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Tuesday, 21 May 2013
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Church Street 1600 An ancient thoroughfare
York House 1633 Construction starts
Eel Pie Island 1635 Former home to a bowling alley
Twickenham Ferry 1652 - 1970 celebrated in song in 1878
The Glass House 1652 A glass making enterprise?
The Watch House, Stocks & Pillory 1684 The administration of summary justice and quarantine
Cross Deep 1698 A late 17th century house
Gifford Lodge A House of Distinction Facing Twickenham Green
Twickenham House a 12 acre estate
Orleans House 1710 'a vast esteat to entertain soe many'
St Mary's Church 1714 Nave collapses and is rebuilt in 1714
Crime in Twickenham 1717-1880 The Proceedings at the Old Bailey 1674-1919
Alexander Pope's Grotto 1720 - 1742 A source of inspiration and contentment
Copt Hall & Lord Denbigh's 1690 - 1842 A Mistaken Attribution
Neville House 1725 London Road
Alexander Pope's Willow Tree A Weeping Legend
Poulett Lodge 1742 Successor to a house perhaps designed by the Earl of Mar
Twickenham Theatres 1745 A succession of playhouses
The Lodge (Twickenham Lodge) 1748 House on Twickenham Common
The Isleworth to Teddington Turnpike 1767 - 1824 A toll road through Twickenham
Fortescue House 1770-1038 Built on land later occupied by Regal House, giving its name to Fortescue House School
Christopher D'Oyly 1717 - 1795 Barrister, Administrator and Politician
St Mary's School, Twickenham, part 1 1809 - 1860 Reorganisation
Twickenham Green 1818 A remnant of Hounslow Heath
Wellesley House 1850 Hampton Road
St Mary's School, Twickenham, part 2 1861 further re-organisation
Col. Sir Robert Edis 1839 - 1927 Architect, Soldier and Sportsman
The Sundial on Dial House 1726, 1890-91 An instrument for telling the time
Dial House 1722 An 18th century house, later vicarage
Twickenham Yacht Club 1897 The Yacht Club is more than 100 years old
The Statues at York House 1906 - Cascade, pool and Oceanides
The Rugby ground 1909 Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch
Walter Hammerton's Ferry 1909 Rival to the Twickenham Ferry
Local Cinemas 1911 - 1981 The moving picture craze
Eel Pie Hotel 1960s The birth of British R&B music
The Twickenham Museum c1720 - present 25 The Embankment
Twickenham's Riverside 1980 - 2003 A twenty-three year wait for regeneration


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