Brentford Ait
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| Waters | Thames | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Brentford Ait is an uninhabited island or Werder (Ait) in the tidal section of the Thames near Brentford in London , England . It is administered by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames .
Brentford Ait had a gap called the Hog Hole in the middle that becomes visible when the water level is high. In the 18th century there was an infamous pub on Brentford Ait called Swan or Three Swans . It was closed in 1796. The Swan Steps still lead on the shore of the mainland at the eastern end of Waterman's Park to the point where the pub was translated. The island was planted with trees in the 1920s to obscure the Brentford gasworks from the view from Kew Gardens . The island is overgrown with willows and alders and is the habitat of many birds with an important colony of herons .
For historically unnamed reasons, the island belonged to the Civil parish of Kew in Surrey ; the London Borough of Hounslow administers the neighboring Lot's Island , which is separated from Brentford Ait only by mud at low tide . The river is regularly dredged on both sides of Brentford Ait.
See also
literature
- Thomas FT Baker (Ed.): Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Willesden Parishes (= The Victoria History of the Counties of England. A History of Middlesex. Vol. 7). Oxford University Press, London 1982, ISBN 0-19-722756-2 , pp. 50-51 .
- Leigh Hatts: The Thames Path. From the Sea to the Source . 2nd Edition. Cicerone, Milnthorpe 2005, ISBN 1-85284-436-1 .
Web links
- Duncan Walker: Brentford Ait - Wild, Beautiful & Notorious . In: Brentford in Literature . Brentford Dock Right Now. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Syon and Mortlake Reaches: PLA 307 & 308 Main Surveys (Extract) ( Memento from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF).
- ^ Thomas FT Baker: Ealing and Brentford: Introduction. In: Thomas FT Baker (Eds.): Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Willesden Parishes. 1982, pp. 100-101 .
- ↑ Map search ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the English Heritage Ordnance Survey .
