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  Harefield House Hospital - No. 1 Australian Auxilliary Hospital [Australian War Memorial]
Harefield Park House was used as the No. 1 Australian Auxilliary Hospital from December 1914 until January 1919.
A magazine entitled the '"Harefield Park Boomerang" was produced from December 1916–December 1918.
This document from the AWM Files of Research contains a history of Harefield Park Hospital written in 1974, a copy of the citation of the MM presented to Sister Elizabeth Corkhill and a list of names of voluntary workers at the hospital.
www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/harefield/index.htm   (204 words)

  
 Welcome to Harefield Church in Harlow
Harefield is not built upon "religion" but upon relationships, relationships with one another and with God Himself.
Harefield spans all generations, and there are ministries for all ages.
Harefield is a growing church and a fun place to be.
www.harefieldchurch.org   (171 words)

  
 Harefield Park Hospital [Australian War Memorial]
In November 1914, Mr and Mrs Charles Billyard-Leake(Australians resident in the U.K.) offered the property known as "Harefield Park", Harefield, Middlesex, to be used as a Home for convalescent wounded soldiers of the A.I.F. Their offer was accepted by the Commonwealth Defence Department in December 1914.
A small magazine was produced in November 1916, to be followed in December 1916 by the first issue of the official magazine, the Harefield Park Boomerang, issued under the editorship of the Director of Recreation and Study.
The Hospital and its staff came under great strain during the outbreak of epidemic influenza with its pneumonic complications in 1918, and its highest monthly number of deaths was experienced in October/November 1918 due entirely to the epidemic.
www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/harefield/doc.htm   (1813 words)

  
 999 Harefield
Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Harefield is also famous for its Anzac War Graves from WW1 - The Great War, located in the graveyard of St. Mary the Virgin, on Church Hill.
Harefield Hospital was used to treat soldiers during the First World War, many of whom were Anzacs, which accounts for the large number of Anzac graves in the churchyard.
www.999harefield.co.uk   (248 words)

  
 Harefield: Nonconformity | British History Online
Citation: 'Harefield: Nonconformity', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), p.
The Baptist church in Harefield was founded in 1834.
Barnes built the church in 1864 and maintained a resident minister there, although it was asserted in 1872 that there was only one Wesleyan family in the parish when it was founded, (fn.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22357   (656 words)

  
 Windsor Cricket Club - 1st xi v Harefield
In acrobatically taking a ball that Griffiths had beaten the Harefield batsmen with, he injured a finger and had to be replaced behind the stumps by former 2nd XI wicket keeper Rob Noble.
The Harefield batsman playing back and through the line edged the ball onto his pad and Noble, standing up the wicket, instinctively took a brilliant catch, to the disbelief of the outgoing batsman.
Harefield at 126-7 were on the rack and fast accurate bowling by Shields and the probing spin of Mohandru restricted Harefield to 150 all out in 52 overs.
www.stormloader.com /windsorcc/matchrep/harefield1.htm   (568 words)

  
 Harefield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Situated on top of a hill, Harefield is just inside the north-west 'corner' of the M25 motorway.
Harefield is famous for its hospital, where pioneering heart surgery techniques were developed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harefield   (242 words)

  
 BBC News | ENGLAND | Vinnie Jones joins Harefield protest
When the relocation plans were announced, a statement from the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS detailed their hopes for the Harefield site.
It said: "Sir Magdi Yacoub's pioneering Heart Science Centre at Harefield will continue to drive forward research into the causes of heart disease under his leadership, and we are very hopeful that a science park will be developed around the centre.
Harefield was built as an isolation hospital for TB sufferers in the 1930s.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/1748674.stm   (344 words)

  
 Harefield Park Hospital & Cemetery
The Australian corner of Harefield churchyard, containing the graves of 111 AIF personnel and one nursing sister who died of wounds or illness at No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park.
In November 1914, Mr and Mrs Charles Billyard-Leake (Australians resident in the U.K.) offered the property known as "Harefield Park", Harefield, Middlesex, to be used as a Home for convalescent wounded soldiers of the A.I.F. Their offer was accepted by the Commonwealth Defence Department in December 1914.
a portion of the Harefield Parish Churchyard originally given by him to the Church, was reserved for the burial of Australian soldiers who might die at Harefield Park Hospital.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-nurses/harefield_pk_hospital.htm   (1517 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Harefield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
In 1856 he discovered the first aniline dye (aniline purple, known as mauve and mauveine); by founding a factory to make it, Perkin established the aniline dye industry in England.
Harefield hospital to test for TB as worker falls sick.(News)
NURSE IN TB ALERT AT HAREFIELD HOSPITAL; Patients to be screened.(News)
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Harefield&StartAt=11   (645 words)

  
 Harefield hospital to test for TB as worker falls sick Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
Harefield Hospital in west London is contacting all those thought to have come into contact with the unnamed member of staff during the past two months.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust said the healthcare worker was in contact with patients from mid-November to mid- December, and had since developed infectious tuberculosis.
She refused to reveal which department of the hospital the worker was from but said that the hospital regretted any distress caused to patients.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20011229/ai_n14427988   (458 words)

  
 More than a Mooring - Harefield Marina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
In 1985 when they acquired Harefield Marina they were still running the business at Windsor and continued to run the two places together until about 1986 when they decided to concentrate on Harefield, which had more potential and was nearer the family home at Kings Langley.
Harefield Marina boat sales and brokerage service is advertised in the major waterways magazines as well as on their own website.
A lot of the work is in maintaining the grounds, bank side and pontoons of this large site but they are also finding time to add new moorings to the existing water space.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/More-than-a-Mooring---Harefield-Marina.html   (538 words)

  
 Harefield picks Monitherm to monitor: News from Monitherm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The installation at Harefield is for an initial 17 sensor / probes, but the intention is very much for it to be expanded over time and in a number of different stages, possibly to include other departments within the hospital.
The system at Harefield has been specially designed to check temperature and oxygen concentration within tissue culture incubators and specimen storage freezers, where it is absolutely vital to be able to measure and record this information, regularly and accurately, and have the ability to raise the alarm if something should go awry.
Neil Leaver is the principal clinical scientist in the Transplant Immunology Department at Harefield Hospital and has been instrumental in acquiring the MLS2000 for his department.
www.laboratorytalk.com /news/mon/mon101.html   (547 words)

  
 Harefield Hospital Site Summary Information
Harefield Hospital is a regional centre for cardiology and cardio-thoracic surgery.
The cardiology department at Harefield is the outer north west London centre for acute cardiology with a growing primary angioplasty service (treating heart attack patients).
Car Parking at Harefield is managed by NCP and operates on a Pay and Display system for patients and visitors to the hospital.
www.nhs.uk /England/Hospitals/showHospital.aspx?id=RT301   (578 words)

  
 TheFA.com - Joe's a model pro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Chelsea and England star Joe Cole joined the 'Party in the Park' celebrations at Harefield hospital yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the first heart transplant at the hospital.
The hospital treats and cares for one of the largest heart and lung transplant populations in the world, and has given back over 18,000 years of life to adult and paediatric heart and lung transplant patients in the last 25 years.
Meanwhile TalkSport radio presenter and patient of Harefield Hospital, Mike Parry, was also at the event having suffered a heart failure in 2003.
www.thefa.com /England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/07/JoeCole_HarefieldVisit.htm   (452 words)

  
 BBC News | ENGLAND | Minister met by Harefield protest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
As he went to cut the first turf to officially start the construction of a state-of-the-art extension to the research centre he was met by protestors with banners.
Campaigners are against the relocation, which they believe represents closure, of the world-renowned Harefield heart and lung transplant hospital in Middlesex announced on 8 October.
Jean Brett, chairwoman of Heart of Harefield, the movement against closure, told BBC News Online that the group believed Mr Millburn was visiting the site for a good reason, but they wanted to make their point.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/1629675.stm   (343 words)

  
 Harefield united football club - Home page
Harefield back on winning ways with a 3-1 win at home to Holmer green report to follow.
Harefield still maintain perfect league record with a 2-1 win away to Kingsbury.
Harefield come from behind to retain winning record with 2-1 win away to Chalfont.
www.harefieldunited.co.uk   (477 words)

  
 HAREFIELD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES
The Trustees were required by the local council in the 1950s to upgrade the very poor sanitary provisions in the building so the accommodation was converted into four bed sitting rooms with their own kitchens but with shared bathrooms, all at ground level as indicated in the 1950s conversion plan.
The Trustees of the Harefield Parochial Charities let the farm, which has an area of about 5.2 hectares or about 13.5 acres, on an agricultural tenancy and derive rent from it to provide for the objectives of the Charities – the relief of need in the Parish of Harefield.
In 1948, under threat from the Uxbridge Urban District Council to acquire the poor's land by compulsory purchase, it was sold with the agreement of the Charity Commission, for £8,000.
www.harefieldcharities.co.uk /charities.html   (871 words)

  
 Harefield Hospital Television
Harefield Hospital Television is a registered charity established in 1986 with the aim of providing an entertaining and informative television service for patients, visitors and staff.
We are a small group of very dedicated volunteers, giving up our weekends and a couple of evenings a week to run the service.
Our lack of members means we have to limit our transmissions to two days a week but as time goes on we hope to expand this.
www.hhtv.org.uk   (230 words)

  
 Harefield Marquetry Group
Harefield Marquetry Group was formed in late 1989 by about six marquetarians and started meeting at Michael Sobell House.
Harefield is a small happy Group and new members are always welcome.
We meet at the Park Lane Village Centre, Park Lane, Harefield (adjacent to the Harefield Library) on Wednesdays between 1900 and 2100 hours.
www.marquetry.org /harefield_group.htm   (182 words)

  
 GE Healthcare-Press Release -Harefield and the Innova 2100 IQ
Harefield Hospital, a customer of GE's interventional systems for many years, is part of the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, recently awarded 3 stars by the Healthcare Commission, is the largest cardiothoracic centre in the UK and probably the largest in Europe.
Both hospitals are at the leading edge nationally and internationally in the investigation, treatment and care of people with heart and lung disease.
She will be missed by all the imaging team at the hospital and the sales and service teams of GE Healthcare.
www.gehealthcare.com /uken/highlight/harefield_and_the_innova_2100.html   (171 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Harefield Guide | Harefield London, KT10, England, UK | London Streets by Street
Harefield is located in the borough of Elmbridge District
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
The nearest underground station to Harefield is 'Richmond Tube' which is about 196 minutes to the North East.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/harefield_9cb.html   (99 words)

  
 Harefield advances heart failure research: News from Syngene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Chemiluminescence and fluorescence image analyser is being used at the world famous Harefield Heart Science Centre as part of its molecular studies on heart failure therapies
Scientists in Professor Magdi Yacoub's group at the Harefield use the ChemiGenius2 to help determine the effectiveness of heart failure treatments such as the left ventricular assist device.
The group is using the system to rapidly visualise and analyse RNA obtained from patients, enabling it to quality control RNA prior to quantitative real-time PCR analysis of important marker genes.
www.laboratorytalk.com /news/syn/syn134.html   (419 words)

  
 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust is the largest cardiothoracic centre in the UK and probably the largest in Europe.
From April 1998, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust is the merged organization comprising Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital.
To be the leading national and international centre for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with heart and lung disease, creating and disseminating knowledge through research and education.
www.nursingnetuk.com /employerdetails/80   (198 words)

  
 Health Professionals : ICU at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
Investment in the cardiothoracic medicine and transplantation units at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust has led to a number of genuine opportunities for D and E grade nurses.
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital staff work in a quality environment using the very latest equipment.
You’ll also benefit from the choice of two locations - in the rural setting of Harefield set in 47 acres of beautiful English countryside, or in the heart of London, on the door step of the famous Kings Road.
www.imakenews.com /hlyons/e_article000032761.cfm   (258 words)

  
 Review clears Harefield surgeons - News - Brief Article British Medical Journal - Find Articles
A review of paediatric surgery at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, has found no evidence of a major clinical failure in the treatment of patients during 198499.
The review concluded that Harefield was a small unit, run for most of the periods in question by a single surgeon and cardiologist carrying out extremely innovative work while being chronically underfunded.
The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust has decided to transfer the existing Harefield unit to the Royal Brompton Hospital in the spring of 2001.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0999/is_7287_322/ai_72789133   (561 words)

  
 Harefield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Harefield is a village in the northernmost part of the London Borough of Hillingdon and has a world famous hospital which deals with heart and chest surgery.
Harefield is a picturesque place with lakes and canals and farmland - which is quite unusual for a London Borough.
Here you can learn to sail, canoe or windsurf among other water sports and it is a popular venue with many groups both young and old.
members.tripod.com /hillingdon/areas/harefield.htm   (115 words)

  
 Harefield, Southampton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harefield is a housing estate near Bitterne in the city of Southampton, United Kingdom.
The entire area is council housing estate built around 1960 on the 238 acre estate of Harefield House—a country house of Elizabethan style built in 1834 for Sir Edward Butler, chairman of the Southampton and Salisbury Railway Company, in what are now the grounds of Harefield Infant and Junior Schools on Yeovil Chase.
Edwin Jones, the Southampton draper whose store ultimately became part of Debenhams bought the house in 1887 and it burnt to destruction in 1915 while occupied by his widow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harefield,_Southampton   (311 words)

  
 Harefield Police Station - Metropolitan Police Service
Access is down the left-hand side, and the small car park is on the opposite side of the building.
Harefield is a village surrounded by countryside.  It is at the extreme northerly edge of Hillingdon borough and boundaries Hertfordshire.  It is known worldwide because of the renowned Harefield Heart hospital.  The police station used to be its gatehouse.
There is a mini cab office in Harefield High Street, near to the launderette.  There is nearly always a cab parked outside.
cms.met.police.uk /met/boroughs/hillingdon/09contact_us/harefield_police_station   (176 words)

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