Historic Timeline
- 11th -16th century: Royal hunting grounds.
- 17th century to present: Military camps and training grounds.
- 17th – 18th century: Highwaymen, robbers; public hangings.
- 18th – 19th century: Agriculture and the parliamentary enclosures, development of cartography and the Ordnance Survey.
- 16th – 20th century: Gunpowder manufacture and early Industrialisation (e.g. milling sword, flax, snuff, flour, copper, oil and calico mills).
- 1919 – 1923: First World War air defences and development of civil aviation.
- 19th century – 1973: Extraction of sand and gravels Waste and refuse disposal.
- 1985 – present day: Wildlife conservation, recreation and education.
Hounslow Heath has a recorded history dating back to Norman times with historical events are as follows: