What is Eastcote?
[[File:Field End Road, Eastcote - geograph.org.uk - 629936.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Field End Road, Eastcote}}]] '''Eastcote''' is a [[suburb]]an area in [[west]] [[London]]. ([[Historic counties of England|It was]] in [[Middlesex]] until the county was abolished in 1965). It is part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], Eastcote was one of the three areas that made up the parish of [[Ruislip]], under the name of Ascot. The name came from its position to the east of the parish. From the mid-[[17th century]] there were clusters of small hamlets in this area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pjbartlett.co.uk/Eastcote%20History.htm |title=Eastcote History |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |date=2006 |website= |publisher=Peter Bartlett |accessdate=16 December 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701222241/http://pjbartlett.co.uk/Eastcote%20History.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:London Borough of Hillingdon]]