Various Books on Brentford " Then & Now BRENTFORD" A selection of Historical Facts Up to 2006 compiled by Carolyn & Peter Hammond Published By Tempus Publicating Ltd, The Mill Brimscombe Port Stroud Gloucestershire Price £12.99 " BRENTFORD PAST " A selection of Historical Facts compiled by GILLIAN CLEGG Published By Historical Publications 2002, Price £15.95 ISBN 0 94866779 6 " BRENTFORD AS IT WAS " A selection of photographs compiled and annotated. by Department of Arts and Recreation, Library Division, London Borough of Hounslow. " BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK AS IT WAS " A selection of Victorian and Edwardian photographs compiled and annotated. by Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society and the Hounslow Library Services. For list, availablitity and prices of Publications see:- Brentford as it was - photographs & History I have just got a new book on BRENTFORD - Fantastic !!! It is called The Archive Photographs Series - BRENTFORD compiled by Carolyn and Peter Hammond It was priced at £9.99 and worth it. Was obtainable from Brentford Library or Printed by Tempus Publishing Ltd The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Gloucestershire. GL5. 2QC. I have just got another new book on BRENTFORD - also Fantastic It is called The History of The Great West Road Factories on the Great West Road - photographs & history compiled by James Marshall, A.L.A Supplied by Heritage Publications Hounslow Leisure Services Did you know that the Great West Road was first discussed in the year 1807 ? John Middleton' View on the Agriculture of Middlesex 1807 went straight to the heart of the problem. "HISTORY Of THE OLD BRENTFORD FIRE STATION" Information taken from "Fire ! 300 Years of Firefighting in Brentford" by Diana Willment, published 2002 by Dandelion Publications. See:- "History of the Old Brentford Fire Station" "The carridge way through Brentford is particularly bad: the street is much too narrow, does not admit of being widened and is always filthy. It is suppossed that a new road might be made to pass on the north side of the town in such a manner as to avoid being offended by it; at least this might be done at less expense than might be necessary to widen and improve the present (High) street" Also contains a lot of information on the history of the Town etc. Also of interest are Ordinance Survey Maps showing Brentford in the days of 1894 and contains lots of info. You can get these from Chiswick Library, who also have lots of old photos, Maps etc. I found the staff at Chiswick Library very helpful and I would like to thank them very much for their assistance. click here for more Photographs of Brentford I hope you enjoy the rest Don't forget to send your Comments To return to HOME PAGE, Click on BACK button, top-left corner of this page. Last Updated: 19th NOVEMBER 2005