Ealing has historically been an agricultural parish with open countryside and fields. During the Victorian period, it became a town requiring infrastructure like roads, drainage, and public buildings. Charles Jones, the Borough Surveyor from 1863-1912, was responsible for much of the construction that transformed Ealing from a rural parish to an urban town.

1. History Of Ealing
The first map of Ealing was
made in the eighteenth
century and gave an
impression of what the parish
looked like. It was mostly
made up of open countryside
and field, where, as in
previous centuries the main There’s more than
occupation was farming. you imagined
However, there was an
important road running from
the west through the centre of Buses to catch to
the parish
Ealing:
It was during the Victorian
period that Ealing became a 105, 222, H98, 195
town. This meant that roads
had to be built, drainage Call us on:
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buildings erected. The man
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