The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

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By the 1850s the population of both Hillingdon and Uxbridge was beginning to rise. With new housing being built between the two centres the then Vicar of Hillingdon, Rev. Richard Croft (served 1856–69) gained permission to build a new local church for a newer part of the town traditionally called Hillingdon West. He asked architect Sir George Gilbert Scott "to draw up plans to build a church without unnecessary ornament but in handsome proportions suitable to its position at the entrance to Uxbridge Town..." [ citation needed] The covered market was built in 1788, replacing a building constructed in 1561. [15] In the early 19th century, Uxbridge had an unsavoury reputation; the jurist William Arabin said of its residents "They will steal the very teeth out of your mouth as you walk through the streets. I know it from experience." For about 200 years most of London's flour was produced in the Uxbridge area. [16] Buses from Uxbridge" (PDF). Transport for London. 24 July 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2012 . Retrieved 11 September 2012. Retail Footprint 2005". CACI. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007 . Retrieved 5 October 2005.

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In the 2011 census, 72.8% of residents in the Uxbridge North ward answered that they had a religion, compared with 19.3% who did not and 7.9% who did not answer. Of those who answered, 53% identified as Christian, followed by 6.7% who identified as Muslim and 6.2% as Sikh. The percentage identifying as Hindu was 5.4%. Figures for residents identifying as either Jewish, Buddhist or other unspecified religions were each below 1%. [58] Under the name Uxbridge English Dictionary, making up daffynitions is a popular game on the BBC Radio 4 comedy quiz show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Archaeologists found Bronze Age remains (before 700 BC) and medieval remains during the construction of The Chimes shopping centre; two miles (3.2km) 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 St Margaret's Church, was built. The town appears in records from 1107 as "Woxbrigge", and became part of the Elthorne Hundred with other settlements in the area. [11] Early developments [ edit ] The Crown & Treaty public house The Parliamentary Army garrisoned the town upon the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642 and established their headquarters there in June 1647 on a line from Staines to Watford, [12] although the king passed through Uxbridge in April 1646, resting at the Red Lion public house for several hours. [13] Charles I met with representatives of Parliament at the Crown Inn in Uxbridge in 1645, but negotiations for the end of hostilities were unsuccessful due in part to the king's stubborn attitude. [12] The town had been chosen as it was located between the Royal headquarters at Oxford and the Parliamentary stronghold of London. [14]Uxbridge lies at a mean elevation of 130 feet (40m) above mean sea level. [53] Like much of the rest of the UK its climate is generally temperate, with few extremes of temperature or weather.