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| | VCH Middlesex VII, 0197227562, £45.00/$90.00, 290pp, 1982 |
 | | Before their inclusion in Greater London the parishes embraced the municipal boroughs of Acton, Brentford and Chiswick, and Willes-den, and part of the borough of Ealing, with a total population of some 250,000. |
 | | Brentford, owing its prosperity to the Thames, to roadside inns, and to the market gardens of its hinterland, was the largest centre by the 17th century, when good access to the royal palaces and to London drew prominent resi-dents to Chiswick and Ealing. |
 | | Mean-while the decline of Brentford was followed by the growth of industry in much of Acton and W illesden. |
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