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  map Type Greater London
  region London
  official Name Feltham
  latitude 514496
  longitude -04089
  os Grid Reference TQ105735
  london Borough Hounslow
  post Town FELTHAM
  postcode Area TW
  postcode District TW13, TW14
  dial Code 020
  constituency Westminster Feltham And Heston


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ETYMOLOGY


The name is first recorded in 969 as ''Feltham'', although in the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as ''Felteham''.Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) Its meaning is either ''homestead where Mullein grows'' or it may be formed from ''feld'', meaning ''open land''.


HISTORY


Feltham formed an ancient parish in the is a semi-professional football team from the area. London Air Park is a lost piece of history, now a cinema and out of town shopping complex. After service as a fighter repair works and wartime aircraft factory during World War II the Air Park closed down in 1946 to avoid air traffic conflicts with the new airport at Heathrow. Feltham District Council purchased the park in 1956.


LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS


The town forms part of Feltham And Heston Parliament constituency and the South West London Assembly constituency.Hounlsow London Borough Council - GLA Member . There are two Council wards in Feltham - Feltham North and Feltham West - though locals may include sections of the Hanworth Park ward, part of which begins to the south of the railway line to the east of the high street, and even parts of Bedfont as being "Feltham". Hounlsow London Borough Council - Your Councillors by Ward


REDEVELOPMENT


The town is a focus for redevelopment within Hounslow. ''The Centre, Feltham'', opened in 2006, is a mixed use development of a hotel, 800 homes, 50 shops, a library and medical centre.


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TRANSPORT


The town is served by , East Bedfont , Hanworth and Cranford .


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