Southall During the 18th Century 27
Roads – Biscoe – Merrick – Child – Jersey
The End of the Century and the Beginning of A Town 29
Canal – agricultural reports – Lysons – census
The Early 19th Century 31
The market again – enclosures – St. Bernards Hospital
The Railway 33
Wharncliffe Viaduct – Iron Bridge – station – gauges
– Brentford Branch Line – Three Bridges
Early Victorian Southall 35
St. John’s Church – separation from Hayes – the end of the manor
Thomas Mills – brick making
The Martin Brothers 38
Fulham – The Southall kiln – organisation of their production
-their character – evaluation
Late Victorian Southall 40
Southall Park – Southall News – local government changes – building
– factories – Hanson – gas industry – contemporary descriptions
Edwardian Southall 43
More building – E.A. Ham – more contemporary descriptions
The First World War and its Aftermath 46
The War – further growth – St. Marylebone Schools – depression
The Borough, and Another War and its Aftermath 48
The charter – the War – Private Pooley – post-war overcrowding
– Indian immigrants
Present-Day Southall 49
London government reorganisation – description of the town
– famous inhabitants
Population Figures 51
Biographical References 53