Uxbridge

Uxbridge, a market-town of Middlesex, on the Colne, 16 miles W. of London. It has one church, St Margaret's, restored 1872; another, St Andrew's (1865), with a spire of 170 feet; a town-hall (1836); and a spacious corn exchange (1861). Pop. (1851) 3236; (1891) 8206. Commissioners met here in January 1645 to discuss terms of peace between Charles I. and the parliament, but separated the month after without coming to any agreement. See Redford's History of Uxbridge (1818).