- The Growth of Twickenham
Mentioned in the Domesday Book with a population of 120, Twickenham has grown to a London Borough, - Whitton : from hamlet to housing estates
The 17th c. hamlet became known for gunpowder and market gardening, and it expanded in the 20th c., - Hampton : a riverside village
The arrival of trains and trams spurred the expansion of market gardening and housing, - Hampton Hill: a 19th century village
Originally open fields, the population grew rapidly from 1850., - Hampton Wick : at the end of Kingston Bridge
In a strategic position opposite Kingston, the population grew in the 19th c. and declined in the 20th c., - Teddington: from farmland to town
Originally farming and pasture, the population of the village grew dramatically in the 19th c. with arrival of the railway,