BREWOOD (Brescia), a hundred of Ossulston; the latter an independent parish. It is the seat of a poor-law union, comprising ten parishes and townships. Brentford, being on the great western highway to London, has a considerable trade. In the town and neighbourhood there are several distilleries and breweries, a soap-factory, brick and tile-works, and the West London water-works. There are numerous market gardens in the vicinity, which employ many of the inhabitants. Brentford is famed for its pig-markets, held every Tuesday. The town consists principally of one long narrow street. It has a small parish church, and Baptist, Independent, and Methodist chapels; three national schools in New Brentford, and one British, one national, and one infant school in Old Brentford. Sion House, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, and Osterley Park, that of the Earl of Jersey, are in the immediate vicinity of the town. Pop. (1851) 8870.