South Ruislip Escorts

South Ruislip is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The population, according to the 2001 UK census, was 10,823.
Polish fighter pilots during in the Battle of Britain were based at RAF Northolt, the Polish War Memorial was built later after the conflict. The memorial stands next to the A40 adjacent to the airfield, and it is dedicated to the memory of the Polish airmen that fought with the Royal Air Force during World War Two..
The buildings at the north end of Ruislip High Street, Nos 1 to 15, the Duck House and the Swan, form the core of the original village and are Grade II listed[4] The village water pump used to sit where the High Street, Bury Street and Eastcote Road meet (now a mini roundabout), but it was relocated to outside Nos 9 to 15. To the north of Ruislip High Street stand the Grade II listed Manor Farm House, a 13th century Grade II Great Barn and the 16th century Little Barn, which houses Ruislip library. The 20 acre (8 hectare) site includes the remains of an 11th century fortification that is a scheduled ancient monument. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by King's College, Cambridge, the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century.
The Manor Farm House has been dated more precisely to the first decade of the 16th c by English Heritage. The building is important for numerous reasons. First, it is an early brick building for the Greater London area. Early integrated stack, in fact it has been described as Medieval/ modern transitional. Evidence of a garderobe on the N side and advanced carpentry techniques in the joists of the first floor.