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Canal and the River Brent, and crossed from West to South East
by the River Crane.
The district is roughly divided into two by the main Bath
Road which intersects it from East to West. Large tracts of the
district are occupied by market gardens, which are being rapidly
cut into by new housing schemes. There are two large parks,
one surrounding the residence of the Earl of Jersey at Osterly
Park, and one at Syon House, the property of the Duke of Northumberland.
The greater part of the rest of the district is largely a dormitory
for workers in London.
The industries are few, the chief being:—
(1) Beer etc., brewing.
(2) Boat building and repairing,
(3) Colours and dyes.
(4) Flour etc., milling.
(5) Gravel quarrying.
(6) Market gardening.
(7) Patent Animal foods .
(8) Pewter ware and candle machinery.
(9) Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
(10) Soaps and perfumes.
(11) Sweets, Confectionery.
The district is now rapidly developing in nearly all directions,
the great majority of houses that are going up being of the working
class type, valued round about £600. Great use is being made of
the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, and the Housing Act, particularly
the former.