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Ealing is an area in west London, in the London Borough of Ealing. Archaeological evidence shows that some parts of Ealing have been occupied for at least 7,000 years - iron age pots have been discovered on Horsenden Hill. The name Ealing comes from the Saxon place-name Gillingas, and a settlement is recorded here in the twelfth century, amid a great forest that carpeted the area to the west of London.

As London developed, the area became predominantly market gardens. In the 1850s with improved travel (the Great Western Railway (God's Wonderful Railway) and two branches of the Grand Union Canal) villages started to grow into towns, and then merged into unbroken residential areas.

Ealing Studios put the place on the map, culturally, with a series of well-known comedies - Kind Hearts & Coronets, Passport to Pimlico, The Ladykillers, etc. The studios were taken over by the BBC in 1955, and bits of Ealing started appearing in television programmes ranging from Doctor Who to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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EalingEaling is an area in west London, in the London Borough of Ealing. Archaeological evidence shows that some parts of Ealing have been occupied for at least 7,000 years iron age pots have been discovered on Horsenden Hill. The name Ealing comes from the Sax	Ealing StudiosEaling Studios a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. The site had been previously occupied by Will Barker Studios from 1896, but was acquired by theatre p	Ealing Broadway stationEaling Broadway is a main line and London Underground railway station, in Ealing. The Tube station is a western terminus of the District Line, and of a branch of the Central Line. On the District Line, the next station is Ealing Common, and on the Central
Ealing Common tube stationEaling Common is a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line, and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, in Zone 3. To the east the next station is Acton Town. On the Piccadilly Line, the next station is North Ealing; on the Distr

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