Fortescue House
London Road, Twickenham
?Peter Bathurst (1686-1748) or Walnut Tree House; ?house re-built by Edward Chapman, bricklayer | |
1770 | *Lord Fortescue. Either Matthew Fortescue of Castle Hill (1719-85), 2nd Baron, or Dormer Fortescue Aland (d1780) of Credan >1780 |
1779 | House badly damaged by fire. |
1781 | Mrs Bearford |
1783/4 | Empty, late Lord Fortescue (Samuel Lewis) |
1786 | Mr Dutton |
Miss Dutton's Female Boarding School (mentioned by Joseph Farington in 1804: 20 ladies @ £200pa) | |
Mrs Lewis, ditto | |
1818 | Joshua & Edward Chapman, copyhold of Syon Manor |
1841 | Charlotte Clark (b1791), teacher + 29 children (5 boys) from 6 to 15 + 5 female staff all aged 20 |
1846 | Messrs Chapman (146 on Warren map) |
Dr Henry Nicholson | |
M Raymond de Vericour | |
Rev James Balfour | |
1851 | George Scott (b 1812) , Henry Dixon, Schoolmasters and 16 pupils |
1857 | Henry Dixon (1802-1857). Henry's wife Selina (nee Burney) was the daughter of William Burney, founder of the Royal Naval Academy at Gosport |
1860 | George Rumsey, Boarding School |
1870 | Metropolitan & City Police Orphanage |
1872 | Walter William Alcock |
1878 | Shaftesbury Homes > 1937 |
1919 | Samuel Holloway, Superintendent & Mary Jane Holloway, Matron |
1938 | House demolished |
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.