Hillingdon, outer borough of Greater
London, SE England. Industries include printing, motion-picture production,
and the manufacture of aircraft, food products, and electrical and musical
instruments. Hillingdon comprises a portion of London (Heathrow) Airport and
part of the Grand Union Canal, which links the coalfields and other sources
of raw materials in the Midlands with London. Within the borough, Uxbridge
was an ancient market town on the Colne River. Charles I and Parliament
representatives negotiated unsuccessfully in the “Treaty
House” in Uxbridge in 1645. The parish church in Hayes was used by
St. Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury.
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