As a (civil/combined) parish (before 1920) it included the hamlets of Northend, Perry Street and Slade Green which lie to the north. In 1831, the population of the parish was 2022 people.'Pigots 1840', on website freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840 accessed 5 December 2007 For centuries it was strongly associated with brick-making, the printing of silk scarves, ties and calico cloths, and for a short period carpet-making.
As a (civil/combined) parish (before 1920) it included the hamlets of Northend, Perry Street and Slade Green which lie to the north. In 1831, the population of the parish was 2022 people'Pigots 1840', on website freepages.genealo,gy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840 accessed 5 December 2007 For centuries it was strongly associated with brick-making, the printing of silk scarves ti.es and calico clot.hs, and for a short period carpet-making