sandow’s fortunes plummeted in World War I.WEB,www.brookes-of-manchester.com/p/eugen-sandow-1867-1925.html, Eugen Sandow 1867–1925, 15 December 2014, The Sandow Cocoa Company went into liquidation, and the building and assets passed to the Hayes Cocoa Company in 1916. Hayes Cocoa was owned by Swiss chocolate company Peter, Cailler, Kohler.In 1929, the Nestlé company bought out Peter, Cailler, Kohler and located its major chocolate and instant coffee works on the canal, adjacent to the railway east of the station; it was for many years the company’s UK headquarters. The factory’s elegant Art Deco façade was long a local landmark.WEB,www.nestle.co.uk/aboutus/history/charlie-chaplin-and-the-chocolate-factory, Charlie Chaplin and the Chocolate Factory, Nestlé, 15 December 2014, The road that led to the factory was renamed Nestlé’s Avenue (from Sandow Avenue, so-named after the German strongman); Sandow Crescent, a cul-de-sac off Nestlé’s Avenue, remains.WEB,www.davidgentle.com/ironindex/intro.html, Sandow’s Cocoa Factory, 15 December 2014, The Hayes Nestlé factory closed in 2014 at a cost of 230 jobs.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9018534/Nestle-to-close-Hayes-coffee-factory-in-streamlining.html, Nestle to close Hayes factory in streamlining, 2012, The Daily Telegraph, 18 November 2019, Developers Segro bought the 30-acre Nestlé site in early 2015.WEB,www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hayes-hillingdon-nestle-coffee-snacks-17006778, New pictures show latest progress at Nestle Factory development in Hayes, 2019, 18 November 2019, File:Hayes, Benlow Works, Silverdale Road - geograph.org.uk - 205648.jpg|thumb|Benlow Works, Silverdale Road – Grade II listed; Walter CaveWalter CaveOpposite Nestlé, on the other side of the canal, the Aeolian Company and its associates manufactured player pianos and rolls from just before World War I until the Great Depression. That, and the increasing sophistication of the gramophone record market, led to its demise. Its facilities were subsequently used by, among others, Kraft Foods and Wall’s, a meat processor and ice cream manufacturer. Only one of the Aeolian Company’s striking Edwardian buildings remains. Designed by notable English architect Walter Cave, Benlow Works (post-World War II owner Benny Lowenthal renamed the factory after himself) on Silverdale Road is a four-storey structure with Diocletian windows on the top floor. It is Grade II listed.{{NHLE |num=1080121 |date=1989 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}U.K. caravan manufacturer Car CruiserBOOK, Caravans: The Illustrated History 1919–1959, Jenkinson, Andrew, Veloce, 2003, 9781903706824, 40, built caravans in North Hyde Road for a short time in the early 1930s.WEB,www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=26&offset=0&sort=0&l1=transport&l2=Caravans, Advert Museum - Car Cruiser Caravans, Ltd., Elsey, Brian, www.historyworld.co.uk, 26 May 2016, The company was started by Major C. Fleming-Williams after being demobilised from the R.A.F. in 1919.WEB,www.smallcraft.net/research/the_sailors/c_fleming_williams/, Small Craft: Late 19th & Early 20th Century British Yachting – The Sailors: C. Fleming Williams, www.smallcraft.net, 26 May 2016, There is a Car Cruiser Owners’ Club, and several examples built in Hayes survive among the membership.WEB,carcruiserclub.wix.com/ccoc, Car Cruiser Owners Club, Car Cruiser Owners Club, 26 May 2016, From the early 1970s to 2003, McAlpine Helicopters Limited and Operational Support Services Limited (later renamed McAlpine Aviation Services Limited) operated from two purpose-built helicopter hangars in Swallowfield Way industrial estate{{cn|date=May 2024}}, as the company operated on land already owned by Sir Robert McAlpine. The land on the other side of the Grand Union Canal is called Stockley Park and its buildings were intentionally positioned to allow safe passage for helicopters into the heliport in case of an emergency. Fortunately, this was never used.File:Amp Mac.png|thumb|left|(Marshall Amplification|Marshall amp]]: first factory in Hayes, 1964)The first factory to produce the iconic Marshall amplifier opened in June 1964 in Silverdale Road, Hayes. Guitar-amplification pioneer Jim Marshall employed fifteen people to build amplifiers and cabinets in a 5,000-square-foot space.BOOK, Maloof, Rich, 2003, Jim Marshall: The Father of Loud,books.google.com/books?id=1J1MAgAAQBAJ&q=%22jim+marshall%22+and+%22hayes%2C+middlesex%22&pg=PT42, Hal Leonard Corporation, Backbeat Books, 0879308036, Damont Audio was a vinyl pressing plant based in Hayes from the 1970s to 2005. “DAMONT” or “Damont Audio Ltd” is typically inscribed in the run-out groove of vinyl produced at the plant.WEB,www.discogs.com/label/Damont%20Audio, Damont Audio, Discogs, 3 September 2013, West London Film Studios sustains Hayes’s history in the arts industry by accommodating the production of feature films and TV programmes.In 1971, Neville Sandelson, MP for Hayes and Harlington 1971–1983, articulated concern about de-industrialisation in the House of Commons: “The position in Hayes . . . is causing grave anxiety both in regard to the present and the long-term prospects. The closure of long-standing industrial firms in the area has become a contagion which shows no sign of abating”.WEB,api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1982/dec/06/industry-and-employment-hayes, Industry and Employment (Hayes), HC Deb 06 December 1982 vol 33 cc688-94, Hansard, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 6 December 1982, 15 December 2014, By 1982, Sandelson said the contagion had become an epidemic, reiterating: “a subject of great concern to every family in Hayes and Harlington . . . the progressive decline of industry.”

Churches

(File:StMarysHayes.jpg|thumb|alt=St. Mary’s Church, Hayes|St Mary’s Church, Hayes, overlooking Barra Hall Park)(File:Church hall of St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex, June 2015.jpg|thumb|Church hall of St Mary)St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes on Church Road is the oldest building in Hayes. It is Grade II* listed. The central portion of the church, the chancel and the nave, was built in the 13th century, the north aisle in the 15th century (as was the tower), and the south aisle in the 16th century, along with the lychgate and the south porch. The lychgate and wall to the south are Grade II listed.{{NHLE |num=1080234 |date=1949 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}} Hayes’s entry in the Domesday Book (1086) makes no mention of a church or chapel, and the name of St Mary suggests a 12th-century dedication as it was at this time that church dedications in this name first appeared in England.Catherine Kelter, Hayes: A Concise History (Hillingdon Borough Libraries, 1988), 9 & 18. Besides the church, the other main building in medieval villages was the manor house. The manor house formerly associated with the church was assigned to Canterbury Cathedral by Christian priest Warherdus as far back as 830 AD.WEB,www.achurchnearyou.com/st-mary-hayes-middlesex/, St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex - A Church Near You, www.achurchnearyou.com, 5 April 2018, The site of the original manor house is not known, but it is likely to have been on or near the site of the building latterly on Church Road called the Manor House, parts of which dated from the early 16th century. At the time of the Norman Conquest, Archbishop Lanfranc had contacts with the parish. St Mary’s has a 12th-century font, and many interesting memorials and brasses. The brass to Robert Lellee, Rector somewhere between 1356 and 1375, is purportedly the oldest brass in Middlesex. Adjacent to it is another to Rector Robert Burgeys (1408–1421). (The first recorded Rector was Peter de Lymonicen [1259]). There are tombs in the church to Walter Grene (1456), Thomas Higate (1576), and Sir Edward Fenner (1611), Judge of the King’s Bench. The latter tomb covers earlier tiling on the wall and floors. Some partly uncovered pre-Reformation wall-paintings and a large mural (dating from the 14th century) of Saint Christopher with the infant Child are on the North wall. A brass to Veare Jenyns (1644) relates to the Court of Charles I, while other Jenynses, who were Lords of the Manor, link with Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Judge John Heath, after whom Judge Heath Lane was named, is also buried at St Mary’s.Victorian restorers donated a number of windows, and more recent additions include windows to Saints Anselm and Nicholas. The Coronation window is in the north aisle above the Triptych painted by the pre-Raphaelite Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne. His brother George Fellowes Prynne carved the Reredos with St Anselm and St George in the niches. The embossed roof of the Nave reflects the Tudor period with emblems of the crucifixion and the arms of Henry and Aragon (the lands passed to Henry VIII as a consequence of the English Reformation). Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane was founded in the mid-1930s to provide a new burial ground when the churchyard at St Mary’s Church had run out of space.{{NHLE |num=1393676 |date=2010 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}St Anselm’s Church was completed in 1929 to the design of architect Hubert Christian Corlette. Noted designer MacDonald Gill was responsible for the panelled ceiling. The church’s foundation stone was laid on 13 May 1927 by Sir John Eldon Bankes. The east window is by James Powell and Sons of Whitefriars, London. The church was Grade II listed in November 2019.{{NHLE |num=1464541 |date=2019 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=18 November 2019}} St Anselm’s is so-named because William Rufus (1056 – 1100) sent Archbishop (later Saint) Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033 – 1109) to stay in the manor house of St Mary’s Church, as it was the nearest of the Archbishop’s manors to Windsor, where William Rufus resided.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 18, WEB,www.achurchnearyou.com/parish.php?p=230505/, St Mary’s information 2, achurchnearyou.com, 5 April 2018, The Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Roman Catholic church in Botwell, was built in 1961, replacing the earlier church built in 1912.WEB,parish.rcdow.org.uk/hayes/, Roman Catholic Church of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2018, Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, Diocese of Westminster, 19 August 2018, The adjacent school, Botwell House Catholic Primary, was opened in 1931. The church’s picture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (which measures 5½m x 3m) was painted by Pietro Annigoni (1910–1988) in Florence, and took nine months to complete. The Grade II listed, early nineteenth-century presbytery, “Botwell House”,{{NHLE |num=1358357 |date=1974 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}} was originally the home of Hayes’s principal landowner, John Baptist Shackle.

Culture

File:Hayes, The Beck Theatre.jpg|thumb|Beck TheatreBeck TheatreHayes’s Beck Theatre opened in 1977, and offers a wide range of touring shows in a welcoming modern building. “The Beck” is very much a community theatre, offering one-night concerts, comedy, drama, films, opera, and pantomime.The Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park originated in 1951 as a community venue for music, theatre and dance. The local community raised funds for a 2005 rebuild.WEB,bradymallalieu.com/project/barra-park-open-air-theatre/, Barra Park, 2005, Brady Mallalieu Architects, 17 January 2019, Hayes’s Botwell Green Library is situated in the Leisure Centre (address: East Avenue, UB3 2HW), which in 2010 replaced both the old Hayes Library (opened 1933 on Golden Crescent) and the old swimming baths (opened 1967 on the opposite side of Central Avenue).“Hayes Library.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. The old swimming baths building remained derelict following its 2010 closure,NEWS, Hayes Pool building to be demolished, Griffith, Jack,hayes.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/2012/04/hayes-pool-building-to-be-demo.html, Uxbridge Gazette, 17 April 2012, 29 May 2012, until Hillingdon Council demolished it in late 2012 having first given itself planning permission for a housing scheme on the site.NEWS, Hayes pool set for £152k demolition, Griffith, Jack,hayes.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/2012/07/hayes-pool-set-for-152k-demoli.html, Uxbridge Gazette, 5 July 2012, 22 January 2013, In 2017, a branch of Lidl opened on the former baths site.Public houses in Hayes include: The Botwell Inn, The Old Crown (Station Road), Ye Olde Crowne (Uxbridge Road), The Grapes, The Carpenter’s Arms, and The Wishing Well. The Hayes branch of The Royal British Legion is on the Uxbridge Road. The Hayes Working Men’s Club (CIU) – founded 1918; originally in a large house called Sandgate on Station Road, where Iceland now stands – is on Pump Lane. From 1665 to 2021, The Adam and Eve, formerly at 830 Uxbridge Road, was the town’s earliest recorded and longest surviving inn.BOOK, Hayes: A Concise History, Kelter, Catherine, 1988, Hillingdon Borough Libraries, Hillingdon, 26, WEB,www.closedpubs.co.uk/middlesex/hayes_adameve.html A photograph survives from World War I of internationally famous opera star Luisa Tetrazzini entertaining munition workers at HMV Hayes factory during their lunchtime.WEB,ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_01_archive.html, Hayes Women Munition Workers WW1, 2012, Hayes People’s History, 27 July 2015, Hayes’s Gramophone Company contributed a detailed miniature gramophone of mahogany and brass to Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House; it remains part of the Royal Collection.WEB,www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/230220, Gramophone 1924, 2019, Royal Collection Trust, 17 January 2019, Much-loved entertainer Dame Gracie Fields visited Hayes’s His Master’s Voice factory in 1933; Pathé News footage shows Gracie pressing her four millionth record alongside factory employees and singing the title song of her 1932 film Looking on the Bright Side to huge cheers.WEB,www.britishpathe.com/video/gracie-fields-1/query/Hayes, Gracie Fields 1933, British Pathé, 25 September 2017, Earlier, several noted music hall performers came to record at Hayes’s HMV studios: George Formby’s father, George Formby Sr, recorded Grandfather’s Clock on 12 April 1916;WEB,www.mdt.co.uk/the-golden-age-of-the-mono-recordings-1905-1934-retrospective.html, The Golden Age of the Music Hall, Mdt.co.uk, 22 January 2018, G. H. Elliott recorded Mississippi Honeymoon on 17 November 1922;WEB,footlightnotes.tripod.com/20080112contents.html, Footllight Notes, Footlight Notes, 22 January 2018, and Harry Lauder recorded titles including Roamin’ In The Gloamin’ and I Love a Lassie on 3 March 1926,WEB,www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.120751&catNum=120751&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English, Harry Lauder – Roamin’ In The Gloamin’, Naxos Records, Naxos, 22 January 2018, as well as visiting Hayes on other occasions in the 1910s and ‘20s.WEB,www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/scottish-comedian-and-singer-sir-harry-lauder-out-for-a-news-photo/3287442#20th-may-1913-scottish-comedian-and-singer-sir-harry-lauder-out-for-a-picture-id3287442, Scottish comedian and singer Sir Harry Lauder, out for a drive in Hayes, Middlesex; May 20, 1913, Getty Images, 22 January 2018, Music hall strongman Eugen Sandow (1867–1925) – whose 1913 cocoa factory was significant to Hayes’s history in industry (see the Industry section, above) – is commemorated in a 28-metre-high mural completed in 2022. The period-inspired artwork is on the gable-end of a ten-storey building, viewable from the Elizabeth line.WEB,www.unitedcreatives.com/work/eugen-sandow-mural, Eugen Sandow Mural, 2022, unitedcreatives.com, 13 April 2023, Botwell House hosted early performances by The Rolling Stones (5 August 1963)BOOK, Rusten, Ian M., 2018, The Rolling Stones in Concert, 1962-1982: A Show-by-Show History,books.google.com/books?id=pOxzDwAAQBAJ&q=%22botwell+house%22+and+%22history%22&pg=PT35, McFarland & Company, McFarland, 27, 9781476673929, and The Who (19 April 1965).BOOK, London Gig Venues, Allen, Carl, 2016, Amberley Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 978-1445658193, WEB,www.garagehangover.com/botwell-house-hayes-middlesex/, Botwell House, Hayes, Middlesex, 2014, Garage Hangover, 25 September 2017, Accounts of an open-air pop festival organised at Botwell House in 1963 and 1964 – where performers included Dusty Springfield and Screaming Lord Sutch – suggest these may arguably have been the first examples of an open-air pop festival in the UK (excluding jazz festivals). The Blue Moon club on Church Road – next to Hayes F.C., 1964–1966WEB,www.garagehangover.com/blue-moon-hayes-middlesex/, Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex, 2014, Garage Hangover, 25 September 2017, – hosted performances by bands including: The Yardbirds (10 June 1964),WEB,www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-tour/10/06/1964, 10 June 1964 – The Yardbirds, 2017, Where’s Eric, 25 September 2017, The Who (20 June 1965),BOOK, Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon, Butler, Dougal, 1988, Faber and Faber, Faber Finds, London, 0571295843, xiii, and Eric Clapton’s Cream (18 September 1966).WEB,www.jackbruce.com/tours0.htm, Past Tours, 1966-1968, Official Jack Bruce website, 25 September 2017, Marc Bolan of glam rock band T. Rex visited Hayes EMI’s record pressing plant on 19 June 1972.WEB,twitter.com/i/web/status/1141260723516919808, MARC BOLAN ~ T.Rex 1972 June 19th, 2019, 18 November 2019, WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrY9V0wkPU,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iRrY9V0wkPU, 2021-12-11, live, Marc Bolan: home-shot video, YouTube, 2019, 18 November 2019, {{cbignore}}A song titled ‘Hayes, Middlesex’ features on indie singer/songwriter David Westlake’s 2022 album My Beautiful England.WEB,louderthanwar.com/david-westlake-my-beautiful-england-album-review/, David Westlake ‘My Beautiful England’ : album review, Davenport, Neil, 19 October 2022, Louder Than War, 13 April 2023, There’s more nostalgic localism on the glam-riffed ‘Hayes, Middlesex’, Artist Jeremy Deller’s installation Sacrilege (an inflatable life-size model of Stonehenge) was installed in Barra Hall Park, Hayes from 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday 5 August 2012; an estimated 1,400 people attended to view the artwork on the day.NEWS, Monument as bouncy castle, Griffith, Jack,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/monument-as-bouncy-castle-5974421, GetWestLondon, 8 August 2012, 28 October 2014,

Cinemas

File:Bingo Hall, Uxbridge Road, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 23008.jpg|thumb|George Coles’ cinema design, 466-468 Uxbridge Road, Hayes]]Hayes has had six cinemas in its history. (1.) The town’s first cinema, in the silent era, opened in 1913, and was named simply The Hayes Cinema. It was situated at 53–55 Station Road, Hayes – now the site of a branch of Poundland (formerly Woolworths). The Hayes Cinema was renamed Gem Cinema before its closure in the middle of World War I, in 1916.WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30160, Gem Cinema, Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014, (2.) The Regent Cinema stood between 1924 and 1938 at 16 Station Road, Hayes – now the site of a branch of NatWest bank. The Regent Cinema subsequently became The Regent Theatre (1948–54). Playwright John Osborne performed at the theatre as a young actor, and stars including Kenneth Williams, Diana Dors and John Le Mesurier performed there also early in their careers.WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30161, Regent Theatre, Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014, Sylvia Rayman’s groundbreaking “all-women play” Women of Twilight (1951) was premiered at Hayes’s Regent Theatre.WEB, Rediscovering A Lost Classic, Rigby, Jonathan,womenoftwilightplay.co.uk/background/4584045325, April 2014, 14 October 2014, (3.) The Corinth Cinema opened in 1933 at 1040 Uxbridge Road. Renamed The Essoldo in 1949, it was the first cinema in the area to be equipped with CinemaScope and stereophonic sound. After purchasing an alternative building nearby in 1957 (infra), the Essoldo chain closed this cinema in 1961. The address is now the site of the town’s Point West Building.WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30163, Essoldo Hayes (1), Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014, (4.) The Ambassador Theatre existed between 1938 and 1961 on the area of East Avenue, Hayes which is now occupied by the British Telecommunications Centre (formerly a GPO telephone exchange). Actress Valerie Hobson made a personal appearance on the occasion of the Ambassador Theatre’s opening on 19 December 1938; she starred in the film screened for the occasion: This Man Is News.WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30164, Ambassador Theatre, Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014, (5.) The Savoy Cinema existed from 1939 to 1957 at 466 Uxbridge Road, Hayes. The building was designed by noted cinema architect George Coles. Some famous artists performed on stage at Hayes’s Savoy Cinema over the years – Max Miller, Josephine Baker and Adam Faith among them. The Essoldo chain bought the Savoy in 1957, renaming it The Essoldo in 1962 (after closing its nearby namesake in 1961). This incarnation of the Essoldo closed in 1967. Coles’ building was converted into an Essoldo Bingo Club; it became a Ladbrokes Lucky 7 Club, then a branch of Mecca Bingo.WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30166, Essoldo Hayes (2), Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014, A bingo hall since 1967, residents fought against threatened closure in 2023.NEWS, Wiggins, Dan, 23 January 2023, Hillingdon residents fight to save local Mecca Bingo hall threatened with closure as it’s ‘the only place left to socialise’,www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hillingdon-residents-fight-save-local-26045457, My London, 13 April 2023, (6.) The Classic Cinema (1972–1986) was located above a Waitrose supermarket, at 502 Uxbridge Road, Hayes. Subsequently, demolished, its entrance was immediately to the left of the former Savoy (see 5, above).WEB,cinematreasures.org/theaters/30167, Classic Hayes, Ken Roe, Cinema Treaures, 14 October 2014,

Media

Hayes FM (91.8 FM) is the town’s community-focused, non-commercial local radio station. The station provides a platform for discussion of local matters, and besides playing popular music caters musically to a variety of tastes and genres, including indie and urban music. Since “Hayes, Middlesex” is famously present on the reverse of the Beatles’ 1960s LPs (which were manufactured at the town’s Old Vinyl Factory), it is appropriate that Hayes FM should boast Europe’s longest running Beatles-themed radio show.WEB,www.hayesfm.org.uk/index.php/presenters/97-pete-dicks, Pete Dicks, 11 September 2014, The Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times website provides news for the London Borough of Hillingdon, including Hayes and Uxbridge. The website took over from former weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper the Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times, published by Newsquest. Paper publication ceased in 2008 as a result of costs issues.WEB,www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-london/hillingdon-uxbridge-times/, Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times (defunct), October 2012, 14 April 2023, The MyLondon website provides news from across the capital, Hayes included. The former GetWestLondon website was subsumed into MyLondon in December 2018 by Reach plc.WEB,www.mylondon.news/about-us/, About us, 14 April 2023, A digital archive of the defunct Hayes & Harlington Gazette offers free access to issues dating from 1986 to 1999.

Education

Primary and junior schools in Hayes include: Botwell House, Dr Triplett’s, Minet, Pinkwell, William Byrd, Hayes Park, Hewens Primary, Grange Park, and Rosedale Primary; Cranford Park Academy, Lake Farm Park Academy, and Wood End Park Academy are part of the Park Federation Academy Trust.Secondary schools in Hayes include: Barnhill Community High School,“Barnhill Community High.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. Global Academy,WEB,www.globalacademy.com/, Homepage - Global Academy, www.globalacademy.com, 5 April 2018, Guru Nanak Sikh Academy,“Guru Nanak Sikh Academy.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. Harlington School,“Harlington Community School.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. Hewens College,“Mellow Lane High School.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. Parkside Studio College,WEB,www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk/, Homepage - Parkside Studio College, www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk, 13 April 2023, and Rosedale College,“Rosedale College.” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. Uxbridge College has a Hayes Campus, situated on the former Townfield School site, accessible from Coldharbour Lane.“Uxbridge College (Hayes Campus).” London Borough of Hillingdon. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.

Sport

Hayes & Yeading United F.C. formed on 18 May 2007, following a merger of the former Hayes F.C. and Yeading F.C. Hayes & Yeading F.C.’s home-ground is (from 2016) on Beaconsfield Road, Hayes. The former Hayes F.C. started out as Botwell Mission in 1909, taking the name Hayes F.C. in 1929. The team’s home-ground was on Church Road, Hayes. The Church Road stadium continued in May 2007 as Hayes & Yeading’s ground until 19 April 2011, when the team played at Church Road for the last time, beating Gateshead 3–1. The former Church Road ground was demolished in 2011, and is now the site of housing. The team played in the interim at Woking’s Kingfield Stadium and Maidenhead’s York Road.WEB,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/footballs-coming-home-hayes--11681852, Football’s coming home for Hayes & Yeading as club hosts first fixture at new Beaconsfield Road stadium, 2016, Get West London, 13 March 2018, Persevering with initial setbacks,WEB,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hayes--yeading-forced-move-11855347, Hayes & Yeading forced to move out of SkyEx Community Stadium as critical building work is carried out, 2016, Get West London, 13 March 2018, the team is rightly back in Hayes. The Church Road ground saw the start of the career of a number of players who went on to play at higher levels, among them Les Ferdinand, Cyrille Regis and Jason Roberts MBE.Hayes has a second Non-League football team, A.F.C. Hayes; they were known until 2007 as Brook House F.C.Hayes Cricket Club’s records date back to 1797. The club joined the Middlesex Cricketers League in the 1970s, becoming three-time League champions in the 1980s. The club subsequently entered the Thames Valley Cricket League. Hayes Cricket Club’s ground is situated behind the Beck Theatre and Botanical Gardens.WEB,www.hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php, Hayes Cricket Club: History, 15 December 2014,hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20140627213946hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php,">web.archive.org/web/20140627213946hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php, 27 June 2014, dead, Rugby football is represented by two Hayes clubs. Hayes RFC compete in the Middlesex Merit Development League, alongside London Welsh Amateurs, and teams from Hanwell, Chiswick and Whitton; Hayes RFC’s home-ground is The Pavilions, Grosvenor Playing Fields, Kingshill Avenue, Hayes UB4 8BZ.WEB,www.pitchero.com/clubs/hayesrfc/, Hayes Rugby Football Club, 2015, 27 July 2015, Hillingdon Abbots RFC compete in the Herts/Middlesex 2 league; Hillingdon Abbots RFC’s home-ground is Pole Hill Open Spaces, Gainsborough Road, Hayes UB4 8PS.WEB,www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc/, Hillingdon Abbots RFC, 2015, 27 July 2015,www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc," title="web.archive.org/web/20150829002736www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc,">web.archive.org/web/20150829002736www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc, 29 August 2015, dead, File:Chris Finnegan 1971 Ajman stamp.jpg|thumb|left|Olympic gold medal-winning middleweight boxer Chris FinneganChris FinneganHayes Amateur Boxing Club was formed in 1948. Trainer Dickie Gunn started the club at Hayes’s Townfield School. Interim locations included St Christopher’s Approved School and Harlington Scout Hut, until in 1978 the club was granted a piece of land at the back of Judge Heath Lane Sports Centre. A concerted effort by club-trainers, boxers and committee-members produced for the club a purpose-built gym. In 2006 the land on which the gym was built was sold for development, and, following a campaign, a replacement facility was built to the front of the former Hayes Stadium. From its formation, the club has produced successful boxers at national competition level. Chris Finnegan represented the pinnacle of the club’s success, winning the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association Middleweight title, before going on to win the Olympic Middleweight gold medal in 1968.WEB,hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html, Hayes Amateur Boxing Club: History, 15 December 2014, dead,hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141218165501hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141218165501hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html, 18 December 2014, Hayes Bowls Club manages one of Hillingdon’s twelve bowling greens, at Botwell Green, Central Avenue, Hayes. The green is used for club and public bowling, with green-fees payable to the club.WEB,www.middlesexcba.co.uk/Clubs/Home/hayes.htm, Hayes Bowls Club, 28 October 2014, On 24 July 2012, Hayes was the gateway for the Olympic Torch’s passage into Hillingdon borough in the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay; the route traversed North Hyde Road and Dawley Road.NEWS, Hayes the Olympic Torch Gateway for Hillingdon, Griffith, Jack,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/hayes-olympic-torch-gateway-hillingdon-5975845, GetWestLondon, 25 July 2012, 26 November 2014,

Economy

Nearby London Heathrow Airport is the largest single provider of employment.WEB,www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/21878/The-Place, Hillingdon overview, London Borough of Hillingdon, 28 October 2014, The airport’s presence generates numerous associated businesses – retail, international distribution and cargo-handling among them. Hotels – such as the Sheraton Hotel on Bath Road, Hayes – benefit, too, from the town’s proximity to the airport.West London Film Studios – situated on Springfield Road, Hayes – is a film and television studio equipped to accommodate everything from small TV productions to big-budget feature films. The Imitation Game (2014), Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016) and Killing Eve are just a few well-known productions filmed at the Hayes studios.NEWS, Miller, Frederica, 8 September 2020, The hidden Hayes film studios where hit shows Killing Eve, Black Mirror and Peep Show were made,www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hidden-hayes-film-studios-tv-15341967, MyLondon, 13 April 2023, Food company Heinz’s UK headquarters is located at South Building, Hayes Park, Hayes.WEB,www.heinz.co.uk/Our-Company/About-Heinz/Heinz-UK-and-Ireland, Heinz UK and Ireland, Heinz, 28 October 2014, The Grade II* listed Heinz buildings are the only British example of the work of influential American architect Gordon Bunshaft (then principal design partner of distinguished architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill) and one of only two designs by him in Western Europe.(File:Lombardy Shopping Park, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 6268161.jpg|thumb|Lombardy Retail Park, UB3 3EX)Lombardy Retail Park, UB3 3EX is located near the Uxbridge Road/The Parkway crossing. The park is {{cvt|220000|sqft}} in size with 865 parking spaces. Shops include: Sainsbury’s, Next, H&M, Sports Direct, O2, Pizza Hut and Costa and .WEB,completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/Lombardy-Shopping-Park-London, Lombardy Shopping Park, Hayes, A smaller development to the east, Hayes Bridge Retail Park, has branches of Currys PC World, Dreams and Metro Bank.WEB,completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/Hayes-Bridge-Retail-Park-Hayes, Hayes Bridge Retail Park, Hayes, TMD Technologies (Thorn Microwave Devices) is located in Swallowfield Way, Hayes. The firm dates back to the 1940s and EMI’s high-power klystron group. It manufactures transmitters and radar equipment, and employs about 220 people.WEB,www.tmd.co.uk/, TMD, 2015, 27 July 2015, Several large businesses have their head or principal offices in Hayes:

• The United Kingdom office of China Airlines operates from Hyde Park Hayes 3.“Europe and Middle East {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926163120www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-4.htm |date=26 September 2011 }}.” China Airlines. Retrieved on 30 August 2011. “The United Kingdom 3rd Floor, West Wing, Hyde Park Hayes 3 (HPH3), 11 Millington Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 4AZ”
• The headquarters of United Biscuits – makers of McVitie’s biscuits and Jacob’s Cream Crackers – was located at Hayes Park Central Building, Hayes End Road, Hayes.
• The UK headquarters of I.T. equipment and services company Fujitsu was located at Hayes Park Central, Hayes End Road, Hayes.
• Cloud computing company Rackspace operates its U.K. offices from Hyde Park Hayes 3.WEB,www.rackspace.co.uk/?s_kwcid=AL!2805!3!57924604138!p!!g!!rackspace&ef_id=VB8k-AAABcGCS5GJ:20141104131301:s, Rackspace: Managed Dedicated & Cloud Computing Services, Rackspace Hosting, 5 April 2018,
• Pipeline/mechanical engineering product-supplier Plumbase Industrial (part of Grafton plc) operates its HQ/inaugural branch from Stewart Quay, Printing House Lane, Hayes.WEB,www.plumbaseindustrial.co.uk, Plumbase Industrial Online - the UK’s most reliable supplier, www.plumbaseindustrial.co.uk, 5 April 2018,
• Dental technicians Image Diagnostic Technology Ltd operate their UK offices from Hyde Park Hayes 3.

Universal Tyres & Spares Ltd – an independent, family-owned tyre-fitting and MOT centre established in 1957 – is situated in the Crown Trading Centre on Clayton Road.WEB,www.unityres.co.uk/about.aspx, Universal Tyres: About, 2016, 23 January 2018, Leemark Engineering, a machining service specialising in high precision CNC milling and turning, is situated on Rigby Lane, Hayes.WEB,www.leemarkeng.co.uk/index.php, Leemark Engineering, www.leemarkeng.co.uk, 5 April 2018, The Nest, on Material Walk in the town’s Old Vinyl Factory complex, is a climbing centre. The Nest has a bouldering wall, gym and fitness studio. It opened in September 2019.WEB,www.thenestclimbing.co.uk/, The Nest, 18 November 2019,

Governance and public services

(File:Hayes fire station - geograph.org.uk - 1284168.jpg|thumb|Hayes Fire Station, UB3 1LL)Hayes is in the Hayes and Harlington UK Parliament constituency. Hayes’s current MP is John McDonnell (Labour).The Metropolitan Police Service is responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime in Hayes. The Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch website contains details of Police Station opening times, news, appeals, events and meetings. Crime information may be given anonymously to Crimestoppers UK.Hillingdon Council encourages residents to report: incidents of fly-tipping, problems involving illegally parked vehicles, and potholes and road issues.Hayes Fire Station is at 65 Shepiston Lane, UB3 1LL. The London Fire Brigade puts information regarding Hayes Fire Station, and risk and incidents in Hayes on its website.Hayes is served by Hillingdon Hospital on Pield Heath Road, UB8 3NN.

Transport

File:Hayes & Harlington stn signage.JPG|thumb|Hayes & Harlington railway stationHayes & Harlington railway station(File:Cascades from other operators (16981417402).jpg|thumb|Buses H98 & U4, viewed outside the railway station (2015))File:The A312 Parkway in Hayes Town (geograph 4639552).jpg|thumb|The A312 Parkway in Hayes (2015)]]File:Grand Union Canal (geograph.org.uk 2507560).jpg|thumb|The Grand Union CanalGrand Union Canal

Rail

Hayes & Harlington railway station is the town’s main railway station on the Great Western Main Line, and the station is on the Elizabeth line. It provides direct connections eastbound to London Paddington and beyond, and westbound to Reading. It is also served by trains on the Heathrow Spur, connecting it to the airport without an intermediate stop. Hayes & Harlington station was redeveloped ahead of the opening of the Elizabeth line.WEB,railuk.com/railway-stations/network-rail-and-transport-for-london-bring-step-free-access-to-hayes-harlington-station/, Step-free access work completed at Hayes & Harlington station, 14 September 2021, Rail UK, 13 April 2023,

Buses

London Buses serving Hayes are:{| class=“wikitable“!Route!Start!End!OperatorLondon Buses route 90>90|Feltham|Northolt|MetrolineLondon Buses route 140>140|Harrow WealdHayes & Harlington railway station>Hayes & Harlington station|MetrolineLondon Buses route 195>195|Charville Lane Estate|Brentford|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route 278>278|RuislipHeathrow Central bus station>Heathrow Central|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route 350>350Hayes & Harlington railway station>Hayes & Harlington station|Heathrow Terminal 5|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route 427>427|Uxbridge|Southall|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route 696>696|Bourne Avenue|Bishop Ramsey SchoolLondon United Busways>London UnitedLondon Buses route 697>697|Hayes Lansbury Drive|IckenhamLondon United Busways>London UnitedLondon Buses route 698>698West Drayton railway station>West Drayton station|IckenhamLondon United Busways>London UnitedLondon Buses route E6>E6|Bulls Bridge|Greenford|MetrolineLondon Buses route H98>H98|Hayes End|HounslowLondon United Busways>London UnitedLondon Buses route SL8>SL8|Uxbridge|White City bus station|MetrolineLondon Buses route SL9>SL9|Harrow bus stationHeathrow Central bus station>Heathrow Central|London SovereignLondon Buses route U4>U4|Hayes Prologis Park|Uxbridge|MetrolineLondon Buses route U5>U5Hayes & Harlington railway station>Hayes & Harlington station|Uxbridge|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route U7>U7|Hayes Sainsbury’s|Uxbridge|Transport UK London BusLondon Buses route N207>N207|Uxbridge|Holborn|Transport UK London Bus

Road

The town is close to junctions 3 and 4 of the M4 motorway. The A312 is the main north-south route. The A4020 Uxbridge Road is the main West-East route passing directly through Hayes.

Water

The Grand Union Canal runs through Hayes. Travellers by boat may moor at Hayes and take advantage of local amenities. Shops include branches of: Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Iceland, Asda, Lidl, Greggs, Boots, and WHSmith).

In popular culture

Film

File:The Grand Union Canal at Bull’s Bridge.jpg|thumb|The Bull’s Bridge, Hayes section of the Grand Union CanalGrand Union CanalGalton and Simpson-scripted comedy The Bargee (1964) stars Harry H. Corbett and Ronnie Barker as boatmen operating a canal-boat along the Bull’s Bridge, Hayes section of the Grand Union Canal.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0057872/locations, The Bargee (1964) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, Director Ken Loach’s first feature film Poor Cow (1967) – a noted example of kitchen sink drama starring Carol White and Terence Stamp – was filmed partly in Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0062141/locations, Poor Cow (1967) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, WEB,www.reelstreets.com/index.php?Itemid=3, Complete A-Z Listing, Reel Streets, 28 October 2014, The Beatles’ 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour followed the band and their entourage on a surreal musical journey. Hayes is not listed among the featured locations, but the town’s name features throughout. The famous Magical Mystery Tour coach – a Plaxton-bodied Panorama 1, based on the six-wheeled Bedford VAL 14 chassis, registered URO 913E and painted yellow and blue with psychedelic logos – was chartered by EMI from Fox Coaches of Hayes, who purchased the vehicle new in March 1967. The firm’s name – “Fox of Hayes” – is visible throughout the film, above the coach’s licence-plate.WEB,www.plaxton2007.co.uk/plaxton_most_famous_tour.html, Plaxton’s Most Famous Tour Coach, 28 October 2014, Parts of Chocolat (2000), starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, were filmed in Barra Hall, Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/locations, Chocolat (2000) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, The scene in Bend It Like Beckham (2002) where Jess (Parminder Nagra) meets Juliette (Keira Knightley) was filmed in Barra Hall Park, Hayes; the Hounslow Harriers’ practice pitch in the film is the nearby old Yeading Football Club pitch.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/locations, Bend It Like Beckham (2002) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, The Sheraton Hotel on Bath Road, Hayes features in four films: Otto Preminger’s final film, The Human Factor (1979) starring Richard Attenborough,WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0080903/locations, The Human Factor (1979) Filming Locations, IMDb, 29 December 2017, Michael Caine spy thriller The Whistle Blower (1986),WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0092206/locations, The Whistle Blower (1986) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, director Ridley Scott’s thriller The Counsellor (2013),WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt2193215/locations, The Counselor (2013) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, and crime drama The Infiltrator (2016) starring Bryan Cranston.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt1355631/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt, The Infiltrator (2016) Filming Locations, IMDb, 18 May 2017, Marvel superhero film (Thor: The Dark World) (2013) includes scenes filmed on the site of the old EMI complex on Blyth Road, Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt1981115/locations, Thor: The Dark World (2013) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, Brad Pitt caused a stir in Hayes in November 2012 when filming scenes for horror film World War Z (2013) at locations off Hayes End Road; the actor reportedly dined at Tommy Flynn’s Bar and Diner, on Wood End Green Road.NEWS, ‘No photos’ as Brad Pitt has a snack, Griffith, Jack,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/no-photos-brad-pitt-snack-5972166, GetWestLondon, 21 November 2012, 28 October 2014, Keira Knightley returned to Hayes to co-star with Benedict Cumberbatch in British-American thriller The Imitation Game (2014), filmed at the town’s West London Film Studios.WEB,www.televisual.com/news-detail/Aaron-Paul-opens-West-London-Film-Studios-_nid-4276.html, Aaron Paul opens West London Film Studios, David Wood, 27 May 2014, Televisual, 28 October 2014, Comedians Freddie Starr (1993),WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0376605/, Freddie Starr Live, IMDb, 27 July 2015, Frank Carson (1993),WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt2091889/, Frank Carson Live!, IMDb, 27 July 2015, and Mike Reid (1993)WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt3149122/, Mike Reid: Live and Uncensored II, IMDb, 11 October 1993, 27 July 2015, & (1998)WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0305828/, Mike Reid: Alive and Kidding, IMDb, 26 October 1998, 27 July 2015, have issued on video and DVD performances filmed at Hayes’s Beck Theatre.

Television

File:Hayes Town, Enterprise House, Blyth Road - geograph.org.uk - 205656.jpg|thumb|Blyth Road (Enterprise House – Grade II listed; E. O. Williams, 1912)]]The BBC filmed a 1949 performance of A.G. Macdonell’s stage-comedy The Fur Coat in Hayes’s Regent Theatre (in existence 1948–54);WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt4499250/, The Fur Coat, IMDb, 19 September 1949, 27 July 2015, the cast included Richard Bebb and silent film star Chili Bouchier.WEB,genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a59bfcba2ea5468ba50ba191383bd861, The Fur Coat, IMDb, 19 September 1949, 27 July 2015, Doctor Who, first story of Series 9 (January 1972), saw third Doctor Jon Pertwee’s first encounter with the Daleks in a four-week story titled “Day of the Daleks”; filming locations included the Bull’s Bridge, Hayes section of the Grand Union Canal.WEB,www.radiotimes.com/blog/2009-11-21/day-of-the-daleks, Day of the Daleks, Patrick Mulkern, 21 November 2009, Radio Times, 28 October 2014, WEB,www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/bullsbridge, Bull’s Bridge (Railway Bridge), Doctor Who: The Locations Guide, 28 October 2014, Two episodes of 1970s police drama The Sweeney included scenes filmed on Blyth Road, Hayes: “Contact Breaker” (Series 1, Episode 12; broadcast 20 March 1975),WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0714426/locations, The Sweeney, ‘Contact Breaker’ (1975) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, and “Faces” (Series 2, Episode 2; broadcast 8 September 1975).WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0714431/locations, The Sweeney, ‘Faces’ (1975) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, Rowan Atkinson filmed a swimming-pool-based episode of his popular series Mr. Bean (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 30 December 1990) at the (since-relocated) old swimming baths on Central Avenue, Hayes.WEB,www.findthatlocation.com/Television-Show/Mr-Bean/R18893, Mr Bean, Find That Location, 28 October 2014, Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs (1997–2005) was filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes,WEB,forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=534313, HDS studios, Hayes, Digital Spy, 6 February 2007, 28 October 2014, with outdoor scenes filmed at the nearby Willowtree Marina section of the Grand Union Canal.WEB,www.willowtree-marina.co.uk/filming/, Willowtree Marina: Filming, 28 October 2014, BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave featured the exploits of the curmudgeonly Victor Meldrew in an unnamed English suburb; Series 6, Episode 5 – “The Dawn of Man” (broadcast 13 November 2000)WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0665917/, One Foot in the Grave, ‘The Dawn of Man’ (2000), IMDb, 13 November 2000, 28 October 2014, – included scenes filmed on Glencoe Road, Hayes.WEB,www.flickr.com/photos/uncle-vernon/sets/72157627625277237/detail/?page=5, One Foot in the Grave, Iain Wilson, 28 August 2011, 28 October 2014, Andy Hamilton’s 2003 BBC sitcom Trevor’s World of Sport was filmed partly in Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0361250/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt, Trevor’s World of Sport (2003– ) Filming Locations, IMDb, 27 July 2015, BBC crime-drama Waking the Dead two-part episode “Multistorey” (Series 3, Parts 1 & 2; broadcast 14 & 15 September 2003) included scenes filmed around the car park above Iceland supermarket on Station Road, Hayes.An early episode of detective drama Lewis – “Expiation” (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 6 July 2008) – included scenes filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0885973/locations, Inspector Lewis, ‘Expiation’ (2007) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, BBC crime-drama New Tricks episode “Things Can Only Get Better” (Series 10, Episode 7; broadcast 10 September 2013) included scenes filmed around Hayes & Harlington railway station.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt3164066/locations, New Tricks, ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ (2013) Filming Locations, IMDb, 28 October 2014, ITV television film Churchill’s Secret (broadcast: 28 February 2016), starring Michael Gambon, was filmed at Hayes’s West London Film Studios.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt4711762/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt, Churchill’s Secret (2016) Filming Locations, IMDb, 30 May 2016, Apple TV+ comedy-drama television series Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis, is filmed at Hayes’s West London Film Studios, and Hayes & Yeading United F.C.WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/locations?ref_=ttfc_sa_4, Ted Lasso (2020– ) Filming & Production, IMDb, 13 April 2023,

Notable people

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• Frank Allen (1943–), bass player of sixties pop groups Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers and The Searchers, was born in Hayes.WEB,www.exacteditions.com/print/360/21376/30418/3/43, Frank Allen interview, February 2012, Guitar & Bass, 6 October 2015,
• Writer and so-called “godfather of alternative comedy” Tony Allen (1945–) was born in Hayes.
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), later Saint Anselm, was stationed in Hayes by King William II in 1095.BOOK, St Anselm of Canterbury: A Chapter in the History of Religion, Rigg, J. M., 2004, Adamant Media Corporation, Boston, U.S.A., 1421263793, 137,
• Buster Bloodvessel (1958–), frontman of eighties pop group Bad Manners, once lived on a canal houseboat in Hayes.WEB,www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/93636.bad-manners-and-buster-is-back/, Bad Manners And Buster Is Back, 2000, Harrow Times, 13 April 2013, Buster Bloodvessel, has emerged from his canal houseboat in Hayes,
• Virtuoso French horn player Dennis Brain (1921–1957) – credited with producing arguably the definitive recordings of Mozart’s horn concerti – lived from 1945 in a bungalow in Hayes.BOOK, Gamble, Stephen, 2011, Dennis Brain: A Life in Music,books.google.com/books?id=5y2llfXEZJUC&q=%22hayes%2C+middlesex%22+and+%22recorded+at%22&pg=PA76, Texas A&M University Press, 76, 978-1574413076,
• Robin Bush (1943–2010) of Channel 4’s archaeological series Time Team was born in Hayes.WEB,www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/07/robin-bush-obituary, Robin Bush obituary, Tom Mayberry, 7 July 2010, The Guardian, 6 October 2015,
• Composer William Byrd (1539/40-1623), “the father of English music”, lived as a Catholic recusant in Hayes and Harlington 1578–88; a primary school in the area bears his name.WEB,www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=HIL052, St Peter and St Paul’s Churchyard, London Gardens Online, 6 October 2015,
• Alderman Harvey Combe (1752–1818) - Whig politician; Lord Mayor of London in 1799 - lived in Hayes and is buried in St Mary’s churchyard.WEB,www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.php?ID=HIL050, St Mary’s Churchyard, Hayes, London Gardens Online, 18 November 2019, BOOK, Hibbert, Christopher, 2011, The London Encyclopaedia,books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&q=%22visited+hayes%22+and+%22middlesex%22&pg=PA389, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, 390, 978-1405049252, 3rd,
• Brian Connolly (1945–1997), singer of glam rock band Sweet, lived in Hayes and Harefield.WEB,www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/393602.Brian_Connolly/, Brian Connolly, 16 July 2003, Hillingdon Times, 6 October 2015,
• Disgraced disc jockey Chris Denning (1941–) was born in Hayes.WEB,www.itv.com/news/london/topic/chris-denning/, Former DJ faces sex charges, 23 May 2014, ITV News, 6 October 2015,
• Actress Anne Marie Duff (1970–) – best known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen – grew up in Hayes, attending Mellow Lane School.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6690637/Anne-Marie-Duff-interview.html, Anne-Marie Duff interview, John Preston, 1 December 2009, The Telegraph, 6 October 2015,
• Greg Dyke (1947–), former BBC director general and former chairman of the FA, grew up in Hayes.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9946326/Greg-Dyke-the-ideal-candidate-for-role-as-FA-chairman.html, Greg Dyke the ideal candidate for role as FA chairman, Frank Malley, 21 March 2013, The Telegraph, 6 October 2015, WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/Greg-Dykes-Travelling-Life/, Greg Dyke’s Travelling Life, York Membery, 13 June 2014, The Telegraph, 18 November 2014,
• Pioneer in photography B. J. Edwards (1838–1914) lived at Wistowe House (which dates from the 17th century) on Church Road.WEB,www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies1.html, Company Details: Edwards, B. J., Early Photography, 6 October 2015,
• Chris Finnegan (1944–2009), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes.WEB,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/other-sport/hayes-hod-carrier-who-ended-5975768, The Hayes hod carrier who ended Britain’s boxing drought, 21 July 2012, Get West London, 6 October 2015,
• Boxer Kevin Finnegan (1948–2008), brother of Olympic gold medalist Chris, lived in Hayes.WEB,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/tributes-boxing-legend-kevin-finnegan-6015178, Tributes for boxing legend Kevin Finnegan, 27 October 2008, Get West London, 6 October 2015,
• Bandleader Bert Firman (1906–1999) – popular in the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s – worked daily from 1924 to 1929 in Hayes’s Zonophone recording studios.WEB,www.r2ok.co.uk/bertobit.htm, Bert Firman: 3 February 1906 - 9 April 1999, 1999, Vintage Dance Band Music website, 14 August 2018,
• Actor Barry Foster (1927–2002), best known as 1970s TV detective Van der Valk, grew up in Hayes.WEB,www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/12/guardianobituaries, Barry Foster, Philip Purser, 12 February 2002, The Guardian, 6 October 2015,
• Musician Paul Gardiner (1958–1984) of Gary Numan’s Tubeway Army was born in Hayes.WEB,www.numandiscography.co.uk/htdocs/band_members/paulgardiner.php, Paul Gardiner, The Definitive Tubeway Army & Gary Numan Discography, 6 October 2015,
• Major-General James Grant, C.B. (1778–1852), who served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, was a lifelong Hayes resident.WEB,wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=icairns&id=I21949, James Grant, Ancestry.com, 6 October 2015,
• Celebrity tailor Doug Hayward (1934–2008) grew up in Hayes.WEB,www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/may/03/fashion.mainsection, Doug Hayward, Veronica Horwell, 3 May 2008, The Guardian, 6 October 2015,
• Sir Peter Hendy (1953–), chairman of Network Rail and former Commissioner of Transport for London, was born in Hayes.WEB,www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/sir-peter-hendy-chairman-of-network-rail-reveals-how-he-keeps-the-city-on-track-a114491.html, Meet London’s most powerful people, 2015, London Evening Standard, 14 August 2018,
• England footballer Glenn Hoddle (1957–) was born in Hayes.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/3001935/Glenn-Hoddle-Factfile.html, Glenn Hoddle Factfile, 28 March 2001, The Telegraph, 6 October 2015,
• Noted atomic and nuclear physicist Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966) lived between 1933 and 1935 in Hayes, where he worked for EMI.BOOK, The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903–1966),archive.org/details/adventurouslifef00amal, limited, Amaldi, Edoardo, 2012, Springer, Heidelberg, 978-3642328541, 33,
• Golfer Barry Lane (1960–2022) was born in Hayes.WEB,beauproductions.com/golfswingsws/barrylane/index.html, The golf swing of Barry Lane, BeauProductions.com, 6 October 2015,
• Honey Lantree (1943–2018), celebrated female drummer of Joe Meek-produced sixties pop group The Honeycombs, was born in Hayes.WEB,www.thehoneycombs.info/honeylantree.php, Honey Lantree, The Honeycombs, 6 October 2015, WEB,www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/28/honey-lantree-obituary, Honey Lantree obituary, The Guardian, 28 December 2018, 17 January 2019,
• Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet (1639–1667), politician and (from 1644) stepson of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, was educated in Hayes by Dr Thomas Triplett. His son Edward Lee at age 13 married the 12-year-old Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II.BOOK, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Volume 1, Henning, Basil Duke, 1983, Haynes Publishing, 717,
• Screenwriter, Audio Playwright and Graphic Novelist Tony Lee (1970–), whose work including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Doctor Who and Star Trek have topped the New York Times Best Seller list, was born in Hayes, attending Hayes Manor Secondary School.WEB,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/comic-book-writer-thanks-top-5995736, Comic book writer thanks top teacher, 14 July 2010, Get West London, 6 October 2015,
• Lady Harriet Mordaunt (1848–1906) – respondent in a sensational divorce case in which King Edward VII, while still Prince of Wales, was embroiled – lived for several years from 1877 in Hayes Park Private Asylum (now Barra Hall).WEB,historybuff.com/four-extremely-bizarre-cases-women-committed-to-asylums-Y2ayd3ZMqvNg, 4 Extremely Bizarre Cases of Women Committed to Asylums, 2016, History Buff, 25 September 2017,
• Author George Orwell (1903–1950) lived and worked in Hayes, 1932-3.BOOK, George Orwell: A Political Life, Ingle, Stephen, 1994, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 0719032466, 21,

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• Malcolm Owen (1955–1980) and Paul Fox (1951–2007) of punk band The Ruts grew up in Hayes.WEB,thequietus.com/articles/04432-the-ruts-malcolm-owen-30-year-anniversary, Remembering Malcolm Owen: The Ruts 30 Years On, John Robb, 15 June 2010, The Quietus, 6 October 2015,
• Larry Page (c. 1938-), sixties manager of pop groups The Kinks and The Troggs, was born in Hayes.BOOK, Pete Frame’s Rockin’ Around Britain: Rock’n’roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland, Frame, Pete, 1999, Omnibus Press, London, 0711969736, 141,archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/141,
• Colin Phipps (1934–2009) - geologist, Labour MP, and founding member of the SDP - was born and schooled in Hayes.WEB,www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/feb/02/obituary-colin-phipps-labour, Labour: Colin Phipps, 2009, The Guardian, 22 August 2017,
• Steve Priest (1948–2020), bass player of glam rock band Sweet, was born in Hayes.WEB,thesweetband.com/bio/steve-priest/, Steve Priest, Sweet website, 6 October 2015,
• Jane Seymour (1951–), actress in the titular role in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Bond girl, was born in Hayes.WEB,www.imdb.com/name/nm0005412/, Jane Seymour, IMDb, 6 October 2015,
• Tennis player Maud Shackle (1870–1962) – twice a Wimbledon finalist, and the first ambidextrous playerBOOK, Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad,archive.org/details/lawntennisathom00myergoog, 1903, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 83, 1, A. Wallis Myers, 5358651, BOOK, McKelvie, Roy, The Queen’s Club Story, 1886–1986, 1986, Stanley Paul (publishers), Stanley Paul, London, 0091660602, 39,257, - was born in Hayes.
• Nick Simper (1945–), founding member of Rock band Deep Purple, lived in Hayes.WEB,www.nicksimper.com/nicks_story.htm, Nick’s Story, Nick Simper, 6 October 2015,
• David Smart (1929–2007), co-owner of Billy Smart’s Circus and Windsor Safari Park and a son of Billy Smart Sr., was born in Hayes.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1557377/David-Smart.html, David Smart, 14 July 2007, The Telegraph, 18 November 2018,
• Composer Stephen Storace (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of Mozart, lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes.WEB,www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=HIL050, St Mary’s Churchyard, Hayes, London Gardens Online, 6 October 2015, Mozart created the role of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro (1786) for his sister, Nancy Storace (1765–1817).ENCYCLOPEDIA,www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Storace, Stephen Storace: British composer, Encyclopædia Britannica, 4 May 2017,
• Prebendary and philanthropist Dr Thomas Triplett (1602–1670) was a schoolmaster in Hayes during the Commonwealth period (see Sir Francis Lee, above); a primary school in the area bears his name.BOOK, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Volume 1, Hayton, D. W., 2002, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 0521772214, 16,
• David Westlake (1965–), singer/songwriter of indie band The Servants, was born in Hayes.WEB,onlythelonelymusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-servants-reserved-2006-disinterest.html, The Servants, 2013, Only the Lonely, 6 October 2015,
• Welsh international footballer Rhoys Wiggins (1987–) grew up in Hayes.
• Football player/manager/pundit Ray Wilkins (1956–2018) grew up in Hayes.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/04/04/ray-butch-wilkins-footballer-obituary/, Ray ‘Butch’ Wilkins, footballer – obituary, 2018, The Daily Telegraph, 13 April 2023, He grew up in Hayes and at 10 began to train with Chelsea,
• Former TUC leader Norman Willis (1933–2014) was born in Hayes.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28027330, Former TUC leader Norman Willis dies at 81, 2014, BBC, 1 September 2014, NEWS,www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/25/norman-willis, Norman Willis obituary, Geoffrey Goodman, 2014, The Guardian, 1 September 2014,

Royal visits

File:Queen Brunel3.JPG|thumb|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visiting nearby Brunel University before making her way to Hayes town centre, Friday 19 May 2006]]King Edward VIII visited Hayes (while still Prince of Wales) in January 1936 in order to view the production of His Master’s Voice radio instruments.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-siONklizI, HMV factory tour 1936 (No Audio) [at 1.45], 2014, YouTube, 25 September 2017, On 19 May 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Hayes town centre as part of a programme of visits in celebration of her 80th birthday.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Ams5lQt2M, Queen visits Hayes, Middlesex UK, 2006, YouTube, 6 October 2014, On 23 March 2011, Queen Camilla (at the time, Duchess of Cornwall) visited Brookside Primary School on Perth Avenue, Hayes.NEWS, Duchess of Cornwall visits Hayes schoolchildren, Griffith, Jack,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/duchess-cornwall-visits-hayes-schoolchildren-5988288, Get West London, 23 March 2011, 27 July 2015, On 14 February 2013, Prince Andrew (seven years before withdrawing from his public role) visited TMD Technologies in Swallowfield Way, Hayes in recognition of its innovation and trade record.NEWS, Royal visit: Price Andrew visits Hayes factory, Griffith, Jack,www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/royal-visit-prince-andrew-visits-5969608, Get West London, 14 February 2013, 27 July 2015, On 20 April 2017, William, Prince of Wales & Catherine, Princess of Wales (at the time, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge) and Prince Harry (at the time, a working Royal) visited Hayes, officially opening Global Academy, whose interest in mental well-being is in accord with the Royals’ Heads Together mental health charity.NEWS, Duchess of Cambridge on motherhood: ‘It is lonely at times. You do feel quite isolated’, Furness, Hannah,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/william-kate-harry-open-school-support-heads-together/, Get West London, 20 April 2017, 14 April 2023, On 9 March 2023, William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales visited Hayes in order to thank volunteers involved in the humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR9sT_rZEbo, William and Kate Thank Volunteers of Turkey Relief Effort, 2023, YouTube, 13 April 2023, NEWS, Ward, Victoria, 9 March 2023, William and Kate [...] praise fundraising by ‘amazing’ community,www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/03/09/william-kate-visit-muslim-centre-praise-fundraising-amazing/, The Daily Telegraph, 14 April 2023,

Listed buildings

A listed building is one that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.{|class=“wikitable sorttable” style="white-space:nowrap“!Name / location!!Grade!!Date listed!!List entry numberBarra Hall Park>Barra Hall, Wood End Green RoadII6 September 1974{{NHLEshort=yes}}num= 1080121|short=yes}}num=1080152|short=yes}}num=1080233 |short=yes}}Lychgate>Lych gate and wall to south of Church of St Mary, Church WalkII27 May 1949{{NHLEshort=yes}}num=1080257 |short=yes}}Manor House Stables, Church Road>num=1080274 |short=yes}}16th century walls, 30–36 (even) Church Road>num=1080277 |short=yes}}num=1192942 |short=yes}}Early 16th century walls, 28 Church Road>num=1193014 |short=yes}}Heinz Administrative Headquarters and Former Research Laboratories, Hayes Park>num=1242724 |short=yes}}num=1244861 |short=yes}}num=1285939 |short=yes}}16th century walls, 52–58 (even) Church Road>num=1286348 |short=yes}}16th century walls, 40–50 (even) Church Road>num=1358327 |short=yes}}num=1358357 |short=yes}}num=1358377 |short=yes}}War Memorial, Cherry Lane Cemetery, Shepiston Lane>num=1393676 |short=yes}}The Angel, Hayes>The Angel PH, Uxbridge RoadHTTPS://WWW.MYLONDON.NEWS/NEWS/WEST-LONDON-NEWS/ANGEL-GRADE-II-LISTED-HAYES-15227690 >TITLE=THE ANGEL, A GRADE II LISTED HAYES PUB ‘OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE’ SOLD AFTER 150 YEARS ACCESS-DATE=18 NOVEMBER 2019, II13 February 2015{{NHLEshort=yes}}num=1464541 |short=yes}}

Conservation areas

Hillingdon Council lists four conservation areas in Hayes. These areas are designated heritage assets of special architectural and historic interest, “the character and appearance of which is desirable to preserve or enhance.“WEB,www.hillingdon.gov.uk/conservation-areas, Conservation and heritage assets, 22 February 2023, www.hillingdon.gov.uk, 13 April 2023,

• Botwell (Nestlé’s), Hayes (Historic England-protected; subsequently levelled for development)
• Botwell (Thorn EMI), Hayes (Historic England-protected)
• Hayes Village
• Bulls Bridge, Hayes (Historic England-protected)

Hayes has several parks and public gardens, the character and appearance of which it may also be said to be desirable to preserve: Barra Hall Park, Minet Country Park, the Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens, and Lake Farm Country Park.

Related listings

Grade II listings are given to early 20th century electric transformer pillars bearing the town’s name as part of the manufacturer’s address: British Electric Transformer Company, Hayes, Middlesex. The listings are made for these reasons: “[1] Design interest: the transformer pillars produced by the British Electric Transformer Company are handsome pieces of industrial design. [2] Historic interest: . . . survives from the early period of mass electricity supply, which was to have a revolutionary effect on British domestic life.“{{NHLE|num=1396381 |desc=Electric transformer pillar |access-date=19 May 2017}}

• {{NHLE|num=1356484 |desc=Former transformer pillar at junction with Audenshaw Road, Manchester Road, Audenshaw, Tameside|date = 14 July 1987}}
• {{NHLE|num=1358028 |desc=Electricity substation at junction with Sunnyside Passage, Sunnyside SW19, Merton, Greater London Authority|date = 2 September 1988}}
• {{NHLE|num=1247562 |desc=Electric transformer at corner of Barnsley Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
• {{NHLE|num=1270496 |desc=Electric transformer at corner of High Cliffe Road, Greystones Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
• {{NHLE|num=1270888 |desc=Electric transformer at junction with Belgrave Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
• {{NHLE|num=1391489 |desc=Cast iron electricity sub-station, Dorking Road, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey|date =14 February 2006}}
• {{NHLE|num=1396381 |desc=Electric transfomer pillar, The Glade, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey|date =14 December 2010}}

External links

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• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visits Hayes, 19 May 2006
• 1936 view of Hayes’s HMV Factory
• 1938 view of Sir Kingsley Wood visiting Fairey Aviation, Hayes
• 1930s view of the Grand Union Canal (Hayes at 6:35)
• 1954 view of Lincoln’s, 88 East Avenue British Pathé
• 1956 view of Hayes and Harlington Urban District
• 1956 view of Hayes and Harlington
• 1961 view of Hayes schoolchildren Our Future Citizens
• 1962 view of Immaculate Heart of Mary church British Pathé
• 1962 District Council film At Your Service
• 2013 view of Hayes on television in New Tricks
• ‘Hayes, Middlesex’ song & video, 2022
• HMV’s 1925 Catalogue of Instruments made in Hayes
• BBC interview, 1964 – munitions-factory worker The Great War
• Life down the shelters in Hayes BBC WW2 People’s War
• My wartime childhood in Hayes BBC WW2 People’s War
• Doodlebugs in Hayes 1944 BBC WW2 People’s War
• Large collection of photos of Hayes & Harlington
• HayesMiddlesex.com – about Hayes & Harlington
• Articles recalling Hayes’s past
• Hayes People’s History
• Memories of Mellow Lane School Girls’ Choir, Hayes

{{div col end}}{{Commons category|Hayes, Hillingdon}}British History Online entries concerning Hayes:{|class=“wikitable“!Section!Contents (click to view)|1.|Hayes: Introduction|2.|Hayes: Manors and other estates|3.|Hayes: Economic and social history|4.|Hayes: Local government|5.|Hayes: Churches|6.|Hayes: Roman Catholicism|7.|Hayes: Protestant non-conformity|8.|Hayes: Education|9.|Hayes: Charities for the poor

Gallery

File:Hayes Town, Middlesex - geograph.org.uk - 36805.jpg|left|Station Rd, Hayes; looking north from the Hayes & Harlington Stn railway bridge (1983)File:Hayes Park - geograph.org.uk - 86600.jpg|left|Hayes Park; with Gordon Bunshaft’s Grade II*-listed Heinz buildings nearby (2005)File:Uxbridge Road, Hayes UB4.jpg|570 Uxbridge Rd, Hayes (2006)File:Rail unloading facilities - Tarmac works (geograph 2255139).jpg|Rail unloading facilities at Hayes Tarmac works; the old Nestlé factory is in the background (2011)File:Raeburn Road.jpg|Raeburn Rd, Hayes (2012)File:Hayes, docks (geograph 4825388).jpg|Hayes Canal docks (2016)

Nearest places

Cranford, Greenford, Harlington, Hillingdon, Northolt, Southall, Uxbridge, West Drayton, Yeading, and Yiewsley.

References

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