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ARTICLES RELATED TO Uxbridge - History | | | |  Uxbridge - History: Encyclopedia II - Uxbridge - HistoryArchaeologists found Bronze age remains (before 700 BC) and medieval remains when the new shopping mall The Chimes was being built. Two miles away at Denham Upper Paleolithic remains have been found.
Uxbridge is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, but a hundred years later the existing church, St Margaret's, was built. The existing pub, "The Queens Head", has a sign depicting Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII. The pub was previously called "The Axe" and possibly dates from the 1540's. A tunnel connects the pub ...
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| | | | Uxbridge - History: Encyclopedia II - Uxbridge - Transport The former Grand Junction Canal now Grand Union Canal, which connects London with Birmingham, passes immediately to the west of Uxbridge, and forms the borough boundary. The first stretch was built in the late eighteenth century from Brentford to Uxbridge. Further upsteam is Uxbridge Lock, and nearby is a flour mill belonging to Allied Mills. This was bought in the nineteenth century by a Mister King, who called it "Kingsmill". This brand name is one of the best-selling bread-makers in the UK, though most o ...
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| | | | Uxbridge - History: Encyclopedia II - Uxbridge - Today The town centre today comprises large retail outlets and major office buildings, including the main European offices of several international companies including Xerox, Herbalife Europe Ltd and the Anadarko Algeria Oil Company. Other employers include PAREXEL International Ltd, Unisys, The Coca-Cola Company, WMS Gaming, Manpower and Heinz.
Uxbridge is also the home of Brunel University and the civic centre of the London Borough of Hillingdon. The civic centre is an award-winning building designed at the peak of the 1980s trend towards ...
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