The Twickenham Museum
Research: Houses of local interest and their occupiers

Briar House

Colne Road, Twickenham

1766 John Lane esq
1767 ?William Heckford (c1720-97), JP
1782 William Tolley (1750-1831) paid rates
1800 William Tolley admitted ex Benjamim Clements & wife
1818 William Tolley
1831 Charles Simmonds admitted
1832 Mrs Tolley (1780-1843) admitted
1846 Miss Nelson (333 on Warren)
1860 ditto
1870 Robert Jones Sanderson Lloyd, Customs Clerk, from Whitton Lane
1882 Capt Griffiths
1900 Col. Edward George Moore Donnithorne, from Colne Lodge
1937 Property descibed as "Ladies Laundry"
1965 William Elder
Briar House, Colne Road, Twickenham

Note: * signifies tenant or lessee of property, where known. Many of the dates noted are "spot" dates taken from rate books, directories, Enclosure Award, maps, or other sources and may not indicate arrival or departure of an occupier. Occupation is shown chronologically although some exact dates have not yet been ascertained.