Feltham
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 Feltham town centre |
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 Feltham
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| Feltham shown within Greater London | |
| Area | 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
| Population | 27,104 (Feltham North, Feltham West wards 2011) |
| • Density | 4,132/km2 (10,700/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ105735 |
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| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FELTHAM |
| Postcode district | TW13, TW14 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
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Feltham (/ˈfɛltəm/) is a suburban town in the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) west of central London and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Heathrow Airport. It is the site of Feltham Young Offenders' Institution.
Feltham formed an ancient parish in the Spelthorne hundred of Middlesex. The Domesday Book records 21 households and an annual value of six pounds sterling; it was held as lord and tenant-in-chief by Robert, Count of Mortain. A large area of ten cultivated ploughlands is recorded. Following Mortain's son's forfeit of lands (William's rebellion triggering the attainder), the land was granted to the Redvers/de Ripariis/Rivers family. The heir in that family, Hubert de Burgh ('Chief Justiciar and Earl of Kent') swapped Feltham and Kempton with Henry III for his manors of Aylsham in Norfolk and Westhall in Suffolk. In 1440 Henry VI granted numerous privileges to his joint royal custodian of the two manors, including a daily income of up to 12 shillings and that "corn, hay, horse and carriages and other goods and chattels should not be seized for the king's use".
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