Outer borough of west Greater London; population (2001) 300,950. Local industries are engineering and chemicals. The borough was home to Ealing Studios, founded in 1929, the first British sound-film studios (Ealing comedies became a noted genre in British film-making). Historic buildings in Ealing include the 18th-century Pitshanger Manor, Gunnersbury House and Gunnersbury Park (both Regency style), and the art deco Hoover factory, built in 1932.
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