Sipson is another historic village; it dates back to at least the 12th Century when it was known as Sibwineston. Until the arrival of LHR, Sipson was mostly farm land/holdings and had orchards and a jam factory well into the 20th Century. Even today the village could almost pass for a location deep in the countryside as it has just one main through road with fields/farm land either side. It features three listed building including the King William IV pub and the magnificent Sipson House which is now a private business operating as a nursery. Charles Dickens was known to visit Sipson House and it is thought that the name ‘Scrooge’ came from the cottages near the house, these are known as Scroogeal Cottages’. Sipson suffered more the other villages from the arrival of LHR as in the 1960’s the entire lower part of the village was devastated by the M4 motorway spur road being dug through. It has also been the proposed site for demolition and Heathrow expansion going back to the airports earliest days – circa 1946. Sadly, almost all of the previously very settled long term residents have now left Sipson leaving it having a high proportion of properties with short term, transient tenants. If the new Heathrow proposals do go go ahead, the southerly parts of Sipson would be completely destroyed leaving little more than a remnant of what was and the middle area of the village would find itself only around 100 metres from the beginning/end of the new runway.