Northfields, Middlesex
| Northfields | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Northfield Avenue | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ170792 |
| Location: | 51°30’2"N, 0°18’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | London |
| Postcode: | W13, W5 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Ealing |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ealing Southall |
Northfields is an urban village in Middlesex, to the south of Ealing, centred on Northfield Avenue, a shopping street of mostly independent shops and restaurants.
From the 14th century this area was part of the manor of Coldhall, or West Ealing. Great and Little Northfields were two large fields in the late Middle Ages, lying in the extreme west of Ealing parish. By the mid-17th century, Northfields Road as it was first called, was constructed to connect Little Ealing (next to South Ealing) to the road to Uxbridge (the current Uxbridge Road running from Shepherds Bush to Uxbridge). Yet the area remained rural, covered in apple orchards into the late nineteenth century.
This is considered a middle-class area, with high levels of education, employment and home ownership.[1]
Northfield Avenue has an annual street festival organised by the local trade association, the Northfield Avenue Business Association. The first festival was held in summer 2007.
History
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The Plough Inn which marks the junction of Little Ealing Lane and Northfield Avenue was in existence by 1722.[2] Maps of Ealing from 1890 and before show Northfields as almost entirely rural, with just a few houses along Little Ealing Lane. The rest of the area was largely orchards. The arrival of the District Railway in 1883, and the opening of the Northfields Halt in 1908, prompted development of the area.